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iMovie HD Getting Star ted Shows you how to impor t video; edit footage; and add tr ansitions, effects, titles, and more[...]
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2 1 C on ten ts Chapter 1 4 W elcome t o iMovie HD 4 Using This Document 5 What’ s New in i Movie HD 6 6 Before Y ou Begin 6 What Y ou’ll Learn 6 What Y ou Need 8 Finding Out More Chapter 2 9 iMovie HD T utorial 9 Step One: Start a New Project 1 0 Step Tw o: Import Video Into iMovie HD 1 4 Step Three: Choose the Video Y ou Wan t to Keep 1 6 Ste[...]
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Contents 3 42 Editing P ane 42 Titles 43 T ransitions 44 Video Effects 45 Audio Effects 46 Chapters P ane[...]
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1 4 1 W elcome t o iMovie HD W elcome to iMovie HD 6. This document will get you on your wa y to crea ting great mo vies tha t hav e both polish and impact. iMovie HD is the faste st and easiest way t o turn your home video into your own motion picture. i Movie HD is the perfect companion for the latest high definition camcor ders and the smallest [...]
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Chapter 1 Welcome to iMovie HD 5 What’ s New in iMovie HD 6 Â Improv ed per f ormance: iMovie HD 6 harnesses the power of Mac OS X v1 0.4 Tiger and Quick Time 7 to give y ou quicker effects rendering and pristine video quality . Experiment with stunning new video effects and see the results instantly . From impor ting f ootage to sharing your fi[...]
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6 Chapter 1 Welcome to iMovie HD Before Y ou Begin T o make it easier to do the tasks in the tutorial, print this document bef ore y ou star t. In many tasks shown here and in iMovie HD Help , you need to choose commands from the menus in the menu bar . Menu commands look like this: Choose Edit > C opy . The first term after Choose is the name o[...]
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Chapter 1 Welcome to iMovie HD 7 Did Y ou K no w?—Using Magic iMovie to Cr eate a Mo vie in Minutes Whether this is your first movie or y ou ’ve made man y , you can use Magic iMovie to create a complete mo vie or to get a head start on editing. Magic i Movie can automatically import video from your F ireWire camcor der (DV or HDV ), compose it[...]
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8 Chapter 1 Welcome to iMovie HD F inding Out More Y our computer comes with a built-in help syst em for iMovie HD . When iMovie HD is open, choose Help > iMovie HD Help. When iMovie HD Help opens, t ype a wor d or phrase in the search field at the top of the page or click one of the topic ar eas to find out information about a certain topic. Y [...]
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2 9 2 iMovie HD T utorial This chapter take s you step b y step thr ough the proce ss of building your own mo vie in iMovie HD . Y ou can use video from a v ariety of sources and device s to create a movie in iMovie HD . If you have some digital video in y our camcorder or digital video f ootage on your computer , y ou can follow the st eps in this[...]
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10 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 4 Click the pop-up menu labeled “ Wher e ” and choose a folder to st ore your movie project. The default location is the Movie s folder in your home f older . Saving your mo vie in this folder will allow other iLif e applications, such as iDVD or G arageBand , to find it easily . 5 Click Create . A new project fi[...]
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Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 11 If your camcorder uses a dock, connect the dock to the computer and place the camcorder in the dock. The illustration below shows how to c onnect a camcorder to an iMac using a FireWire cable. 3 In iMovie HD, click the mode switch (shown below) to set iMovie HD to camera mode. Note: Y ou must have a camcor der connec[...]
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12 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 4 Use the capture contr ols shown below to r eview your tape in the iMovie monitor . 5 Rewind the tape to a few seconds bef ore the point wher e you want to start impor ting . 6 Click Play . 7 When you see the frame where y ou want to begin importing, click Impor t (shown above) or pre ss the Space bar . During the i[...]
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Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 13 As you import your video footage from a camcor der connected via Fir eWire , i Movie HD detects where you made a break in rec ording and aut omatically divides the video into separate scenes , or “ clips.” Each sequence of recorded video is then made in to a video clip that is stored in the Clips pane , shown bel[...]
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14 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial Y ou can also drag files from your de sktop or from applications like iT unes or iPhoto to the Clips pane. In i Movie HD 6, you can also drag , copy , and past e clips from one iMovie HD project to another . Step Three: Choose the Video Y ou W ant to Keep T o pare down your video to the be st shots, you’ll pla y th[...]
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Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 15 T o delete a clip: m Select the clip, then choose Edit > Cut or press the Delete key . The clip disappears from the Clips pane . Notice that the i Movie T rash at the bottom of the window now has something in it—the clip you just cut. It will remain there until you empty the iM o vie Trash. The remaining clips c[...]
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16 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial Step F our : Build Y our Movie Now that your video f ootage is transformed int o a collection of cropped video clips, you can begin to use them to build y our movie. In this step , you’ll mov e the clips in the Clips pane to the video track in your mo vie and begin to organiz e them into a sequence. T o build your [...]
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Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 17 Â The timeline viewer , shown belo w , dis plays the elements of y our movie in more detail, letting y ou zoom in on sections of the movie . I t also displa ys the movie ’ s video track and two audio tracks . T he three tracks allow you t o add and manipulate multiple layers of sound , including the sound con tain[...]
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18 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial Did Y ou K no w?—Saving While Building Y our Movie It ’ s a good idea to sav e your work periodically as you make changes. Because iMovie HD saves your original f ootage even after cropping , you can still retrieve cropped footage after you sa ve . T o sav e your project: m Choose File > Sa ve P roject. At tim[...]
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Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 19 Step F iv e: Add Photos to Y our Movie iMovie HD lets you easily add photos from your iPhot o library to your movie. Y ou can add photos as still shots that linger for as long as y ou like, or you can pan and zoom in or out with the “Ken Burns Effect.” In this step , you’ll add still photos to y our movie and a[...]
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20 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial If the Photo Settings window (shown below) does not appear , click the Sho w Photo Settings button. Y ou can drag the Photo Settings window anywhere on your c omputer screen to mov e it out of the way . 4 Click the Ken Burns Effect checkbox to deselect it and turn off motion for the photo . 5 Drag the duration slider[...]
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Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 21 T o pan a photo: 1 Select a photo in your movie or in the Media pane. 2 In the Photo Settings window , select the Ken Burns Effect checkbox. 3 Click Start. 4 Click the image in the iMovie monitor , then press the mouse button and drag the image until you see the place in the image wher e you want t o begin the pan. 5[...]
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22 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial Step Six: Add Titles and T ex t No movie is complete without a title , and all the great movies hav e credits at the end . Y ou can add titles, credits, and other text to add to the overall polish of your mo vie. T ext doesn’ t hav e to just sit there , either . Y ou might have text bounce in, do a cartwheel, or ev[...]
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Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 23 3 T ype the text you wan t to appear in the text fields below the list of titles. If the title style can have mor e lines of t ext, you see a plus sign (+) next to the text field. Click it to add another line of text. Y ou can do this as many times as you need to , or until the plus signs stop appearing . T o remove [...]
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24 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial Step Seven: Make Adjustments to Clips Now that you ha ve a movie with video , phot os, and a title, you may want to make some adjustments to your video clips . Most of the editing you do in i Movie occurs in the timeline view er . In this step , you’ll learn how to make small or large changes t o your video clips b[...]
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Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 25 Y ou can take advantage of the “ ghosted playhead” in i Mo vie HD to choose the exact frame where you want trimmed video t o begin or end , then trim to that spot. T o precisely trim a video clip: 1 Click the clip you want to edit in the timeline view er . 2 Drag the playhead to the frame wher e you want the clip[...]
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26 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial Any time you mo ve a clip to the right , a gap is created. Y ou can drag other clips to fill the gap , or y ou can leave a gap as a handy backgr ound for text or to add an extra dimension to a transition or effect. The illustration below shows what a gap looks like in the timeline viewer . ∏ Tip: A fast way to clos[...]
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Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 27 Step Eight: Add T ransitions Y ou’ ve arranged your video clips in the or der you want them. But the change from one scene to the next is abrupt, and you’ d lik e t o smooth things out. Y ou can do this using transitions . T ransitions blend the ends of clips together in a v ariety of ways—for example, fading o[...]
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28 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 3 Click a transition style in the list to select it. 4 Set the duration of the transition using the Speed slider . 5 Make any other settings specific to the transition y ou chose. F or example, if you select Push, you can use the arrow buttons next to the Speed slider to choose the direction from which the next scene[...]
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Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 29 Step Nine: Add a Soundtrack A soundtrack adds a lot to a movie . I t can help set the tone f or the movie and add depth to it. When y ou import video into an iM o vie HD project, the video automatically includes the sound that was recorded with it. Y ou can turn down the sound in the video , or turn it off completely[...]
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30 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 4 Click “Place at Playhead.” The audio file appears as an a udio clip in the second audio track. If the audio doesn ’t start in the right place, simply drag the a udio clip along the track until you see the frame where you wan t it to start in the i Movie monit or . Make sure you drag from the center of the cli[...]
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Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 31 ∏ Tip: If you need to lengthen a particular audio clip (for example , a sound eff ect), you can duplicate the audio clip and add it to the end of the pr evious clip . Then trim the new clip to keep just the part that you need. Adjusting the V olume of A udio Clips The volume of the sound in y our movie is very impo[...]
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32 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial If you make an adjustment to the volume while y ou are playing a clip , iMovie HD pauses pla yback and then immediately plays the clip with y our adjustment. This makes it easier to get the results y ou want. Step T en: Share Y our Movie A great movie must be shared . With iMovie HD , ther e are many possibilities . [...]
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Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 33 T o share your mo vies with friends and family: m Choose Share and then choose how you wan t to share y our movie. If you choose the standard export options, iMovie HD sets up the movie with the appropriate f ormat automatically . ∏ Tip: If you want to share just part of your movie , you can select the clip or clip[...]
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3 34 3 iMovie HD at a Glance W elcome to iMovie HD a t a Glance. Here you ’ll find a quick ov er view of the iMovie HD in ter fac e and contr ols. T ake a look at these pages to familiarize yourself with iMovie HD featur es and terminology . Learning the names of the iMovie HD contr ols will help you follo w the instructions in i Movie HD Help . [...]
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Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance 35 Main Window The main iMovie HD windo w is your command console for mo vie editing . Here you can view your movie , arrange scenes, edit clips, and add prof essional polish to your mo vie. A iMovie monitor: View your footage and the effects of all your edits here . B Scrubber bar and crop markers: Drag the playhead[...]
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36 Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance Clip V iew er The bottom part of the i Movie windo w has two views: the clip viewer and the timeline viewer . The clip viewer , shown below , is a simplified view where you can add clips to your movie and arrange them in the order y ou want them to appear . G iMovie T rash: Deleted footage goes her e. Y ou can ope[...]
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Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance 37 Timeline V iewer Use the timeline viewer , shown below , to edit the video and audio clips in your movie , and synchronize your a udio and video . A Timeline viewer button: Click to switch from the clip viewer to the timeline viewer . B Video track: Selec t clips in this track to edit or add effects and titles to [...]
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38 Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance Clips P ane Click the Clips button to open the Clips pane . The video f ootage and still images y ou import into i Mo vie HD first appear here. Y ou can drag a clip from the Clips pane to the clip viewer , the timeline viewer , t o your desktop , in to other applications , to dr op zones , and into other iMovie HD[...]
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Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance 39 Themes P ane Y ou can use the Theme s pane to add a theme to your mo vie. Click the Themes butt on to open the Themes pane. A Theme menu: Click the pop-up menu to choose a theme. B Theme Elements: Select an item in this list to view and edit it in the i Movie monitor . C Show/Hide Pr eview: Click this button to pr[...]
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40 Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance Media P ane The Media pane provides easy acc ess to your phot os in iPhoto and audio con tent in iT unes and G arageBand . Click the buttons at the top to switch between A udio and Photos. Audio Click the Audio button at the t op of the Media pane to see the audio source s av ailable for your mo vie. Y ou use this[...]
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Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance 41 Photos Images in your iPhoto library automatically appear in this pane . Use the Photo Settings window to add motion to y our still images using the Ken Burns Effect. Click the Photos button at the top of the Media pane to see the Phot os window . When you select an image, the Photo Settings window appears. A Sour[...]
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42 Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance Editing P ane Y ou can add titles, transitions, video effects, and audio eff ects to your movie in the Editing pane. Buttons across the top of the pane provide easy acc ess to high-quality editing tools. Click the Editing button to open the Editing pane. Titles Y ou can add opening titles, rolling commentar y , en[...]
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Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance 43 T ransitions Y ou can add transitions to smoothly change scenes in y our movie. T o see transition settings, click T ransitions at the top of the Editing pane. A T ransitions list: Select a transition st yle in this list. B Arrow buttons: For some transitions, you can click an arrow button to set the direction you[...]
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44 Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance Video Effects Y ou can add special effects to change the look of your mo vie clips. For example , you can change color video to black and white , adjust the image brightness and contrast, or add playful effects like fairy dust. T o see video effects settings, click V ideo FX at the top of the Editing pane. A Effec[...]
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Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance 45 Audio Eff ects Y ou can use audio effects to manipulate the sound in y our movie . T o see audio effects settings, click Audio FX at the top of the Editing pane. A Effects list: S elect an effect in this list to change the sound of audio in your mo vie. B Effects controls: Use the controls to change the sound of a[...]
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46 Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance Chapters P ane Y ou can add chapter markers to your movie and export it to iDVD or as a video podcast. In iDVD , the chapters will appear in a scene selection menu so that viewers can skip to a par ticular scene . In a video podcast, chapters can include a URL and a URL title. T o open the Chapters pane, click the[...]
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