User manual APPLE IMOVIE HD

[. . . ] iMovie HD Getting Started Includes explanations for importing video, editing footage, adding transitions, effects, titles, and more 1 Contents Chapter 1 6 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 21 22 25 31 31 32 32 37 37 38 38 39 40 41 Introduction Using This Document What's New in iMovie HD iMovie HD at a Glance iMovie HD Project Window Main Window Clip Viewer Timeline Viewer Clips Pane Photos Pane Audio Pane Titles Pane Transitions Pane Effects Pane iDVD Pane Creating Your First Movie Steps for Creating a Movie Movies in Just Minutes A Quick Tour of Video Editing With iMovie HD Bringing Video Into iMovie HD About Importing Video From Your Camera Before You Begin Importing Video From a Digital Video (DV) or High Definition Video (HDV) Camera Capturing Live Video With an Apple iSight Camera Importing Video from an MPEG-4 Camera or Device Editing Basics Building Your Movie From Video Clips Previewing Your Video Clips Removing Unwanted Video Editing Clips with Direct Trimming Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 3 44 44 44 45 45 46 Chapter 6 47 47 49 49 50 51 54 55 56 59 59 61 62 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 68 69 69 70 71 72 72 73 75 76 76 76 77 Splitting a Video Clip Undoing an Edit About Gaps (Black Clips) Creating Still Images From a Video Clip Copying and Pasting Clips and Images Saving as You Work Adding Transitions and Photos Adding a Transition Between Scenes Deleting and Editing Transitions Applying Transitions to Multiple Clips Adding Photos Adding Motion to a Photo Using Special Effects Motion Effects Video Effects Adding Titles and Chapter Markers Adding Titles Placing Titles Over a Black or Colored Clip Placing Titles Over Video Footage Editing an Existing Title Creating Chapter Markers for a DVD Working With Sound Adding Sound Effects Adding Music From a CD or iTunes Adding a Voiceover Working With Audio Clips Positioning and Trimming an Audio Clip Adjusting Sound Volume Adjusting the Volume of Your Movie Fine-Tuning Volume Levels in Clips Locking Audio Clips in Place Extracting Audio From Your Video Aligning Audio With Video Getting Well-Synchronized Sound Sharing Your Finished Movie Sending Your Movie By Email Preparing Your Movie for a . Mac HomePage Exporting to Your Video Camera Exporting to iDVD Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 4 Contents 77 79 Appendix 80 Exporting for QuickTime Viewing Formats Sharing Your Movies Via Bluetooth Wireless Technology Keyboard Shortcuts Contents 5 1 Introduction 1 Welcome to iMovie HD Getting Started. This document will get you on your way to having fun creating great movies that have both polish and impact. iMovie HD is the fastest and easiest way to turn your home video into your own motion picture. Now iMovie HD is the perfect companion for the latest high definition video cameras and the smallest and most affordable flash cameras. Magic iMovie gives you a helping hand to get started with any new movie project by importing and organizing your video, adding transitions and even a soundtrack --all automatically. [. . . ] 2 Drag the playhead in the scrubber bar to the frame where you want to split the clip. A new clip immediately appears. Undoing an Edit If you make a mistake as you work, you can always undo your action. m To undo an action: Choose Edit > Undo. You can choose Undo multiple times to undo your changes one after the other. Did You Know?-- Undoing Your Changes When you trim a clip, the footage you delete is not lost. You can choose the Undo command multiple times to cancel your changes one after another. You can also undo all your changes to a clip at once by selecting the clip and choosing Advanced > Revert Clip to Original. If you trimmed too much from a clip, you can also bring back the trimmed footage using the direct trimming method, explained next. About Gaps (Black Clips) When you drag clips to the right in the timeline viewer, you can create a gap between clips. The gaps, or empty spaces, are called "black clips" When you switch to the clip . You can change these black clips to any color you want by creating a "color clip" . You can use color clips as spacers or placeholders in your movie, or you can use them as background for text or titles. You can't select or move them in the clip viewer. 44 Chapter 5 Editing Basics To create a color clip: 1 In the timeline viewer, drag a clip to create a gap. 2 Select the black clip in the clip viewer and choose File > Show Info or double-click the clip. 5 Close the Colors window. Creating Still Images From a Video Clip You can use photos and still images as backgrounds for titles or to hold a particular image on screen for a period of time. For example, you might want to show a title over a still image of a dog and then show that image coming to life as a real dog. You can then place that still image before your video clip and add the title you want. To create a still frame from your movie: 1 Select a clip and position the playhead to display the image you want. After a still image appears in the Clips pane, you can rename it and change its duration to match the needs of your movie. Copying and Pasting Clips and Images You can cut, copy, and paste selections of your video as you edit. For example, you can copy an image or clip and paste it into different places in a movie. You can replace a section of video by selecting it and pasting another clip over it. You can also copy a video clip from a different iMovie into the one you're working on. To edit your video, you drag clips to different locations or use the Copy, Cut, Paste, and Clear commands, much as you do to edit text in a word-processing application. To copy a clip to a new position in the movie: 1 Select the video clip or frame range you want to cut or copy, then choose Edit > Cut or Copy. 3 Choose Edit > Paste. Chapter 5 Editing Basics 45 Did You Know? [. . . ] · For a high-quality movie, you can export your movie in the Sorenson Video codec. This format reduces the file size of the movie while retaining relatively high quality. · In general, choose settings that give you the best tradeoff between file size and video playback quality. Frame size is the primary determiner of the movie file size. 78 Chapter 10 Sharing Your Finished Movie · Set the number of key frames next. [. . . ]