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Open iMovie and select Create a New Movie from the window which has opened.

A window will open.

Give your movie a name and let the computer save it to the Movies folder.
Click Create.

The main iMovie window will open.

Switch to Camera View by clicking this button. You will see an image in the window, (probably yourself!)

To begin recording, click this button.

It will turn blue.

To stop recording press this button again.

The recording clip which you have just made will appear in the Clip sorter.

To replay your clip, click on it once to highlight it blue.

Click the play button from this set of buttons.

This button will rewind your clip.



This button will play your clip in Full Screen Mode.



To return to iMovie press esc. on your keyboard. (top left).

To delete the clip, click on it once to highlight it blue.

Press the delete key on your keyboard. The clip will vanish from the clip sorter.

NOTE: The deleted clip has gone to the iMovie trash.

This trash fills up with all the clips you delete from iMovie and has to be deleted by going to File and selecting Empty Trash.

You will be given an alert, which will also enable you to save your project.

Note that the trash is now empty after this process.

Click the Clip Viewer Button

Drag clips from the Clips Pane

to the Clip viewer.

To rearrange the sequence of clips, drag the clips to create the desired order.

Click the Timeline button.

Drag the playhead to the point where you want the music to start.

Click the Media Button.

Then click Audio.

Choose a piece of music from iTunes (or Garageband if you have composed your own piece of music!)

Click Place at Playhead Button.

You will see the audio track in place below the video track.

Click Media.

Click Audio.

Drag the playhead to the point in your timeline where you want the audio to play.

Click the Record button.

Speak clearly.

Click the button again to stop recording.

The Audio clip will appear in the Timeline.

To go to the start of the movie click this button.

Click the Play button.

To view Full Screen, click this button.

To exit Full Screen, hit the Escape key on your keyboard.

Click on Share at the top of your screen.
Select Quicktime from the drop-down menu.

Choose Web from the Compress Movie menu

Click Share.

Give your movie a name, decide where you wish to save it to and click Save.

Select the timeline viewer.

Click once on the clip you wish to split.

Move the playhead to the point where you want to divide the clip.

Go to Edit and select Split Video Clip at Playhead.

Notice that the clip has now been split into two.

You can use this technique to split clips and delete unwanted sections.

Select the piece you wish to delete.

Hit Backspace on your keyboard.

NOTE!

Anything you delete from your iMovie project is sent to iMovie Trash.

This must be emptied periodically otherwise it will use up valuable space on your computer.

Go to File and select Empty Trash.

You will be asked if you are sure. Click Empty Trash and save project.

Notice that the iMovie trash is now empty.

Drag the playhead to the place where you wish to insert the transition.

Click the Editing Button.

Click the Transitions Button.

Choose a transition from the list.

You will see a preview of the transition in the iMovie monitor.

Set the duration of the transition using the Speed Slider.

Drag the transition from the the list to the timeline.

Click on the clip to which you wish to add an effect.

Click the Editing Button.

Click the Video FX button.

Choose an effect from the list.

You will see a preview of the effect in the iMovie monitor.

Make any adjustments to your effect.

Click Apply.

Select the timeline viewer.

Click once on the audio clip you wish to split or trim.

Move the playhead to the point where you want to split the clip.

Go to Edit and select Split Selected Audio Clip at Playhead.

Notice that the clip has now been split into two.

You can use this technique to split clips and delete or trim unwanted sections.

Click the Timeline button.

Go to View at the top of the screen and select Show Clip Volume Levels.

Click at a point where you want the volume to change.
Then drag the marker up or down to change the volume.

Move the playhead to the point where you want the title to start.

Click the Editing Button.

Click the Titles Button.

Select a Style from the list.

Make any changes to the settings using the available controls.

Type your text into the text boxes.


Click the Add button

If you want your text to appear over a black background, rather than over the clip, check the Over Black box.

This will put your Titles at the start of a clip.

To Create a DVD which can be played on a DVD player you must use iDVD.

Save your completed iMovie project, (remembering where you have saved it).

Quit iMovie.

Open iDVD.
Select ‘Create a New Project’ from the options on the screen.

Give your project a name and decide where you want to save the project.

Click Create.

A window giving you the option to create a DVD menu will appear.

Just ignore this window for the time being.

Go to File and select One Step DVD from Movie.

Select your iMovie project. In the window which opens.

Click Import.

You will be asked if you wish to save the existing project.
Click Don’t Save.

You will now be asked to insert a recordable DVD.

A window showing the progress of the process will appear. (Depending on the amount of footage, this can take a bit of time).

When the process is complete, you will see this message:

You can eject the disc and use it in a DVD player.