Intro to iMovie
Today’s Skills
• Learn the basic parts of the interface
• Import media into iMovie
• Place clips, images, and audio
• Trim clips
• Record media
• Basic edits/corrections
• Saving/uploading
Getting Started:
1. Download media content from the folder.
2. Begin an iMovie project.
3. If you’re not using a personal laptop, make sure to create an
iMovie library that you can upload to UWBox or save to a
USB (File > Open Library > New).
Getting Started:
1. Download media content from the folder.
2. Begin an iMovie project.
3. If you’re not using a personal laptop, make sure to create an iMovie library that you can upload
to UWBox or save to a USB (File > Open Library > New).
4. Import your media by clicking the down arrow. Media are
now in the “event library”.
5. Drag two video clips to the “Timeline.”
Try these steps:
1. Crop your frame for your video.
1. In the adjustment menu, click on the cropping effect.
2. Crop your content to adjust the framing of your shot.
3. Click on the checkmark when finished.
4. Examine if the effect did this for one or both clips.
2. In the adjustment menu, play with additional effects: color
balance, color correction, stabilization, and clip filter & audio
effects.
Next try these steps:
1. Crop your frame for your video.
2. In the adjustment menu, play with additional effects: color balance, color correction, stabilization, and clip filter & audio effects.
3. Right-click on one of your video clips and select “Detach
audio.”
4. In the adjustment menu, try the “Noise reduction &
equalizer” effect.
5. Hover over a portion of your audio where you want to split it
in two. Right click and select “Split Clip”.
6. Cut or Trim your video from the beginning portion of the
audio. Hover your cursor over the beginning edge of the
audio clip. Your cursor will change. Drag to desired cut.
7. Move audio clip to match up with the beginning of the
video clip.
Then, try these steps:
1. Crop your frame for your video.
2. In the adjustment menu, play with additional effects: color balance, color correction, stabilization, and clip filter & audio effects.
• Do an overall volume adjustment of sound with an audio
clip. Hover your cursor over the mid-point of the audio clip.
You will see a horizontal bar. Drag that up to raise the volume.
• Make minute sound edits.
1. Figure out where you want the audio to go down and come back up. Hover
over those portions of the audio, hold down the option key, and click to make
an anchor point on the horizontal line. Try adjusting the sound with 4 anchor
points.
2. Click on an anchor point and drag it up or down to make changes.
Finally, try these steps:
1. Crop your frame for your video.
2. In the adjustment menu, play with additional effects: color balance, color correction, stabilization, and clip filter & audio effects.
• Fade the beginning and ending sound of a clip.
• Hover over the left edge of the sound clip over the horizontal bar. Your cursor
will change. Drag this to the right to create a fade.
• Hover over the right edge of the sound clip over the horizontal bar. Your cursor
will change. Drag this to the left to create a fade.
• Export your project as a movie file. File > Share > File…
Other Helpful Resources:
Lynda.com:
imovie Essential Training
Software Training for UW-Madison Students:
Ask a STS Trainer for an Appointment
STS Training Manual for iMovie
