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Edit Like a Pro with iMovie

Edit Like a Pro with iMovie

By : Regit .
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Edit Like a Pro with iMovie

Edit Like a Pro with iMovie

3.8 (4)
By: Regit .

Overview of this book

It’s not about having the shiniest tools; it’s what you do with them. iMovie offers Apple users the ease of creating engaging videos using the free video editing application’s support for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS devices. Complete with step-by-step tutorials for essential tools and concepts and explanations for why you should use them, this practical guide to iMovie will leave you well-prepared for the world of post-production. This book begins with an introduction to some of the core principles of editing. You’ll learn how to easily make your videos coherent and concise and flex your creative muscles with Magic Movie and the Storyboard mode. Once you grasp how to use iMovie’s full-blown Movie modes for mobile devices and macOS, you’ll be able to use simple editing tools to deliver effective videos from import to export. Finally, you’ll explore Keynote for creating custom titles and animations and building a personal visual brand that makes your videos uniquely yours. By the end of this iMovie book, you’ll be on your way to becoming a creative problem-solver, using iMovie and other free apps to create high-quality, engaging videos for projects with different visual and technical requirements.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Part 1 – Get to Know Video Editing
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Part 2 – iMovie for macOS
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Part 3 – Customizing Your Videos

Automatic and Template Editing with Magic Movie and Storyboards

Welcome to the second chapter, which is all about the tools in iMovie for iOS and iPadOS that make the job of editing easier. These automatic tools are designed to expand your creativity without overwhelming you with tools and functions that you need to learn about. The magic, as it were, happens behind the scenes.

In the first chapter, we established that editing is all about creating meaning. To tell a story effectively, you first need to build an assembly edit that keeps the basic principles of coherence and conciseness in mind. Now that we have created meaning by making our video coherent and concise, we are able to add meaning. This chapter will introduce you to Magic Movie, which does the job of assembling your videos for you, ready to add meaning instantly. Accompanying Magic Movie is Storyboard mode, which offers you a suggested video structure into which you can add your own videos – a kind of fill-in...

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