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You have lots of choices for working with your video in iMovie 09, but the program also gives you options to change how iMovie itself works. By using the Preferences panel, you can customize several iMovie settings to your liking. This tutorial shows you how.OPEN THE PREFERENCES PANELTo open the Preference panel, click iMovie > ... read more
Professional-quality, well-edited videos come from practicing precision in the editing process. Pinpoint selection of the video frames you want to use is one way to ensure smooth edits and top-notch movies. Here are several options for selecting video that can help improve your precision – and your final product.SELECT A FRAME RANGE WITHIN A CLIPTo ... read more
If the sound volume of your project varies widely from clip to clip, it can make for an unpleasant viewing experience and an unprofessional final product. Luckily, iMovie 09 provides an easy way to make the audio volume of all your clips consistent, called “normalizing.” Here’s how to employ this tool for your next project. ... read more
Fade-in and fade-out are important tools that help you smooth transitions between clips in iMovie 09. Fade-in is a gradual increase in volume, and fade-out is the opposite: a gradual decrease. For example, when you are placing two clips next to each other in a project, you might want to gradually fade-out the audio on ... read more
One of the biggest advantages digital video editing has over working with old-fashioned videotape is that it is nonlinear. For our purposes, this means that you don’t necessarily need to start at the beginning and move chronologically through the video. You can watch a clip from start to finish, or view only certain parts of ... read more
You can create a polished movie with very little effort by asking iMovie to do most of the work for you. Several automatic settings in the program allow you to give your computer control of some of the more time-consuming aspects of movie-making. One of these is adding transitions. You can set up iMovie to ... read more
iMovie keeps all of your projects organized in the Project Library. When you’re looking for a particular project, you don’t need to open it to take a look at the video. Instead, follow this tutorial to learn how to use the Preview feature. Then, you can grab a sneak peek of your projects before you ... read more
The Add to Project tool in iMovie 09 is a simple feature that significantly speeds up the process of adding video clips to a project. This tool gives you the ability to insert clips into a project with just one click, cutting down on the time spent dragging and dropping. Read on to learn how ... read more
You’re new to iMovie 09. You’ve loaded your home movies into the program. What next? Here’s how to start your first iMovie project. You’ll follow these same steps every time you want to start a new video project.START A NEW PROJECTTo get started, choose File > New Project from the iMovie menu.NAME YOUR PROJECTA ... read more
iMovie 09 has lots of customizable settings that help you work on your projects more efficiently. For example, you can expand and contract Filmstrips to make your video editing easier. In the iMovie window, each of your video clips is represented by a series of thumbnail images called a Filmstrip. These Filmstrips make it ... read more
A key function of iMovie 09 is trimming clips. This tool allows you to select only the video you want to include in your project, so you can leave your unneeded clips on the cutting room floor. By removing unwanted frames from your video, you can create professional-caliber projects with a clear flow and concise ... read more
When you load video into iMovie 09, the program automatically organizes your clips into Events. By default, iMovie creates a new Event for each date that video was taken. Sometimes, however, you might need to reorganize your Events. Perhaps you’d like to combine several Events into one to make organization easier. Or, you might need ... read more
Organization is key when you’re working on a video project. You need to know what material you have to work with, which clips you like the best, and what videos match up with each event. iMovie 09’s event library goes a long way toward helping you keep track of your digital video, and you can ... read more
In all the excitement of getting your new iPhone 4 today, you may of forgotten that iMovie was heading straight to an iPhone 4 near you. Well Apple know you are going to need an editing tool for all that cool 720p video footage you just shot – so there you have it – ... read more
Just because your shooting conditions weren’t ideal doesn’t mean that your video has to looks less than optimal. iMovie 09 has a range of built-in image quality adjustments that will help you tweak your video until it’s just right. You have the tools to adjust exposure, brightness, contrast, and lots of other attributes right at ... read more
You’ve spent hours perfecting your video project in iMovie 09. Your work is finally ready for its premier! How will you share it with your audience? iMovie gives you several options for exporting your project into formats that can be easily shared and viewed. Follow these steps to find the best way to get your ... read more
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