iMovie is a video editing software application sold by Apple Inc. for the Mac and iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini and iPod Touch).

1. HOW TO USE
IMOVIE 9.0.4
VERSION?

2. Overview
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iMovie 09
is consumer-level
digital video editing
software for Macintosh.

4. You can use to
edit the footage
you film
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5. with digital video
cameras
and HD video
cameras.
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6. The sections
will
help you use
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7. iMovie
to edit your
video efficiently.
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10. 01. Project Library - where all movie
projects on computer are displayed
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11. 02. iMovie Project - shows current
position in clip and for editing
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12. 03. Monitor Window - views clips or
your final iMovie project
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13. 04. Play Project -
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14. play selected movie project
either in viewer or full screen
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15. 05. New Project - allows you to start a
new movie project
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16. 06. Frame Adjustment - allows you to
see
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17. thumbnails of clips by amount of
frames per thumbnail
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18. 07. Import -
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19. where you import footage from
your webcam or video camera
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20. 08. Flip Switch - swaps the
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21. Source Video and the iMovie
Project from top to bottom
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22. 09. Adjusts size of thumbnails
used in iMovie
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23. 10. Event Library - where
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24. all the events (groups of clips) on
computer are displayed
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25. 11. Add selection – allows to add clips
to your project
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26. 12. Favorites Tab - allows you to
select
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27. favorite clips, parts of clips, or
remove clips all together.
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28. 13. Options Tab – where you can
work on
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29. voiceovers, cropping images, to
adjust audio, or adjust video
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30. 14. Turns on/off Audio Skimmer
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31. 15. Edit browsers - Different editing
browsers such as
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32. adding music, photos, text,
transitions, and animations.
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33. 16. Source Video - shows all events
from
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34. a particular source that can be
used for editing
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36. To begin adding photos,
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37. you will need to create a new
project.
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38. To do this,
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39. Click Applications folder on your
dock screen
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40. Click on the iMovie icon
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41. When the iMovie screen appears,
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42. Click “File” on the menu bar
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43. Click “New Project”
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44. The screen appear like this:
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45. Enter the title of the new project on
the box
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46. Select the “Aspect ratio” for your
project, either :
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47. 4:3 Standard or 16:9 widescreen
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Fullscreen footage
is
shaped more like a square.

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Widescreen footage
is
shaped more a like a rectangle.

50. You can select also the Frame rate
you want
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51. Either :
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30 fps – NTS
25 fps – PAL
24 fps - Cinema

52. By clicking the “Frame Rate” box
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53. Once you done entering and
selecting the :
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Name of Project
Aspect Ratio
Frame Rate

55. Click the “Create” button
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56. Select photo on your file
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57. And drag them to this area
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58. After dragging all the photos you
want,
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59. The screen will appear like this:
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60. Click “Play” button to view the output
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62. Click the “File” from Menu bar
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63. Click the “Import”
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64. Click the “Movies”
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65. Find the video / movie in your folder
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66. I choose from the “Desktop folder”
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67. Then I choose “preteens activity.mp4”
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68. Click “ Create new event”
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69. Click “Optimize video”
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70. Click or Choose Full-Original Size
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71. Click “Copy files”
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72. Click “Import”
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73. Rename the new event by double
click “new event”
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74. Then I Rename “new event” to
“Popping balloon”
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75. The output will be like this”
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Name of the event

76. Click play under the Event Library
to preview entire movie
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78. Click on any of the clips within the
“Event Library”
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79. A yellow box will appear on the
thumbnail
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80. Adjust the edges of the box so
that all of
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81. the footage you want to add to
your project is
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82. within the yellow box.
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83. After you have done, your mouse
pointer appear as hand.
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84. Grab the thumbnail within the yellow
box and drag it
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85. to the Project Browser to add it to
your movie.
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86. A confirmation box appear, click “OK”
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87. The clip adjustment bar
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alters how many frames of each

88. clip appear as a thumbnail.
Adjusting this can
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89. make selecting larger or smaller
portions of clips easier.
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Before adjusting
After adjusting

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92. Once you have placed a photo into
your project..
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93. You have a variety of options for
adjusting the clip.
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These options include:
TRIM
CROP

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To TRIM a photo:

96. Click the clock icon
that appears when you hover
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97. your mouse over a clip in your
project
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98. Just like when inserting a clip, just
drag the sides
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99. of the yellow box to manipulate
what portion of the
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100. video is included in your project.
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A confirmation box appear, click “OK”

102. Press the play button to preview
your clip;
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103. To CROP a clip:
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104. Click on the cropping icon in the
thumbnail of clip
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105.  On the option tab, click on the
clip you’d like to crop.
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106. You can then resize the green box
that appears on
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107. the clip to control how much of the
footage will be visible.
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108.  Click “Crop” button
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109.  Click “Done”
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To add a sound file click the music
note icon

112. Then simply browse for the sound
file that you would
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113. like too add and drag it into your
project.
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The output should be like this:

115. To add an image file, click the camera
icon,
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116. browse for the photo,
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117. and then drag it into your project.
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118. The output should be like this
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119. Adding Titles
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 To add titles to a clip,

120. Click the “T” icon on the Edit
Browser
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121. Select the type of title you would
like to add
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122. Drag the title on top of the clip
you would
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123. like to add it to.
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124. Select background you want
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125. Type the title text you want in
the box
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126. Click the play button to preview
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127. Click “Done ” once finish
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128. Adding transitions
To add transitions to your
project,
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129. Click the “Transition” icon on
right of the Edit Browser
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130. Select “Theme” from the
Transitions box
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131. Then drag the type of transition
you would like to
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132. the place in the timeline that you
choose.
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133. Adding Animations
To add animations to your
project,
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134. Click the Animation icon on far
right of the Edit Browser
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135. Select from the animation themes
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136. Then drag it into the timeline in the
appropriate area.
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138. After you have made the finishing
touches to your video
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139. it is time to share it with the
World.
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140. iMovie gives you different
options for
exporting your video.
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141. Click the “Share” tab
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142. Then choose from the following:
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144. Saving in iMovie is very different.
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145. The program automatically saves your
project to the
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146. computers hard drive as you are
working.
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147. To see where it saves
automatically,
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148. Click “Finder” on your computer
dock
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149. Click the “Movie” folder
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150. In the “Movies” folder, you should see
2 folder :
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iMovie Projects
iMovie Events

152. GO AHEAD
AND MAKE YOUR
FIRST IMOVIE PROJECT

153. IT’S FUN ….
ENJOY ! !
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