Professor Davis held a seminar on November 29, 2011 about using iMovie. The seminar covered how to import video, start a new project, use basic editing tools, add titles and transitions. It also reviewed how to work with the project library, event library, iMovie toolbar and more. The goal was to teach the basic functions and tools available in iMovie to create video projects.

1. Seminar One: Professor Davis
November 29, 2011
Amanda Favia
ITF, Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College
amanda.favia@macaulay.cuny.edu

2.  Import Video
 Start New Project
 iMovie Tools
 Basic Editing

3.  File>Import>Movie
 Import formats that directly import into
iMovie—3gp, m4v, avchd, mp4, mov, h.264,
dv

4.  Connect camera to computer
 Turn camera on & set to “PC Connect mode”
 Select video clips to import:
 For all clips: “Automatic” & Click “Import All”
 For specific clips: “Manual”, Deselect the clips you
don’t want to import & Click “Import Checked”

5.  Event Library—iMovie generates Events in
the same way as iPhoto does—this is the
footage you use to create movie projects
 Allows you to group video into useful named
categories

6.  Choose File > New Project
 Project Themes>Select Theme (or No
Theme)
 Themes automatically insert titles & transitions

7.  Name your project
 Aspect Ratio (width & height of your movie)
 Widescreen (16:9)
 Standard (4:3)
 Frame Rate>same used to shoot video (30fps)
 Click Create

8. Project Library View Video
Build your Project
iMovie Toolbar
Event Library
Browse your Source Video/Music

9.  Import Video
 Project Window Zoom: increases thumbnail
size & decreases length of the time
increments to edit more precisely, frame by
frame

10.  Music
 Video & Photos
 Titles
 Transitions
 Backgrounds

11.  Voiceover
 Crop Video
 Inspector: Edit Clips, Video & Audio*

12.  Select portion of clip: click
once on clip to display yellow
selection area
 Expand or contract
selection: click on edge of
the selection area>cursor
changes to a bar with a
double arrow>drag & drop
into project area

13.  Allows you to change
the duration of a clip by
removing unwanted
frames
 Adjust by dragging on
the edges of the
selection
 Click on Done

14.  Video
Effect
 Speed &
Direction of
Footage
 Stabilize
Footage

15.  Smooth the shaky portions of your video
 Marks the footage that contains people
 For best results, use when project is complete

16.  iMovie & iLife Sound
Effects
 GarageBand
 iTunes
 Drag & drop audio file into
Project Area
 Trim sound>drag on edges
of the green icon to resize

17.  Adjust Volume
 Ducking: gives the
selected audio
priority over other
audio tracks
 Fade
 Normalize: brings
loudest part of audio
clip to 100% w/o
distortion

18.  Choose Clip>Edit>Detach
Audio
 Audio track (purple bar)
 Select & Move
 Select & Delete
 Audio Adjustment & Duck

19.  Adjust image quality
 Levels: B&W levels
 Exposure: shadows & highlights
 Brightness: overall light level
 Contrast: relative contrast of light &
dark tones
 Saturation: color intensity

20.  Choose Title style> Drag & drop
into video clip
 Edit Title>Select blue bar above
clip
 Viewer>Click on placeholder
text>Enter your own text
 Click on Done

21.  Choose Transition>Drag &
drop between two clips
 Transition will display as a
gray box between the two
clips
 Change duration> Transition
Adjustments>Enter the
desired duration>Click OK

23.  iMovie Tutorials:
http://www.apple.com/support/imovie/
 Contact me!
amanda.favia@macaulay.cuny.edu

24. Amanda Favia
amanda.favia@macaulay.cuny.edu
ITF, Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College