📹 iMovie Notes
CIT Exam revision notes

📑 目錄 / Table of Contents

1️⃣ What is iMovie?
2️⃣ Starting a New Project
3️⃣ Import Media
4️⃣ Drag Clips to Timeline
5️⃣ Add Titles
6️⃣ Add Transitions
7️⃣ Add Background Music
8️⃣ Ken Burns Effect
9️⃣ Export a Movie

1️⃣ What is iMovie?

iMovie is a free video editing application made by Apple for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. It includes a range of video effects and tools, and is designed to be easy to use for beginners.

2️⃣ Starting a New Project (First Time on Mac)

When you open iMovie for the first time, it opens in Projects view.

To start a new movie project:

Click Create New
Choose Movie

3️⃣ Import Media into iMovie

Click Import Media
Select the folder that contains your media files
Import the photos/videos into iMovie

4️⃣ Drag Clips to the Timeline

Drag a clip from the media browser into the timeline to begin editing your video.

5️⃣ Add Titles

You can add titles in two ways:

📄Add a title as a single clip (a separate title clip)
🎞️Add a title on top of an existing video clip

6️⃣ Add Transitions

Transitions make the change between two clips smoother (e.g. fade, dissolve, etc.).

How to add: Drag a transition and place it between two clips on the timeline.

7️⃣ Add Background Music

You can add sound effects or music to your movie:

iMovie provides an audio library (sound effects/music)
You can also use audio from your Music library
Choose suitable background music and trim it to match the length of the video

8️⃣ Apply the Ken Burns Effect

The Ken Burns effect is a panning and zooming effect used in film and video production.

Apply the effect to a clip
Adjust the start frame and end frame to control the zoom/pan

9️⃣ Export a Movie

Click the Share button (top right corner of iMovie)
Choose Export File
Select a suitable resolution and quality, then click Next
Choose the file destination, rename the file if needed, and click Save