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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
5
Part 2 – iMovie for macOS
9
Part 3 – Customizing Your Videos

Cutaways – introducing overlays in iMovie

An overlay is one clip sitting on top of another. As we know from looking at the magnetic timeline in Chapter 4, overlays in iMovie are treated as connected media, rather than being their own track. This means that overlays:

  • Aren’t attracted to the start of the project
  • Don’t move to the side when you hover a clip over them (in fact, they get overwritten entirely, because you can only have one connected video at a time)

Overlays are available in Movie mode for both iOS/iPadOS and macOS. However, in each version, overlays are added in different ways. Before you add an overlay, you will need a clip in the timeline. Now, here’s how to add a clip as an overlay.

For iOS/iPadOS:

  1. In the Media Browser, tap on the media you want to use as an overlay.
  2. Tap the three dots next to the play icon.
  3. Choose the type of overlay you want to add to the video.

To change the overlay type after...

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