Using iMovie to Edit Videos on Mac for Free
This is a tutorial, which includes three parts: how to edit video with Windows Movie Maker on PC, edit video on Mac with iMove and briefly compares free video editors. It focuses on how to edit videos for free.
iMovie '08 makes viewing and editing video as intuitive as enjoying your photos. A built-in library automatically organizes your video, so all the clips you've captured and movies you've created are showed orderly. With its revolutionary interface, iMovie makes it quick and easy to browse your library and create new movies project. iMovie is a platform to share videos. In just a few steps, you can add movies to your website, publish them on YouTube, and create versions for iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. All in all, editing movies on iMovie is a nice and ideal choice. Here is the basic information for how to edit videos on iMovie.
1Create an iMovie Project
Before doing anything in iMovie, you must create and title a new default folder to save our new project.
2Connect DV Camera
Make sure the camera is in PLAY (VCR) mode
3 Add video
When the viewer says "Camera Connected," click the "Import" button. iMovie will play and import your digital video. When you need to stop importing, click the "Import" button once more. Drag your imported clip(s) from the clips pane to the editable timeline along the bottom of the iMovie interface. iMovie treats deleted files differently that most other programs. If you delete a clip you CANNOT get it back.
iMovie allows you to import video in: AVI, MOV, MP4,MPG, 3GP, DAT
If your videos are not the format that be compatible with iMovie such as FLV and M4A, AIFF, AAC and SWF, you can use video converter for Mac to convert the video first.
4Edit video
To Split a Clip: Place the cursor beneath the viewing window where you want to split the clip into two. Head to "Edit" menu, and choose "Split Video Clip at Playhead."
To Crop a Clip: Drag the little triangles beneath the viewing window timeline to the desired in and out points. Go to the "Edit" menu at the top and select "Crop."
To add effect: Select "Effects" from the menu below the clips pane. Select a clip from the editing region to add an effect to it. Select an effect. Adjust the effect beneath the preview window. You can preview the result in the preview window. If you adjust the parameters of the effect, click "Preview" again to load the new effect settings. Click "Apply," and wait for the effect to render. You can monitor the effect rendering by the red progress bar that occurs within the clip the effect is being added to in the editing region. Save your work.
5Save your project
From the main menu, go to File > Save Project.
If you want to convert the movies made by iMovie to other video format, you can use this video converter for Mac. If you want to burn the movies made by iMovie to DVD, use this best DVD burner for Mac. Editing movies on Mac in iMovie is as easy as ABC, just have a try!
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- Hale 2011-12-03 09:19
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