Introduction to imovie Atomic Learning has some great online tutorials for imovie, iphoto and idvd. Check them out at http://www.atomiclearning.com. The district username is and the password is. If you cannot access the system using the aforementioned username, try,, etc. Step 1: Open itunes and iphoto from your dock or from within the Applications directory. Don t open imovie, yet!!! Step 2: Insert the VISIONS disk and navigate to the Workshop Media folder. There are sample music clips organized by genre in the Audio Clips > FreePlayMusicSamples directory. To import, drag a handful of mp3 files into your itunes window. To select multiple files at the same time, hold the command ( Open Apple ) key down as you select the files. NOTE! Music purchased online from the itunes store will probably not work very well in ilife projects due to copyright restrictions!!! Created by Jim Epler 1 of 12 9/29/17
Step 3: There are sample pictures in the Photos & Graphics folder on the CD. Select a handful of pictures and drag them into the iphoto window. We will use these sample music clips and pictures in our pending imovie project. Step 4: Open imovie. imovie always automatically loads the last open project. If you see the window below, click the Create a New Project button and then title your project Visions imovie Demo or something similar. Make sure the video format is set to DV. The default is set to save your project in your Movies folder in your home directory. This is a good place for it!! Created by Jim Epler 2 of 12 9/29/17
Step 5: There are sample clips in the Digital Video Fundamentals folder on your CD. Drag joggers.dev, roller coaster.dv, skater tumbles.dv, and touch down.dv into the imovie window. It will probably take a few minutes to import everything. After they re imported you should see their thumbnails in the imovie shelf as seen below. Keep in mind that raw digital video is a space hog. Larger hard drives make this issue less of a problem than it used to be, but here s a general guideline: 1 minute uncompressed video = 220 MB 5 minutes uncompressed video = 1 GB 15 minutes uncompressed video = 3 GB 60 minutes uncompressed video = 13 GB Figure 5: Dragging clips from the shelf to the clip viewer. Make sure you are in the clip viewer mode. The gray area below the view should read Drag clips here to build your project. To build your project, drag the thumbnails down from the shelf directly into the clip viewer. To play, click on the little play button under the monitor. TIP! Use the spacebar on your keyboard to play and stop the movie sequence! Created by Jim Epler 3 of 12 9/29/17
Step 6: After you arrange your clips in the clip viewer, switch over to timeline viewer by clicking on the small button that looks like a clock face. Step 7: From the View menu, check to make sure Show Clip Volume Levels has a check next to it. If not, select this option from the View menu. Step 8: You can adjust the overall volume level of a clip by selecting (i.e. highlighting) it and moving the volume lever up or down. Access the volume lever by clicking on the little speaker icon next to the Clip: toggle under the timeline. Figure 8b: The Clip: toggle and speaker icon under the timeline. Created by Jim Epler 4 of 12 9/29/17
Step 9: To more precisely edit the volume level in specifc places along the clip, click the horizontal level line (i.e. rubber band ) in the middle of the clip, add keyframes (i.e. little audio balls), and drag the keyframes up or down accordingly. Use this technique to fade audio in at the beginning of a clip, or to fade audio out at the ending of the clip. Figure 9: Adjusting volume levels in the timeline using keyframes.. Step 10: Practice clicking on and dragging the playhead or scrubber along your timeline sequence. Understand how to start, pause and restart the playhead using the spacebar on your keyboard. Mastering this skill will help make upcoming steps easier to perform! Step 11: To crop or edit clips in your sequence, position the playhead on the timeline where you would like to make your edit and use the keyboard command Open Apple + T to split the video clip into two pieces. You can also perform this function from the Edit menu by choosing the Split video clip at playhead option. After splitting the clip into two pieces, select the piece you want to send to the cutting room floor and click the Delete key on your keyboard!! Poof! It s gone!! Created by Jim Epler 5 of 12 9/29/17
Step 12: Let s add some music to our project, click the Media button and drag an mp3 file from the itunes library down into the audio track in your timeline. You could also position your playhead where you want to insert your music and click the Place at Playhead button. Keep in mind it s easy to move audio around in the timeline after it has been inserted, so don t fuss over its placement on the timeline too much! Created by Jim Epler 6 of 12 9/29/17
Step 13: Trim or edit audio using the same technique explained in Step 10. However, this time click to select (i.e. highlight) the audio track and choose to Split audio clip at playhead instead of choosing to split the Video clip at the playhead. The keyboard shortcut to do this is also exactly the same (Command + T). Figure 12: Position the playhead where you want to edit your audio and then click to select the audio track.. From the Edit menu, choose to Split audio clip at playhead option. Step 14: Let s enhance our project by adding a few still pictures to the timeline by clicking the Photos button under Media. Pictures in your iphoto library are easily accessed from this area. Created by Jim Epler 7 of 12 9/29/17
We add Ken Burns effects by first clicking anywhere on the selected picture to stop the automatic preview. Then, zoom using the Photo Settings zoom slider to a point on the picture where you would like to place your starting point. Click and drag directly on the picture to move it around in the monitor to gain the desired vantage point. Figure 14B: The Photo Settings box. Is semi-transparent and floats above the imovie window. Moving the slider to the left zooms out to view a wide angle of the photograph. Moving the slider to the right zooms in for a close- up of the photograph. Make sure the toggle button is set to Start and then move the slider to the left to zoom out (i.e. wide angle) of the picture, or to the right to zoom in (i.e. close-up) on a particular detail or aspect of the photograph. Notice the little pictures to the left and right of the slider which are visual cues to help remind you which way you are zooming! Created by Jim Epler 8 of 12 9/29/17
Then, toggle the button to End and zoom out (or in) to choose the desired ending point. When satisfied, click the Apply button to add the picture to your timeline. Step 15: After adding music, trimming your clips, and adding your Ken Burns affected photos, the last step is to add special effects (i.e. Video FX), transitions and titles to your project. All these elements are accessed from the Editing button in the imovie window. Created by Jim Epler 9 of 12 9/29/17
To apply a transition between two clips, position your playhead and then drag the transition from the transition window down to the timeline. Figure 14b: Dragging a transition into the timeline. Step 16: Prepare your project for sharing to idvd. Consider saving some still frames from the movie that you will later use in the DVD menu. Position your playhead at the point in the video and choose File > Save Frame Share to idvd and choose a theme. Created by Jim Epler 10 of 12 9/29/17
Figure 15b: Choosing a theme in idvd. The Drop Zones are where you can drop pictures or moving videos.. Make sure the Show TV Safe Area is enabled from the View menu in idvd. Drop any still frames you saved from your imovie project into the appropriate drop zones and change the text on the menu to reflect your own project s content. Keep in mind you can add music and pictures to your DVD menu directly by clicking the media button in idvd. Created by Jim Epler 11 of 12 9/29/17
Step 17: When it is ready, either archive the project to burn on another computer or select the burn button and burn it straight to DVD. Created by Jim Epler 12 of 12 9/29/17