Table of ContentsiMovie- Interface- iLife applications (iTunes, iPhoto, DVD & GarageBand)Getting Started- Digital Media (Camcorder, Still camera)Importing Media into iMovie- Clips- Photos- AudioTimeline vs. Clip Viewer- Importing Clips into your project- Importing Photos into your projecta) Ken Burns Effect- Importing Audio into your projectRenderingEditing- Clips- AudioEffectsTitlesTransitionsSaving & Exporting - Sharing & DVDLearning Center (training sessions, labs, support)iMovie online Resources33344445556666788899910101112Dear Student:Welcome to the Learning Center and thank you for attending iMovie Basics. During this classwe will show you the basics of iMovie as well as some of the considerations when you are making afilm.Using a hands-on approach, the class will guide you through the process of creating a shortfilm by using still pictures, camcorder footage, as well as audio clips. Following the principle thatiMovie is a video sequencer we will arrange the media elements in order to create our short movie.iMovie will also allow you add transitions between clips, as well as effects to enhance ormodify the appearance of the video.The Learning Center also offers training sessions on most of the software that comes installedin the Berklee Laptop Program. Please do not hesitate to stop by for software support or just to try ourmusic workstations.Visit us at learningcenter.berklee.edu(617) 747-2669 (150 Mass. Ave. Building)Learning Center Stafflearningcenter.berklee.edu - 3 – iMovie (Interface)iMovie is a very easy and quick way to make your home movies look professional.As part of Apple iLife Suite it takes advantages of these other applications so you canbring any type of media into your movie.Everything that you create in any of the iLife applications will be available for youto use within iMovieBring photos, and video slipsfrom either iPhoto or iMovieUse music from yourcollection (iTunes) or writeyour own with GarageBandGet your finished movie intoa DVD using iDVDiMovie MonitorScrubber barMode SwitchPlaybackControlsVolume SliderPane ButtonsTrashDisk SpaceindicatorClipsiMovieMainWindowGetting Started - 4 -iMovie can use many different types of media including: Quicktime files (.Mov), MP3’s,AIFF, WAVES, Picture Formats (Jpeg, Gif, etc). All of those can be inserted unto yourproject directly or being called upon from any of the iLife applications.Importing Media into iMovieWhen you open iMovie you will need to selectfrom the following:- Create a New Project- Open an Existing Project- Make a Magic Movie: Files can directly drag into the Clips pane.Including still pictures or movie clips.Any pictures previously imported into iPhoto willalso be available through the Photos pane.In case you own a Digital Camcorder, you canconnect it to your computer via Firewire, andthen switch the Mode to Camera.Then is very easy to download the footage intothe computer.BE AWARE: DV VIDEO REQUIRES HUGE HARDDRIVE SPACElearningcenter.berklee.edu - 5 – Importing Media into iMovie (cont)Importing Audio into iMovieAll your Audio files that are inside iTunes will be available for you to use on your project.Timeline vs. Clip ViewerClip Viewer: it shows clips regardless of duration as elements, it will also show anytransitions that happen between clips.Timeline: it displays all the events (media) in sequential order. It also displays theaudio tracks, including the ones embedded within the video file. This is the best wayto edit either clips or audio. Due that the Clip viewer will only show the elementswithout any way of editing them.All your iTunes Library or playlists will be at your disposal, aswell as a decent collection of Sound Effects.Importing Clips into your project - 6 -Either if you transfer footage from your camera or just imported some clips into iMovie, once theyare in the clips pane you will be able to lay them out as your movie unfolds.Be aware that the elements inside the Clips pane once they are dragged into the project they willno longer appear inside the clips area. It is recommended that you hold the OPTION Key while youare dragging them, that way a copy will remain inside Clips pane.Adding Pictures to your Project (Photo Pane)Drag files from the Clips paneinto the Clip viewer. REMEMBERTO HOLD THE OPTION KEYWHILE YOU ARE DOING IT.If you are bringing video clipsthey will hold the sameduration, in case of stillpictures, they will initially lastfor 5 seconds.From the Photo Pane, any pictures that are part of youriPhoto library can be inserted into your project, in the samefashion as the Clip pane: just drag the pictures into the clipviewer.All pictures will have the Ken Burns Effect which adds aslow paced movement as well as Zooming into thepicture, that movement.The Ken Burns Effect can be customized in terms of Speed,Zoom, and even the direction of the movement.KEN BURNSProlific documentary maker,pioneered the style of havingstill pictures as part of Videodocumentaries. Film creditsinclude: Jazz (PBS), Civil War,Boxing and many others.learningcenter.berklee.edu - 7 – Importing Audio into your ProjectAudio can be also imported into your project, just select the Audio pane and then youwill be able to search through your iTunes libraryAt the Audio pane you will find your entire iTunes collection as well as a decent list ofSound effects. Just click at the drop down menu at the top of the Audio pane.To add an specific audio track into your project just drag the file into your TimelineViewer (in case you were in the clip viewer: it will turn into the Timelineautomatically).IMOVIE ALLOWS TWO INDEPENDENT STEREO AUDIO TRACKS, PLUS IF YOUR VIDEOCONTAINS AUDIO INSIDE THAT WILL BE A THIRD AUDIO TRACK.In order to edit your movie clipsto the audio or vice versa, youcan select to show AudioWaveformsJust go under the View menu and select at the bottom of the menu: ShowAudio WaveformsRENDERINGRendering is a process that the computer requires to calculate and process changes to video/audio. E.g. Having apicture in the clip viewer, then you decide to change the Ken Burns effect settings, in order for those changes to takeeffect you will have to click on update. As a result a rendering process will take effect.After pressing Update a redline will show the process ofrendending as is performed.The red line will indicate howmuch longer it will take.Editing - 8 –Video Editing: Any clip can be edited, meaning that