iMovie Introduction
- Review each of the clips on the shelf. To play a clip, click on the clip and hit the play button.
- If you think it will help you, you can rename the clips by clicking once on the clip and then once on the clip title.
- Arrange the clips in the timeline in the order you think make sense.
- Edit any clip by deleting unnecessary footage from the beginnings
and/or end of the clip. The length of the example movie is
1:40. Try to make your version a similar length. (The length of
your movie is displayed in the bottom-center of the iMovie window.
- Once your sequence is good, you may try adding titles, transitions, music or effects.
The Parts:
Some Questions and
Answers
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How do I edit clips? Think of
editing movies like editing writing using software like Microsoft Word;
nearly all of the edit commands are in the Edit menu. There
are lots of ways to edit clips just like there are lots of ways to edit
writing. Two simple methods are included below: |
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Note the shortcuts listed
to the right of the commands.
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Using the Scrubber Bar to Edit: Using the scrubber markers (the small triangles beneath the scrubber bar pictured to the right) you can highlight the parts of a clip that you want to cut, copy or crop. With a section of a clip highlighted, select the appropriate command from the edit window.
Using the Timeline to Edit: Often with video you might want to split clips so you can use parts of the same clip in two different places or simply delete a section of the clip.
To split a clip, make sure your in the "clock" view of the timeline (see right). Position the playhead precisely where you want to split the clip. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move one frame at a time. Select "Split Video Clip at Playhead" from the edit menu.
To delete a section of the newly split clip, click on the section you would like to delete and hit the delete key on your keyboard or select Cut from the Edit menu.
Why does the counter count so oddly? You will notice that the position of the playhead also displays the location in time. This counter depicts minutes:seconds:frames.
The American standard (NTSC) for film is 29 frames per second.
Thus the counter turns over after 29. The reading to the right, for
example, means that the playhead is 1 second and 29 frames into the
movie, or 1 frame short of 2 seconds.
