iMovie is a Mac based video editing software, aimed at entry-level and for the amateur consumer. It provides all the basic features in a clean, easy interface. The latest version of iMovie is 10.1.15. This version of iMovie has more options to share a movie, more movie and trailer theme options from iMovie for iOS, easier to make picture-in-pictures, cutaways, side-by-sides etc., more realistic green-screen effects and easier refinements.
What’s New in 10.1.14*
- Sharing to iMovie Theater is no longer supported; save your movies and trailers to iCloud Photos to watch them on other devices including Apple TV
- For users with videos in iMovie Theater, the Theater window is now accessible by choosing Window > Go to Theater
- Improves quality of conversion for incompatible media files with very low resolution
- Improves compatibility when importing iMovie for iOS projects
- Improves overall stability
*Information provided from Apple Support
In the workshop we will cover:
Getting Started
- iMovie interface
- Media > Photos and iMovie Libraries
- Projects
- Browser, Timeline, Viewer
- iMovie file structure and backup (iMovie Library on external drive or multiple libraries)
- Importing video clips
Editing
- Create a new Project
- Video
- Add clips to your project
- Edit video (trim, move, split clips)
- Images
- Add images
- Edit images (crop and adjust the Ken Burns Effect)
- Video
- effects: green-screen, cutaways, picture-in-picture, and side-by-side
- Audio
- Edit audio: detach audio, adjust volume, enhance audio
- Add a voiceover
- Add background music or sound effects
- Add transitions
- Add titles
Sharing
Apple’s iMovie for Mac Help Guide
Apple’s iMovie for iPhone and iPad Help
The video tutorials below are from Hoonuit’s course on iMovie version 10.0.6. Most of the features and interface behave the same as version 10.1.1, though they are not identical. Login to Hoonuit via our Wooster portal and use your College credentials.
iMovie 10.0.6 (Yosemite) Training
A. What’s New
B. Basics
C. Create a Movie
- Choose a theme
- Select clips
- Arrange, trim, split, and move clips
- Sway: Copying a Sway
- Add and edit titles
D. Create a Trailer
E. Sharing
F. Advanced Movie-Making
- Enhance clips
- Crop, rotate, and modify clips
- Stabilize a shaky clip
- Cut away clip
- Side-by-side clips
- Picture in picture clips
- Green or blue screen clips
- Titles and sound effects
iMovie Workshop Video Example
Wooster in Autumn in Microsoft Stream
iMovie Workshop Resource Files
Example Storyboard Wooster in Autumn
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