iMovie tips 2015

iMovie Basics10.0.9

Open iMovie (Click on Purple Star Icon)

Click on New

Select Movie

Click on 2015

Click on File

Rename the Event[Your first initial][Your last name]

Hit Return

Select New Event

Select No Theme

Click on Create

Name Your MovieMake sure the Event is YOUR Event!

Click OK

Select Pictures/Video to Import - Click Import Selected

Click on Import Media

Image will Appear in the Bottom of the Screen (Timeline) and in the Preview Screen

Click on Image - Click on the + Sign to Add the Image to the Movie Timeline

ColorBalance

Click to Select Image

ColorCorrection

Cropping Video & Audio Effects

ClipInfo

ResetAll

• Color Balance - Auto, Match Color, White Balance, Skin Tone Balance

• Color Correction - Use sliders to adjust

• Cropping - Fit, Crop to Fit, Ken Burns, Rotate Clip

• Video & Audio Effects - Select a Video Effect to Use

• None• Flipped• Raster• Cartoon• Aged Film• Film Grain• Hard Light• Day Into Night• Glow• Dream• Romantic• Vignette• Bleach Bypass• Old World• Heat Wave• Sci-Fi• Black & White• Sepia• Negative• X-Ray

• Clip Info - Change the Duration (Length) of the Clip - Type in Time - Return to Accept

• Reset All - Reverts Clip to Original Settings

RecordVoiceover

Go to Previous

Clip

Play(Space Bar)

Go to NextClip

PlayFull

Screen

Automatically improve the image and audio quality of the selected clip

Zoom in and out of clips (slider bar)Adjust thumbnail appearance (film icon)

Content Library (Lower Left)Open the:• Transitions Browser• Titles Browser• Maps & Backgrounds Browser• iTunes Browser• Sound Effects Browser• Garage Band Browser

Transitions Browser

Transitions go before or after clipsDrag the mouse over the transition for a previewClick and drag the transition before or after a clip

Double click to change the duration of the transition

Titles Browser

Titles can go at the beginning, middle, or end of a clipDrag mouse over title for a preview

Click and drag to add the title to the projectDrag it in front of the clip to have a blank background

Drag it on the clip to have it display over the clipType the Title information

Hit Return twice to accept Title

ChangeFont

Double click on the purple box to edit the title

ChangeFontSize

AlignText

BoldItalics

Outlined

TextColor

Click and drag on either end of the purple title box to change the duration of the title

To delete a title - click on it once and hit delete

Click and drag a map or background to add to the movie

Maps & Backgrounds Browser

To customize the route, click in the box and select or type in a new destination - Click Done

Sound Effects Browser

Move the mouse over the effect, click the play button to preview the sound

Click and drag to add the effect to the movie

To shorten the sound clip, click and drag on

the ends

To move the sound, click and drag inside the green boxTo delete - click on the green box - hit delete button

To adjust the volume, click and drag on the line that goes through the middle of the sound effect

To fade in the sound, drag this circle

To fade out the sound, drag this circle

Sharing the iMovie

Click on the Share buttonSelect File

Uncheck Add to TheaterClick Next

Select LocationClick Save