iMovie Essentials

1 Days

6 CPD hours

Anyone who wants to learn how to create movies - from a home movie to professional looking films using iMovie.

This one-day hands-on course will teach the participant the full functionality of iMovie. The course will begin with how to import video and photographs into iMovie; how to review and organize the footage; how to shape a story using the editing and trimming tools; how to add music and sound and other video effects and overlays. Lastly, the class will explore sharing your completed movies with your Mac computer, YouTube and other streaming outlets.

Introduction to iMovie

• Adding Media from Photo Library
• Other Ways to Import Media
• From iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch
• Record Video Directly into iMovie
• Importing Media from Mac
• Playing or Skimming Video
• Sorting and Searching for Clips
• Marking Clips as Favorite or Rejected

Creating Movies

• Creating a New Movie
• Viewing and Managing Projects
• Setting Movie Themes
• Selecting Clips
• Adding and Trimming Clips
• Moving and Splitting Clips
• Adding and Modifying Transitions
• Adding and Editing Titles
• Adding Music and Sound Clips

Working with Trailers (If required)

• Creating Trailer
• Adding Video
• Adding Titles and Credits
• Converting Trailer to Movie

Adding Video Effects

• Enhancing Clip
• Adjusting Clip?s Order
• Cropping and Rotating Clips
• Stabilizing Shaky Clips
• Adding Video Effects
• Adding Freeze Frame
• Creating Effects with Multiple Clips
• Slow Down and Speed Up Clips
• Adding Instant Replay or Rewind Effect
• Copy Effects and Adjustments

Sharing Video Clips and Projects

• Email Movie, Trailer, and Clip
• Exporting Quick Time File
• Exporting an Image
• Share Online

Customizing iMovie

• iMovie Preferences
• Customizing Project Settings
• Changing iMovie Window Layout
• Changing How Clips are Displayed

Organizing Media

• Organizing Media and Events
• Working with Multiple Libraries
• Consolidating Projects and Events

Keyboard Shortcuts and Gestures

• Overview of Keyboard Shortcuts
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Multi-Touch Gestures
• Force Touch Trackpad Gestures