More iMovie. OVERVIEW Announcement More iMovie Work on projects Next sessions.

More iMovie

OVERVIEW

• Announcement

• More iMovie

• Work on projects

• Next sessions

ANNOUNCEMENT

• Dr. Abed advising during this class on 11/26

MORE iMOVIE• Last class

– Tour of major parts of interface– Imported video files– Captured video using built-in camera– Edited video

• Tonight– Preferences>Advanced– Markers– Keywords– Picture and video in/over video– Audio– Maps and backgrounds and titles– Themes– Sharing

PREFERENCES>ADVANCED

• iMovie Menu > Preferences

• General tab, check Show Advanced Tools

PREFEREENCES>ADVANCED

• Pointer tool, Keywords tool, Filter by Keywords tool

• Pointer tool turns off any open tools

• Keywords tool

• Tag video clips with selected keywords (metadata)

• Filter by keywords tool

• Sort through your clips by keywords

PREFEREENCES>ADVANCED

• Keywords tool

• Tag video clips with selected keywords (metadata)

• Click the key icon

• Add new keyword, select it or select previous keyword

• Drag the key icon over clip – clip turns blue

PREFEREENCES>ADVANCED

• Filter by keyword

• Click magnifying glass

• Choose keyword – click green part of icon

• Look at source window

PREFEREENCES>ADVANCED

• Comment Markers

• Comment markers are brown

• Mark any frame with comment, return to frame by choosing marker from pop-up menu

• Click and drag brown comment marker to timeline

• Drop and type into it to edit

PREFEREENCES>ADVANCED

• Pull down menu– Toggle between markers

PREFEREENCES>ADVANCED

• Chapter Markers

• Chapter markers are orange

• For exporting to dvd and podcasts

• Click and drag orange comment marker to timeline• Drop and type into it to edit

PICTURE & VIDEO IN/OVER VIDEO

• You can include 2 video clips together– BradyBunch/SummerBunch multiple clips idea

• But limited to 1 main clip and 1 additional

– iMovie calls this Picture-in-Picture

• You can do graphics and video together– Over-the-shoulder graphics idea

– iMovie calls this Picture-in-Picture

• Preferences>Advanced>Show Advanced Tools must be selected

• Both are treated very similarly in iMovie

PICTURE & VIDEO IN/OVER VIDEO

• Select video from Event Browser

• Drag it over a video clip in your timeline

• Click Picture-in-Picture

• Picture-in-Picture clip appears with blue border

• Drag to reposition

• Drag ends to lengthen or shorten

• Can be resized by dragging corners in the viewer

• Double-click the picture-in-picture clip to open Inspector– Choose Zoom, Dissolve, or Swap from pop-up menu

• In Inspector, Select Visible next to Drop shadow or click border-width, or border color, under PIP Effect

PICTURE & VIDEO

CONTEXTUAL MENU• When dragging and dropping clips into

timeline

Replace means previous clip replaced with dropped one

Insert means space will be made for newly dropped clip – changes duration of project

Cutaway pastes over related clip without changing duration of project

AUDIO • Drag and drop from Media Brower

• Pin audio to certain frame

• Adjust level

• Set beginning and end

• Synchronize video with music

AUDIO

Gears icon then ClipTrimmer

Waveform, Yellow selection handles

AUDIO

Yellow handles to identifyportion you want

AUDIO

Then click Done

ADJUST LEVEL OF ONE AUDIO• Double-click the clip

• Click audio

• Drag the slider

NORMALIZE• Sets volumes of all clips to about same level

AUDIO• Set beginning and end

– Clip Trimmer– Drag yellow handle near start– Drag yellow handle to end– Preview– Done/Return

AUDIO• Synchronize video with music

• Drag song first, no video yet

• Clip Trimmer

• Drag beat marker to the audio waveform

• Alternatively press “M” key to tap out beats while playing video

• Drag video or photos over top the audio

AUDIO

MAPS & BACKGROUNDS• Maps

– Several maps – Some animated

• Backgrounds– Titles or with images

• Your own graphics as backgrounds– From iPhoto

MAPS & BACKGROUNDS

BACKGROUNDS

TITLES• Drag and drop• Edit text• Set properties

– Duration, font, font color

THEMES• When launching iMovie for new project

• Choose from several preset themes

• Themes give you– Specialized titles and transitions

• Alternatively

• File>Project Properties>General

• Choose theme to apply to existing project

THEME

SHARING• iTunes

• iDVD

• Media Browser

– Use with other iLife apps

• YouTube

– Upload to your account

• MobileMe

– Upload to Apple’s cloud

• Export Movie

– Results in .m4v

• Export using QuickTime– Various codecs

• Export Final Cut XML

DEVELOPMENT TIME• Work on projects

• Call me over for help, suggestions with anything

• Work until about 8:10-8:15

• Preview/discuss next sessions of course

NEXT SESSIONS• 11/26 Syllabus says Stop Motion activity

– Dr. Abed Advising

• 12/3 Syllabus says Presentation• 12/10 Syllabus says Presentation

• Given the 9 presentations we have and where we are at work-wise I’m considering the following:

• 11/26 start class with work on video projects– While Dr. Abed advises

– End class with brief presentation on expectations for final presentations

• 12/3 Stop Motion and work on video projects• 12/10 Presentations all in one night