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iMovie Tutorial Seminar by Professor Davis

Join Professor Davis on November 29, 2011, for an interactive seminar on iMovie basics. Learn how to import video, start projects, use tools for editing, and more. Get hands-on experience and practical tips to enhance your iMovie skills.

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iMovie Tutorial Seminar by Professor Davis

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

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

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

  4. Import Video: Camera • 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. Import Video: Event Library • 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. New Project: Getting Started • Choose File > New Project • Project Themes>Select Theme (or No Theme) • Themes automatically insert titles & transitions

  7. New Project • 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. iMovie Workspace Project Library View Video Build your Project iMovie Toolbar Event Library Browse your Source Video/Music

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

  10. iMovie Toolbar: Import & Edit • Music • Video & Photos • Titles • Transitions • Backgrounds

  11. iMovie Toolbar: Editing • Voiceover • Crop Video • Inspector: Edit Clips, Video & Audio*

  12. Editing: Selecting a Clip • 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. Editing: Clip Trimmer • 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. Inspector: Clip Adjustment • Video Effect • Speed & Direction of Footage • Stabilize Footage

  15. Inspector: Clip Adjustment: Stabilization • Smooth the shaky portions of your video • Marks the footage that contains people • For best results, use when project is complete

  16. Editing: Selecting Audio • 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. Inspector: Audio Adjustment • 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. Editing:Adjusting Original Audio • Choose Clip>Edit>Detach Audio • Audio track (purple bar) • Select & Move • Select & Delete • Audio Adjustment & Duck

  19. Inspector: Video Adjustment • 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. Editing: Adding Titles • 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. Editing: Adding Transitions • 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

  22. And, Voilà! A little movie!

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

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

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