More iMovie
OVERVIEW
• Review basic editing
• More iMovie
• Work on projects
• Next sessions
EDITING IN ANOTHER WAY• Click on the camera
EDITING IN ANOTHER WAY• Do the following:
• Reread all of the steps below
• Reread rest of steps on next slide• Steps:
• Click Capture
• Create New Event by naming it “test”
• Click Capture
EDITING IN ANOTHER WAY• Steps after creating New Event by named “test”
• Look at Camera (top of iMac green LED)
• Pause for count of 2 (silently-still looking at camera)
• Speak – “CCSU is where students start with a dream and finish with a future.”
• Pause for count of 2 (silently-still looking at camera)
• Click Stop
• Click Done
EDITING IN ANOTHER WAY• Click on clip
• Add it to project
• Change thumbnail size by adjusting slider
• Scrub cursor over video
• Look for video and audio that
– signals your first word “CCSU”
– Signals end of your last word “future.”
• Use yellow selection box to select in and out point– Always make talent look good
• Add clip to project
EDITING IN ANOTHER WAY #2• Repeat the capturing of the 2 seconds, CCSU…dream
• Select the entire clip using yellow selection box
• Add entire clip to project
• Scrub the cursor over the start to find in point
• Keep cursor over the start point
• Cntrl + click > Split clip
• Repeat for out point
• Delete extra clips from viewer
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MORE iMOVIE
• 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
• Preview/discuss next sessions of course
NEXT SESSIONS• 11/21 Syllabus says Thanksgiving = MISTAKE
– Instead we will have video production time
• 11/28 Syllabus says Video production project = MISTAKE– Instead its Thanksgiving
• 12/5 Syllabus says Final Presentations = MISTAKE– Instead we will have video production time
• 12/12 Syllabus says Portfolio Review = CHANGING– Instead we will have final presentations