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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

Using Movie Mode in iOS and iPadOS

Welcome to the third chapter, which is all about using Movie mode in iMovie for iOS and iPadOS. Movie mode is the third and final project type in the iMovie app, and it is the most advanced. It uses a blank timeline and offers more features and creative options than the timeline we saw in the Edit menu for Magic Movie and Storyboard mode.

The two previous chapters have hopefully helped you to understand not only the purposes of editing (coherence, conciseness, and adding meaning) but also the variety of different structures that help the user achieve them. Understanding the different layouts will help you when it comes to choosing the best platform for creating your video.

This chapter will outline how to create a video using Movie mode, from choosing your clips, to making changes to them, to exporting the final video. This is the most involved form of editing so far, with a lot more creative scope for editing sound and transitions. I’...

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