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iMovie Editing Guide for Beginners

The document discusses various editing features in iMovie including adding media files, audio, titles, backgrounds, and transitions. It describes how to import and arrange these elements on the timeline. It also covers tools for adjusting video clips like cropping, stabilizing shaky footage, changing volume and speed, applying filters and effects. Features are explained like using the magic wand, white balance, crop tool, stabilizer, equalizer and more to modify selected video clips.

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iMovie Editing Guide for Beginners

The document discusses various editing features in iMovie including adding media files, audio, titles, backgrounds, and transitions. It describes how to import and arrange these elements on the timeline. It also covers tools for adjusting video clips like cropping, stabilizing shaky footage, changing volume and speed, applying filters and effects. Features are explained like using the magic wand, white balance, crop tool, stabilizer, equalizer and more to modify selected video clips.

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Rachel Grube

iMovie Basic Skills

Editing your video: transitions and effects

Media, Audio, Titles, Background, Transitions


1.
➔ My Media
◆ Import videos and pictures here.
◆ Drag and drop into bottom timeline.
2.
➔ Audio
◆ Select audio files from your computer
◆ Drag and drop on the audio timeline
3.
➔ Titles
◆ Drag and drop title cards in any slot on your video
timeline.
◆ You can even drag them on to existing clips if you
want text on them.
◆ Double click on the font to adjust it.
4.
➔ Backgrounds
◆ Choose a background for your titles/text.
◆ Scroll down for more/solid colors

5.
➔ Transitions
◆ Drag and drop transitions in the space between
video clips
◆ Once its on your timeline, you can adjust the
speed of it by double clicking.

Features for Adjusting the Video Clip/ image


Rachel Grube
iMovie Basic Skills

1.
➔ Magic wand
◆ Auto adjusts video assets

2.
➔ White balance
◆ Adjust white balance, skin tone, and balance
colors.
3.
➔ Crop tool
◆ Crop video
◆ Crop to fill the screen
◆ Use ken burns tool to make the video pan to a certain area of the clip
4.
➔ Stabilizer
◆ Check Stabilize Shaky Video to auto stabilize the video
◆ Check Fix Rolling Shutter to adjust distortions made by side to side movement of
the camera

5.
➔ Volume
◆ Adjust the volume of selected clip
● raise or lower a certain clip’s volume if it is
louder/quieter than the others, or to create emphasis
Rachel Grube
iMovie Basic Skills

6.
➔ Equalizer
◆ Reduce background noise
◆ Equalizer drop down menu to equalize clip sound
7.
➔ Speed
◆ Click the speed drop down menu to make the clip slower,
faster, add a freeze frame
● Drag left/right sides freeze frame box to select the
area you want the video to pause on
◆ Reverse your video clip
8.
➔ Filters and Audio Effects
◆ Add visual interest with various audio effects
◆ Click this menu to create fun audio effects

9.
➔ Information Icon
◆ Easily adjust duration of video
◆ Also shows the time and date the clip was taken

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