iMovie HD Getting Started
Shows you how to import video; edit footage; and add transitions, effects, titles, and more

Contents

Chapter 1
Welcome to iMovie HD Using This Document Whats New in iMovie HD 6 Before You Begin What Youll Learn What You Need Finding Out More iMovie HD Tutorial Step One: Start a New Project Step Two: Import Video Into iMovie HD Step Three: Choose the Video You Want to Keep Step Four: Build Your Movie Step Five: Add Photos to Your Movie Step Six: Add Titles and Text Step Seven: Make Adjustments to Clips Step Eight: Add Transitions Step Nine: Add a Soundtrack Adding Audio to Your Movie Adjusting the Length of Audio Clips Adjusting the Volume of Audio Clips Step Ten: Share Your Movie iMovie HD at a Glance iMovie HD Project Window Main Window Clip Viewer Timeline Viewer Clips Pane Themes Pane Media Pane Audio Photos

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Chapter 3
Editing Pane Titles Transitions Video Effects Audio Effects Chapters Pane

Welcome to iMovie HD

Welcome to iMovie HD 6. This document will get you on your way to creating great movies that have both polish and impact.
iMovie HD is the fastest and easiest way to turn your home video into your own motion picture. iMovie HD is the perfect companion for the latest high definition camcorders and the smallest and most affordable flash cameras. The many new features of iMovie HD make it a snap to create an award-winning movie to share on the Internet or on a DVD.

Using This Document

iMovie HD Getting Started is organized into three chapters, making it easy to find the information youll need. Chapter 1, Welcome to iMovie HD: In this chapter, youll get a brief description of the major new features of iMovie HD and find out where to get more information about iMovie HD. Chapter 2, iMovie HD Tutorial: Follow the instructions in this chapter to learn how to capture video and make a basic movie that you can share in a variety of ways. Chapter 3, iMovie HD at a Glance: This chapter shows you the views and controls in iMovie HD. You can use the chapter as a quick reference as you create your own iMovie HD projects.

Whats New in iMovie HD 6

Improved performance: iMovie HD 6 harnesses the power of Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger and QuickTime 7 to give you quicker effects rendering and pristine video quality. Experiment with stunning new video effects and see the results instantly. From importing footage to sharing your finished movie, iMovie HD is faster and more responsive every step of the way. Enhanced user interface: The improved editing panes and controls in iMovie HD make building and editing your movie easier than ever. You can even preview transitions, titles, and effects live and in the large iMovie monitor to see exactly how theyll look in your movie. Multiple open projects: You can open more than one iMovie HD project at a time to copy individual video and audio clipsor even a whole movie or a portion of a moviefrom one project to another. You can even open multiple versions of a project to compare different cuts. Apple-designed movie themes: iMovie HD 6 makes it easier than ever to add Hollywood-style polish to your movie. Just select the theme you want to use and choose from its subset of titles and visual effects to get incredible-looking results. Themes use advanced motioning and compositing that even combine your video and photos with stunning backgrounds and animated graphics. New audio enhancements: Want to remove wind noise or camera hum? Adjust the bass or treble in a particular video or audio clip? You can now use the graphic equalizer in iMovie HD to change the levels of individual audio frequencies. You can also change the pitch of your audio and add reverb, delay, and other audio effects to make your movies sound better than ever. Magic iMovie enhancements: Performing magic with iMovie HD has never been easier. Just use the Magic iMovie feature to have iMovie HD import your video and make a great-looking movie for you. Now, with iMovie HD 6, you can choose whether to have iMovie HD rewind your tape before import, and even specify the moment you want it to stop capturing footage. More flexible web publishing: iMovie HD integrates key elements of iWeb, Apples new web-publishing application, to give you more flexibility to present your movies the way you want. Whether you choose to display your movie on its own webpage, use it in a blog, or publish a video podcast made in iMovie, iWeb offers creative options and allows you to easily put your movies on the web. Even tighter iLife integration: All your digital mediayour songs and music, photos and video clipswork together to create video slideshows and movies. From iMovie HD 6, you can even compose a soundtrack for your movie project right in GarageBand. Time lapse video: The new time-lapse import feature in iMovie HD lets you show the progression of an event (such as a blooming rose) in a fraction of the time it took in real life.

iMovie HD Tutorial

This chapter takes you step by step through the process of building your own movie in iMovie HD.
You can use video from a variety of sources and devices to create a movie in iMovie HD. If you have some digital video in your camcorder or digital video footage on your computer, you can follow the steps in this chapter to automatically transfer it to iMovie HD, edit the clips, add transitions and a title, and lay down a soundtrack.
Step One: Start a New Project
The first time you open iMovie HD, you see the Project window, shown below, which gives you several options for creating a movie. In this step, you will select one of these options to create a new project.
To start a new iMovie HD project: 1 Click the iMovie HD icon in the Dock. If you dont see the icon in the Dock, open the Applications folder and double-click the iMovie HD icon. 2 Click the Create a New Project button. 3 Type a name for your project in the Project field.
4 Click the pop-up menu labeled Where and choose a folder to store your movie project. The default location is the Movies folder in your home folder. Saving your movie in this folder will allow other iLife applications, such as iDVD or GarageBand, to find it easily. 5 Click Create. A new project file for your iMovie HD project is created in the location you chose. Eventually it will contain all the video clips, transitions, effects, and audio used in your movie.
Step Two: Import Video Into iMovie HD
iMovie HD can transfer, or import, video in many video formats and from many different types of camcorders, including DV camcorders (including those that support widescreen) and high definition (HDV) camcorders. In most cases, iMovie HD can automatically recognize and import the video youre using, so you dont have to pay attention to video formats. In this step, you will import your own video into your iMovie project. If you have a camcorder with a FireWire connection, follow the instructions to connect your camcorder and import the video using the capture controls in iMovie HD. If you have another type of digital video device or have footage in a file on your computer, see the instructions on page 13. To import video from a camcorder: 1 Set the camcorder to VTR mode (some camcorders call this Play or VCR) and turn it on, if necessary. 2 Connect your camcorder to your computer using a FireWire cable.
Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial
If your camcorder uses a dock, connect the dock to the computer and place the camcorder in the dock. The illustration below shows how to connect a camcorder to an iMac using a FireWire cable.

3 In iMovie HD, click the mode switch (shown below) to set iMovie HD to camera mode. Note: You must have a camcorder connected and turned on to be able to switch to camera mode and see the capture controls. If youre having trouble getting your camcorder to communicate with iMovie HD, click the Connection Help button in the iMovie monitor. It connects you to useful information in iMovie HD Help. If you have more than one camcorder, or a camcorder and iSight are connected, choose your camcorder from the pop-up menu that appears when you switch to camera mode.
4 Use the capture controls shown below to review your tape in the iMovie monitor.

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5 Rewind the tape to a few seconds before the point where you want to start importing. 6 Click Play. 7 When you see the frame where you want to begin importing, click Import (shown above) or press the Space bar. During the import process, the footage plays in the iMovie monitor. You can import all the footage, or just parts that you choose. 8 Click Import again or press the Space bar when you want to stop importing.
Tip: To adjust the volume of your computer while youre working in iMovie, use the volume slider below the iMovie monitor. This slider doesnt increase or decrease the level of sound that viewers of the video will eventually hear. It only changes the volume on your computer as you play and listen to your audio.
9 When the footage you want is captured in the Clips pane, turn off your camcorder and disconnect it from your computer.
As you import your video footage from a camcorder connected via FireWire, iMovie HD detects where you made a break in recording and automatically divides the video into separate scenes, or clips. Each sequence of recorded video is then made into a video clip that is stored in the Clips pane, shown below.
Tip: You can use iMovie HD Preferences to change import settings, such as where imported clips go, whether iMovie creates new clips at scene breaks, and more. To see the settings you can adjust, choose iMovie HD > Preferences and click Import. In addition to transferring video from your camcorder, you can import video from a CD or DVD, or from other locations on your computers hard disk.
To import video from a disc or other location: 1 Choose File > Import. 2 Locate and select the file you want to import. 3 Click Open.
You can also drag files from your desktop or from applications like iTunes or iPhoto to the Clips pane. In iMovie HD 6, you can also drag, copy, and paste clips from one iMovie HD project to another.
Did You Know?Importing Video From a Flash Device
MPEG-4 camcorders may have a USB connector instead of a FireWire connector. To transfer video from one of these devices, connect the device to your computer using the USB port. Your MPEG-4 camera or device appears as a hard disk on your desktop. You can open the hard disk icon and drag the video footage into your iMovie HD project or to your desktop for importing later. When you import footage from an MPEG-4 device, your video is imported as a single clip, iMovie HD does not break it up into clips automatically. You cannot use the capture controls to import your video or control your camera, nor can you use the Magic iMovie feature to import video automatically.

If you make a mistake or dont like the changes youve made, you can undo them. Choose Edit > Undo to remove your last change. Continue choosing Undo to cancel your previous changes one by one. Choose Advanced > Revert Clip to Original to undo all of the changes made to a selected clip. Choose File > Revert to Saved to undo all of the changes made to a project since the last time you saved it.
Step Four: Build Your Movie
Now that your video footage is transformed into a collection of cropped video clips, you can begin to use them to build your movie. In this step, youll move the clips in the Clips pane to the video track in your movie and begin to organize them into a sequence. To build your movie, you work in the area below the iMovie monitor. This area has two views you can work in: the clip viewer and the timeline viewer. The clip viewer, shown below, displays clips in the order that they will appear in your movie, just like video building blocks. It gives you a simple, straightforward view of the clip sequences and transitions used in your movie. Its also the easiest view to use when you want to rearrange clips.
The timeline viewer, shown below, displays the elements of your movie in more detail, letting you zoom in on sections of the movie. It also displays the movies video track and two audio tracks. The three tracks allow you to add and manipulate multiple layers of sound, including the sound contained in the video clips. Use the timeline viewer for precise video and audio editing.

Timeline viewer button

When you build a movie from clips in the Clips pane, youll find it easier to start by working in the clip viewer. To add clips to your movie: 1 Click the clip viewer button below the iMovie monitor. 2 Select a clip in the Clips pane and drag it to the clip viewer. 3 Repeat step 2 for all the clips you want to add. You can drag clips between other clips, placing them in the order you want. As you drag a clip in front of or behind other clips, they move aside to make room, as shown in the illustration below. 4 Drag clips in the clip viewer to rearrange them into the order you want. 5 Choose File > Save Project to save your movie project.
Did You Know?Saving While Building Your Movie
Its a good idea to save your work periodically as you make changes. Because iMovie HD saves your original footage even after cropping, you can still retrieve cropped footage after you save. To save your project: m Choose File > Save Project. At times you may want to go back to the last saved version of your project, canceling any unsaved changes. To revert to the last saved version of your project: m Choose File > Revert to Saved. You can also save a copy of your project and give it a different name. You can then create a different version of the movie or use parts of the movie in a new project. Saving multiple copies of a project can be extremely useful, but can also use large amounts of disk space. To save a copy of your project with a different name: m Choose File > Save Project As. Then enter a name, choose a location for the copy of the project, and then click Save.

Depending on the title style, you may have other options as well. For example, if the title has motion, use the arrow buttons to the left of the text fields to choose the direction the title moves. When the title or text is set up how you want it, you can place it in your movie. 8 Select the clip in the clip viewer where you want to place the title. 9 Select the Over black checkbox if you want to add the title over a black clip. To add it directly over the video clip, make sure Over black is not selected. 10 Click Add. If your video clip is longer than the duration of the title, iMovie HD splits the clip at the point where the title ends. You can delete the split-off portion of the original clip or use it in your movie.
To change the color of a black clip: 1 Select the black clip and choose File > Show Info. 2 Click the Color box. 3 Choose the color you want in the Colors window. 4 Click Set. Once you add a title to your movie, you can always make changes to it. Just select the title clip in your movie, make the changes you want, and click Update. To remove a title, select the title clip and press the Delete key once. If you need to make the same change to more than one clip with text, select them all, and make the change once.
Step Seven: Make Adjustments to Clips
Now that you have a movie with video, photos, and a title, you may want to make some adjustments to your video clips. Most of the editing you do in iMovie occurs in the timeline viewer. In this step, youll learn how to make small or large changes to your video clips by trimming them in the timeline viewer.

Clip viewer button

To switch to the timeline viewer: m Click the timeline viewer button below the iMovie monitor. The timeline viewer button has a clock on it. Video clips appear in the top track in the timeline viewer. You can drag the slider in the bottom-left corner of the window to make clips appear larger or smaller in the timeline viewer. You may want to make the clips smaller to see more of them in the window, or make them larger for more precise editing. To quickly trim a clip: m Drag from the end of the clip toward the center of the clip. (The pointer changes shape to show where you can drag.)
The trimmed video is still present, but it wont appear in your movie. If you decide to lengthen the clip later, you can drag the end back out to restore all or part of the hidden video. When you drag the edge of a clip, the adjoining clips move (or ripple) along with it. Therefore, if you shorten or lengthen a clip, you shorten or lengthen your entire movie.

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Important: You cant use this method of trimming if clip volume levels are showing. To hide clip volume levels, choose View > Show Clip Volume Levels to remove the checkmark. (A selected item has a checkmark next to it; you choose the item again to deselect it.) You can take advantage of the ghosted playhead in iMovie HD to choose the exact frame where you want trimmed video to begin or end, then trim to that spot.

Ghosted playhead

To precisely trim a video clip: 1 Click the clip you want to edit in the timeline viewer. 2 Drag the playhead to the frame where you want the clip to begin or end. 3 Position the pointer over the end of the clip until you see the pointer change shape. 4 Drag the end of the clip to the ghosted playhead (shown above) to remove the frames that you want trimmed. A yellow line appears and the edge of the clip automatically snaps against the edge of the ghosted playhead when you reach the frame you selected in step 2. 5 Repeat the procedure on the other end of the clip, if you want. Once you begin trimming clips, youll notice a difference in the appearance of clips in the timeline viewer. In the illustration below you can see that full clips have rounded corners. Clips that have been trimmed or cropped have straight edges where theyve been shortened. You can always extend a clip with straight ends.
You get different results depending on where you place the pointer when you drag a clip. Dragging from the end shortens or lengthens a clip, while dragging from the center moves the clip to a different location in your movie. When you move a clip over another clip, the clip youre moving pushes aside the clip and all the adjoining clips, moving them all in the direction youre dragging. Any time you move a clip to the right, a gap is created. You can drag other clips to fill the gap, or you can leave a gap as a handy background for text or to add an extra dimension to a transition or effect. The illustration below shows what a gap looks like in the timeline viewer.
Tip: A fast way to close up a gap is to view it in the clip viewer, where it appears as a black clip. Select the black clip and delete it. Another way to quickly alter a clip is to split it in two. You may want to split a clip so that you can insert titles, add other clips or images, or reorder the sequence of clips. You can split clips that are in the Clips pane, clip viewer, or timeline viewer. You can also split audio clips in the timeline viewer.

To split a clip: 1 Click a clip to select it. 2 Position the playhead where you want to divide the clip. 3 Choose Edit > Split Video Clip at Playhead.
Did You Know?Adding Special Effects
You can add interesting effects to your movies to lend them special appeal, focus, or a sense of fun. iMovie HD offers a range of video effects that can make clips shake as if during an earthquake, fling sparkling fairy dust across the screen, filter a scene with passing fog, or add a streak of electricity to an image. Other effects change the brightness or contrast of the video, add slow motion, change colors, soften the focus, and more. To find out more about adding special effects to your movie, see iMovie HD Help.
Step Eight: Add Transitions
Youve arranged your video clips in the order you want them. But the change from one scene to the next is abrupt, and youd like to smooth things out. You can do this using transitions. Transitions blend the ends of clips together in a variety of waysfor example, fading one scene into the next, dissolving one scene into another, or pushing the last scene offscreen as the next scene comes on. In this step, youll add transitions between clips in your movie. You can place a transition between any two clips in your movie, or at the beginning or end of the movie. In the clip viewer, a transition is identified with an icon, shown below.

Transition icon

Note: You cant place a long transition between two short clips that dont provide enough footage to make the transition. A warning dialog appears if this happens. To add a transition between scenes: 1 Drag the playhead near the location where you plan to add the transition. 2 Click the Editing button, and then click Transitions at the top of the Editing pane. The Transitions pane, shown below, opens.
3 Click a transition style in the list to select it. 4 Set the duration of the transition using the Speed slider. 5 Make any other settings specific to the transition you chose. For example, if you select Push, you can use the arrow buttons next to the Speed slider to choose the direction from which the next scene enters. Other transitions, such as Scale Down, allow you to set where the transition originates. A small circle appears in the iMovie monitor that shows where the transition will start. You can drag the circle to another location. 6 To add the transition to your movie, click Add or drag the transition from the list to the clip viewer.
Tip: If you want to use the same transition throughout your movie, you can set up the transition the way you want, then select all the clips in your movie and click Add. The transition is applied throughout the movie with one click. If you change your mind about a transition, you can delete it and start over, or edit the existing transition.
To delete a transition: m Select the transition and press the Delete key, or choose Edit > Clear. You must remove transitions to move clips or add a different transition between them. When you delete a transition, your clips are restored to their original length.

Tip: You can also drag an audio file to the timeline viewer.
Did You Know?Working With Sound
You can enhance the sound in your movie by: Muting or quieting a videos audio track so that you can better hear a voiceover, sound effect, or music on another track. Adjusting the mix of the three tracks (for example, making the video tracks audio louder compared to the other tracks). Muting video clips entirely so that all you hear is the audio in the other tracks. Dragging one clip over another in the same audio track so that they overlap and you hear both clips at the same time. Using the iMovie HD graphic equalizer to remove wind noise or camera hum, or to adjust the bass or treble in a particular video or audio clip. You can also change the pitch of your audio and add reverb, delay, and other audio effects to make your movies sound better than ever. For more information about working with sound, see iMovie HD Help.
Adjusting the Length of Audio Clips
You can drag the ends of audio clips just like you do for video clips. Nothing is actually removed, so you can easily recover the audio you remove in this way by dragging the end of the audio clip back out. To shorten an audio track: 1 Click the View menu and make sure Show Clip Volume Levels is not selected. If it has a checkmark next to it, choose it again to remove the checkmark. 2 Position the pointer over the end of the clip you want to shorten. When its in the right position, the pointer changes shape. 3 Drag the end of the clip toward its center to shorten it. If you go too far, drag back out again. 4 Click the Play button to preview the results, then make any necessary adjustments.
Tip: If you need to lengthen a particular audio clip (for example, a sound effect), you can duplicate the audio clip and add it to the end of the previous clip. Then trim the new clip to keep just the part that you need.
Adjusting the Volume of Audio Clips
The volume of the sound in your movie is very important. If you set it too low, viewers may not be able to hear it. If you have audio playing in both audio tracks, youll also want to be able to adjust the volume for each track or for specific audio clips. To adjust the volume of the audio in your movie, you select the clips that you want to change and use the clip volume controls in the timeline viewer, shown below. These adjustments affect the playback volume of the final movie.

Create a New Project button: Click to create a new project and import your footage. Open an Existing Project button: Click to open and continue working on an existing project already saved on your computer. Make a Magic iMovie button: Click to let iMovie HD create a new movie for you automatically. Just connect your camcorder, click this button, and find out how easy movie-making can be. Help button: Click to open iMovie HD Help. Quit button: Click Quit to close iMovie HD.

Main Window

The main iMovie HD window is your command console for movie editing. Here you can view your movie, arrange scenes, edit clips, and add professional polish to your movie.
iMovie monitor: View your footage and the effects of all your edits here. Scrubber bar and crop markers: Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar to move through the movie or a selected clip. When you move the playhead to a frame, the frames location is displayed next to the playhead. Position the crop markers to select parts of the video to cut or keep. Mode switch: Click to switch between camcorder mode and edit mode. Use camcorder mode to choose an input device and transfer your raw video into the computer. Use edit mode to work on your movie. Playback controls: Use these controls to rewind to the beginning of a selected clip, play or pause the clip, or play the clip full screen on your computers monitor. When you switch to camcorder mode, these controls change to capture controls and an Import button appears in the iMovie monitor. Volume slider: Slide this control to change the volume of the computers speaker while you work in iMovie HD. This wont change the recorded volume levels of your video or audio clips; to change those, use the controls in the timeline viewer. Disk space indicator: Monitor your free disk space as you work.
Chapter 3 iMovie HD at a Glance
iMovie Trash: Deleted footage goes here. You can open the iMovie Trash and restore deleted video and audio from the iMovie Trash any time you want, or permanently delete it. Pane buttons: Click these buttons to see the different panes of the iMovie HD window.

Clip Viewer

The bottom part of the iMovie window has two views: the clip viewer and the timeline viewer. The clip viewer, shown below, is a simplified view where you can add clips to your movie and arrange them in the order you want them to appear.

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Clip viewer button: Click the clip viewer button to switch from the timeline viewer to the clip viewer. Clip: Each section of video footage and any still images you import are called clips. Transition icon: Transition icons indicate that two clips are linked by a transition. Special icons: Different icons appear on clips to represent the presence of a still image, title, or video effect.

Timeline Viewer

Use the timeline viewer, shown below, to edit the video and audio clips in your movie, and synchronize your audio and video.

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Timeline viewer button: Click to switch from the clip viewer to the timeline viewer. Video track: Select clips in this track to edit or add effects and titles to video clips. This track also includes the audio contained in your video. Audio tracks: Add sound effects, music, and voiceover recordings. Edit audio tracks and adjust the sound volume for clips. Zoom slider: Make clips appear larger or smaller in the timeline. Enlarging or reducing the size of clips can make them easier to select and edit. Volume level bar: When Show Clip Volume Levels is selected in the View menu, you see a volume level bar appear as a line across your clips. Use this bar to raise or lower the volume of clips. Audio waveforms: When Show Audio Waveforms is selected in the View menu, representations of audio intensity in audio clips are shown here as audio waveforms. Audio checkboxes: Select a checkbox to hear the audio in a track. Deselect it to mute the track. Clip volume: Type a volume level in the text field, or click the button to use the slider to set the volume for a selected clip.

Clips Pane

Click the Clips button to open the Clips pane. The video footage and still images you import into iMovie HD first appear here. You can drag a clip from the Clips pane to the clip viewer, the timeline viewer, to your desktop, into other applications, to drop zones, and into other iMovie HD projects.
Duration: The length of a video or audio clip is read as minutes:seconds:frames. For example, 01:08:15 is 1 minute, 8 seconds, and 15 frames into the movie. Clip name: Each clip is assigned a unique name. You can select the name to change it to something more meaningful to you.

Themes Pane

You can use the Themes pane to add a theme to your movie. Click the Themes button to open the Themes pane.

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Theme menu: Click the pop-up menu to choose a theme. Theme Elements: Select an item in this list to view and edit it in the iMovie monitor. Show/Hide Preview: Click this button to preview the selected theme in the iMovie monitor. Show/Hide Drop Zones: Click this button to see the drop zone editor. Drop zones are designated areas where you can drag your own video images and photos to customize theme elements. Title fields: Type a title and subtitle for the theme element. The font style is preset to fit the theme. The number of fields varies, depending on the theme and theme element selected. Apply button: Click this button when youre ready to add the theme to your movie. Themes appear where the playhead is located in your movie.

Media Pane

The Media pane provides easy access to your photos in iPhoto and audio content in iTunes and GarageBand. Click the buttons at the top to switch between Audio and Photos.
Click the Audio button at the top of the Media pane to see the audio sources available for your movie. You use this pane to add sound effects, record a voiceover, or import music from your iTunes music library or GarageBand.

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Source list: Select an audio source in this list. You can choose from built-in sound effects, your iTunes library and playlists, or GarageBand. Track list: Audio tracks from the selected source are listed here. Play button: Click to play or pause a selected track. Search field: Type some words from a title to search for a particular audio file in your iTunes library. You can search by title or artist. Place at Playhead button: Click to import a selected track into your movie. The imported track appears in one of the audio tracks in the timeline viewer. Record/Stop button: Click to record a voiceover or other sound through your computers builtin microphone or an external microphone. The input meter displays the sound level; sound quality is best if it stays within the yellow range. Click the button a second time to stop recording. The newly recorded audio clip appears in the audio track, where you can select and edit it.

Photos

Images in your iPhoto library automatically appear in this pane. Use the Photo Settings window to add motion to your still images using the Ken Burns Effect. Click the Photos button at the top of the Media pane to see the Photos window. When you select an image, the Photo Settings window appears.

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Source list: Select your iPhoto library or an iPhoto album in this list to see its contents. Images list: Select images in the list to add to your movie. You can select single images or an entire photo album and drag it to the clip viewer or timeline. Search field: Type the name of a photo or image here to quickly locate it. Ken Burns Effect button: Click to open the Photo Settings window, where you can add motion to images. Photo Settings: Use these controls to set up panning and zooming effects for your images. Select or deselect the Ken Burns Effect checkbox to turn motion on or off. Start and End Control: Click Start and set how the image should first appear. Then click End and set how the image should appear at the end of the effect. This control is not visible if the Ken Burns Effect checkbox is deselected. Zoom slider: Move the slider to make images larger or smaller for cropping or setting up pan and zoom effects. Duration slider: Move the slider to set how many seconds the image remains in view. Reverse button: Click to reverse the direction of the Ken Burns Effect. Play/Pause button: See a preview of the effect in the iMovie monitor. Apply button: Apply the effect to the photo. This creates a new clip in the Clips pane that you can drag to the location you want in your movie.

Video Effects

You can add special effects to change the look of your movie clips. For example, you can change color video to black and white, adjust the image brightness and contrast, or add playful effects like fairy dust. To see video effects settings, click Video FX at the top of the Editing pane.
Effects list: Select an effect in this list to change the appearance of clips in your movie. Effect In/Effect Out sliders: Move these sliders to the points in the selected clip where you want the effect to appear and disappear. Appearance sliders: Move these sliders to make adjustments to the selected effect. These options will vary, depending on the effect you choose. Apply button: Click to apply the effect to the selected clip.

Audio Effects

You can use audio effects to manipulate the sound in your movie. To see audio effects settings, click Audio FX at the top of the Editing pane.
Effects list: Select an effect in this list to change the sound of audio in your movie. Effects controls: Use the controls to change the sound of an audio clip. The controls vary depending on the effect you selected. Preview button: Listen to the audio clip to see how it sounds with the settings you made. Apply button: When you like the results, click to apply the effect to the selected audio clip.

Chapters Pane

You can add chapter markers to your movie and export it to iDVD or as a video podcast. In iDVD, the chapters will appear in a scene selection menu so that viewers can skip to a particular scene. In a video podcast, chapters can include a URL and a URL title. To open the Chapters pane, click the Chapters button.
Chapter titles: A new chapter appears in the list each time you add a chapter marker. Type a name for each chapter that you want to use in your iDVD scene selection menu. Add Marker button: Click to add a chapter marker in your movie. Remove Marker button: Click to remove a selected chapter marker.
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Trash: Drag unwanted clips to the Trash icon to delete them, or simply select a clip and press Delete. You can open the iMovie Trash and restore deleted video and audio from the iMovie Trash any time you want or permanently delete it. Disk space indicator: Monitor your free disk space as you work. You should always have about 2 GB free disk space for optimal performance of iMovie HD. When the text turns yellow, you are starting to run low on disk space. When it turns red, you must free up some space to continue working on your movie.

Clip Viewer

Use the clip viewer, shown below, to add clips to your movie and arrange them in the order you want them to appear in your movie. When you create titles and transitions, or add photographs from your iPhoto library, drag them to the clip viewer.
Clip viewer button: Click the clip viewer button to switch from the timeline viewer to the clip viewer. Clip: Each section of video footage and any still images you import are called clips. Transition marker: Transition markers indicate that two clips are linked by a transition.

Timeline Viewer

Use the timeline viewer, shown below, to edit your movies video and audio clips, and synchronize your audio and video.
Timeline viewer button: Click the timeline viewer button to switch from the clip viewer to the timeline viewer. Video track: Select clips in this track to edit or add effects or titles that play over your footage. Audio tracks: Place and arrange audio clips in these tracks and drag them into position to synchronize audio with video clips. Use these tracks to add sound effects, music, and voiceover recordings. Deselecting the checkbox to the right of the track mutes all the audio clips in that track. Zoom slider: Move the slider to make clips appear larger or smaller in the timeline. Enlarging or reducing the size of clips can make them easier to select and edit. Volume level bar: When you choose View > Show Clip Volume Levels, you see a volume level bar appear as a line across your clips. Select a clip, clips, or a portion of a clip, and click the clip volume control icon under the audio tracks to display a volume slider. Drag the slider to raise or lower the volume of a selected clip, clips, or clip segment. Or directly change the clip volume by dragging the volume level bar up or down. You can also click the bar to add markers, then drag the markers to adjust the volume for sections of audio clips. You can use this to make audio fade in or fade out. Audio waveforms: You can choose View > Show Audio Waveforms to display representations of audio intensity in audio clips. Use audio waveforms to align video to audio events such as a certain drumbeat or the exact beginning or end of the audio. Audio checkboxes: Select a checkbox to hear the audio in a track. Deselect it to mute the track.

Clips Pane

Click the Clips button to open the Clips pane. The video footage and still images you import into iMovie HD first appear here. You can drag a clip from the Clips pane to the clip viewer to add it to your movie. You can also drag clips to the timeline viewer, to your desktop, into other applications, and even iDVD drop zones.
Clip name: Each clip is assigned a unique filename. You can select the name to change it to something more meaningful to you. Duration: The length of a video or audio clip is read as minutes:seconds:frames. For example, 01:08:15 is 1 minute, 8 seconds, and 15 frames into the movie.

Photos Pane

Click the Photos button to open the Photos pane. Photos, drawings, or images you put in your iPhoto library automatically appear here. You can drag an image directly from the pane into the clip or timeline viewer. You can also use the Ken Burns Effect to add panning and zooming effects to an image, and choose how long the image appears in your movie.

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Ken Burns Effect: Use these controls to set up panning and zooming effects for your photos and images. Turn the effect off or on by selecting or deselecting the Ken Burns Effect checkbox. Click Start and set how an image should first appear, then click Finish and set how the image should appear at the end of the effect. Drag the image in the preview monitor to the positions you want. Use the Zoom slider (below the monitor) to set the zoom. The Ken Burns Effect then smoothly changes the image size and location on screen as the image is displayed in your movie. Reverse: Click to reverse the direction of the pan and zoom effect. Preview: Click to see how the effect looks in the preview monitor. Apply: When you have the effect the way you want, click this button to apply the effect to the photograph. This creates a new clip in the Clips pane that you can drag to the location you want in your movie. You can also drag an image into your movie and then select it and apply changes later. Duration: Move the slider to set how many seconds the image remains in view.
iPhoto pop-up menu: Choose your iPhoto library or an iPhoto album from this menu to view and select your iPhoto photographs and images. You can drag an image from the Photos pane to the clip viewer to add it to your movie. Preview monitor: Use this monitor to set up and preview effects for a selected photo or image. Photo browser: Select the photos and images you want to add to your movie here. Search field: Enter the name of a photo or image here to quickly locate it.

Before You Begin

In many tasks shown in these chapters and in iMovie HD Help, you are asked to choose menu commands, which look like this: Choose Edit > Clear. This type of command means Click the Edit menu in the iMovie HD menu bar and choose the Clear command.
Importing Video From a Digital Video (DV) or High Definition Video (HDV) Camera
iMovie HD uses the same procedure to import video from many different types of cameras and in different video formats, including standard definition DV cameras (including those that support widescreen) and high definition (HDV) cameras. In most cases, youll find iMovie HD can automatically recognize and import the video youre using, so you dont have to pay attention to video formats. Note: You can also use the Make a Magic iMovie feature to automatically import your footage and create a complete movie that you can edit and change later. Youll find it provides a fast head start to creating any movie.
Chapter 4 Bringing Video Into iMovie HD
Follow these instructions to connect your video camera and import your video manually.
To import your video into iMovie HD: 1 Insert the tape with your video footage, turn on the camera, and switch the camera to VTR mode. 2 Connect your camera to your computer using a FireWire cable. 3 Open iMovie HD and click Create a New Project in the iMovie HD project window. 4 In the Create Project dialog, enter a project name. In most cases, iMovie HD automatically detects the type of camera youve connected and selects the appropriate video format. You can also specify the video format of your project by clicking the Video Format disclosure triangle and choosing a format from the pop-up menu that appears. 5 Click Create. 6 In the main iMovie HD window, set the mode switch under the iMovie monitor to camera mode, as shown below.
If you have more than one camera or device connected to your computer, click the camera button and choose your camera from the pop-up menu.

Camera mode Rewind Pause

Fast forward
7 Use the capture controls, shown above, to view the tape in the iMovie monitor. 8 Rewind the tape to a few seconds before the point at which you want to start importing. 9 Click the Play button. 10 Click Import when you see the start of the scene that you want to import. 11 When youre done importing, click Import again to stop. If youre having trouble getting your video camera to communicate with iMovie HD, click the Connection Help button in the iMovie monitor. It connects you to useful information in iMovie HD Help.

About Automatic Scene Detection
As you import your video footage from a standard or high defintion camera connected via FireWire, iMovie HD detects where you made a break in recording, and automatically divides the video into separate scenes or clips. Each sequence of recorded video is then made into a video clip that is stored in the Clips pane, shown below.
You can also have iMovie HD automatically place clips in the timeline, if you prefer. To have clips placed automatically in the timeline: 1 Choose iMovie HD > Preferences. 2 Click Import. 3 Select the Movie Timeline radio button. If you prefer, you can turn off automatic scene detection and manually create the breaks between video clips as you import. To turn off automatic scene detection: 1 Choose iMovie HD > Preferences. 2 Click Import. 3 Deselect the checkbox labeled Start a new clip at each scene break. To manually create scene breaks, click the Import button to start or stop importing as you import each scene. Or, you can import long scenes and then split them in the Clips pane using the Split Video Clip at Playhead command in the Edit menu.
Did You Know? About Video Formats and Frame Rates
When you create a new project, you can specify whether the project is for standard definition DV, high definition, DV widescreen, MPEG-4 video, or the format for an iSight camera. iMovie supports the following video formats: DV NTSC DV PAL DV NTSC Widescreen DV PAL Widescreen MPEG-4 iSight HDV 720p HDV 1080i In most cases, you dont need to specify anything for your video format. iMovie HD is preset to import standard definition digital video (DV), and it can automatically detect whether you have connected a high definition video camera or an Apple iSight camera and switch your project to the appropriate settings. However, with standard video formats, you may at times want to specify a particular format, such as DV widescreen. To specify a video format for a new project, choose File > New Project or click the Create a New Project button in the iMovie HD project window. In the Create Project dialog, click the Video format triangle to display format options. Choose the video format options you want. Different video formats use different frame rates. Most video formats, including standard definition, high definition, and widescreen, use either 29.97 frames per second or 25 frames per second. For example, NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) and PAL (Phase Alternating Line) are two common digital video (DV) formats. NTSC format, which is used in North America and Japan, has a frame rate of 29.97 frames per second (fps). PAL format, which is used in most of the world outside North America, has a frame rate of 25 fps. When you first import video into a project, iMovie HD automatically detects the correct frame rate of the incoming footage.

Removing Unwanted Video

After importing your video, you can select clips in the Clips pane and delete any you dont want. Click an unwanted clip to select it and press the Delete key or drag it to the iMovie HD Trash. The clip remains available in the Trash until you empty it or drag it back out. To create a polished movie, you also trim and crop individual clips so that they show only the footage you want to include. There are three ways to get rid of unwanted frames in a video clip:
Trimming: Removes the frames you select. Use this when you want to delete frames

from one end or another.

Cropping: Preserves the selected part of a clip and removes the frames before and
after your selection. Use this when you want to keep most of the clip, but you want to delete the beginning and the end. Splitting: Breaks a scene into two separate clips. Use this when you want to separate a clip into two pieces. You can then delete one of the pieces or use it elsewhere in your movie. Depending on how you like to work, you can review and make rough cuts to clips in the Clips pane, or do all your editing in the clip viewer or timeline viewer. Fine adjustments to the timing and duration of clips are usually made in the timeline viewer, where you can also use a method of editing called direct trimming.
Editing Clips with Direct Trimming
You can trim and crop your clips using an editing technique called direct trimming. Click the timeline viewer button (it has a clock on it) to open the timeline viewer. You can then select a clip and drag either end to shorten it. There are some important points to understand before you start, however.
Where You Grab Your Clip Matters
In the timeline viewer, you get different results depending on where you place the pointer when you drag a clip. Dragging from the center of the clip moves the clip to a different location in your movie. As you move the clip to the right, a gap is created. You can drag other clips to fill the gap, or you can leave a gap for your own artistic reasons (theyre handy backgrounds for text or can add an extra dimension to a transition or effect).

Gap Drag pointer

Tip: A fast way to get rid of a gap is to view it in the clip viewer, where it appears as a black clip. Select the black clip and delete it. Dragging from the end of a clip toward the center of the clip shortens the clip. The trimmed video is still present, but it wont appear in your movie. If you decide to lengthen the clip later, you can drag the end to lengthen the clip again and the hidden footage is restored.

Cropping a Video Clip Using Crop Markers
To crop a clip, you select the frames that you want to keep and delete the rest of the clip. Cropping is often the easiest method when you want to preserve the middle part of a clip and delete the beginning and the end. To crop a clip: 1 Select a clip in the clip viewer or timeline viewer. 2 Position the pointer over the scrubber bar to display the crop markers. 3 Drag the right crop marker along the scrubber bar until you see the last frame that you want to keep. 4 Drag the left crop marker along the scrubber bar until you see the first frame that you want to keep.
5 Choose Edit > Crop to delete the frames outside the range of frames you selected. The selected frames are preserved.

Splitting a Video Clip

When you split a video clip, you simply break it into two clips, preserving both parts. You can then delete the part you dont want or save it to use elsewhere in your movie. To split a video clip: 1 Select a clip in the Clips pane, clip viewer, or timeline viewer. 2 Drag the playhead in the scrubber bar to the frame where you want to split the clip. 3 Choose Edit > Split Video Clip at Playhead. A new clip immediately appears.

Undoing an Edit

If you make a mistake as you work, you can always undo your action.
To undo an action: Choose Edit > Undo. You can choose Undo multiple times to undo your changes one after the other.
Did You Know? Undoing Your Changes
When you trim a clip, the footage you delete is not lost. You can choose the Undo command multiple times to cancel your changes one after another. You can also undo all your changes to a clip at once by selecting the clip and choosing Advanced > Revert Clip to Original. If you trimmed too much from a clip, you can also bring back the trimmed footage using the direct trimming method, explained next.

About Gaps (Black Clips)

When you drag clips to the right in the timeline viewer, you can create a gap between clips. The gaps, or empty spaces, are called black clips When you switch to the clip. viewer, you see a black clip has been added to the project. When you view your movie, you see only black video where gaps appear. You can change these black clips to any color you want by creating a color clip.

To add a transition between scenes: 1 Click the Transitions button to open the Transitions pane. 2 Select a transition in the list. 3 Set the length of your transition using the Speed slider under the preview monitor. The transition length is shown in the lower-right corner of the preview monitor. The duration is read as seconds:frames, so a timecode reading 15:08 means 15 seconds and 8 frames. Tip: You can select the timecodes in the preview monitor and change them to the precise timing you want. Some transitions provide additional settings. For example, if you select Push, you can also use the arrow buttons to choose the direction from which the next scene enters. Other transitions, such as Scale Down, allow you to set where the transition originates. If the pointer changes to a crosshair when you click in the preview monitor, you can click again to select the origination point of the transition. 4 Click Preview to see how the transition will look with the settings you made. You can continue to make adjustments and preview them until you have the effect you want.
Chapter 6 Adding Transitions and Photos
5 Drag the title of the transition from the transitions list to the clip viewer, placing it between the two clips you want it to join. You can continue to work in your movie while the transition is rendered. In the clip viewer, a rendered transition is identified with an icon, shown below.

Transition icon

Deleting and Editing Transitions
You can select and delete transitions, just as you can clips. If you delete a clip, the transitions before or after it are deleted automatically as well.
To delete a transition: Select the transition and press the Delete key, or choose Edit > Clear. When you delete a transition, your clips are restored to their original length. You can then move them, apply video effects to them, or add a different transition between them. If you change your mind about the length of a transition you have already added, you can edit it.
To edit a transition: 1 Select the transition in the clip viewer. 2 In the Transitions pane, adjust the length of the transition using the Speed slider. 3 Click Update.
Applying Transitions to Multiple Clips
If you want to use the same transition for more than one clipor all your clipsyou can select the clips, set up the transition settings you want, and click Apply. Depending on the size of your project, this can be a big time saver. You can also delete or edit multiple transitions in the same way.
To select multiple clips: Hold down the Shift key and select the first and last clips in a range. All the clips in between are also selected. Hold down the Command key to select individual clips that arent next to each other (discontiguous clips). Keep in mind that rendering transitions for multiple clips takes longer than rendering just one transition. If you chose a duration that is too long for some of your clips, youll see a message asking you if you want iMovie HD to automatically adjust the duration for the short clips. If you agree, the duration for the shorter clips is up to half the clips duration.

Video Effects

iMovie HD provides an array of interesting video effects that are easy to add to your movie. You can change a whole clip or parts of clips. Like transitions, video effects take time to render, but you can preview the effect before you apply it. Different effects have different attributes that you set to get just the look you want. For example, if you select Adjust Colors, you can adjust the Hue Shift, Color, and Lightness using the sliders that appear at the bottom of the Effects pane. Some effects allow you to set where the effect will appear in the clip. For example, if you select Fairy Dust, you can choose where the fairy dust will arc, or choose where the electricity will strike for the Electricity effect. If the pointer changes to a crosshair when you click in the preview monitor, you can click again to select the origination point of the effect. If you dont see a crosshair pointer when you click in the preview monitor, you cant set the position. Note: If a clip has a transition attached when you apply an effect, iMovie HD warns you that the transition will be invalidated. iMovie HD then allows you to re-render the transition to include the effect. To add a video effect to your movie: 1 Click the Effects button to open the Effects pane. 2 Select the clip you want to change in the clip viewer or timeline viewer. 3 Scroll through the list of effects and select the one you want to apply.
4 Drag the Effect In and Effect Out sliders to indicate how quickly you want the effect to fade in and out. Setting the sliders to 00:00 will make the effect appear and disappear suddenly, rather than fade in and out gradually. 5 Once you have the effect set up, click Preview to see what it will look like. You can continue adjusting the attributes until you see the results you want. 6 Click Apply to render the effect. You can apply more than one effect to the same video clip. Just repeat these steps for each effect you want to add.
Did You Know? iMovie HD automatically adjusts footage to better fit the screen
Different formats of footage, such as widescreen or high definition, potentially may not fit the format of your video well. For example, if you import widescreen footage into a standard definition DV project, the widescreen footage wouldn't fit well within the normal screen size of standard definition DV. iMovie HD solves this problem by automatically adjusting incoming footage to fit the screen size. Digital video footage is recorded using standard ratios of width to height, called the aspect ratio. Standard definition video has an aspect ratio of 4:3, meaning for every four pixels of width the frame has 3 pixels of height. Widescreen video has a 16:9 aspect ratio, meaning that the width of the frame is nearly twice its height.

Editing Effects

You can layer effects to create a unique look. For example, you could have fairy dust streaking across a foggy scene. If you change your mind, you can remove an effect. There are several ways to remove an effect. To remove an effect: Choose Edit > Undo after adding the effect. Select the clip with the effect you want to remove and press Delete. Select the clip and Choose Advanced > Revert Clip to Original to remove all changes to the clip and restore the original footage.

Adding a Voiceover

You can record sound directly into iMovie HD if you have a built-in microphone or an external microphone connected to your computer. You can use this feature to create your own voiceover narrations or commentaries. Your microphone records at the input level set in the Sound pane of System Preferences. To turn the recording level of a mike up or down, use the Input volume slider in the Sound pane. To set the recording level of a microphone: 1 Open System Preferences and click Sound. 2 Click Input. 3 Select the microphone you want to use. 4 Adjust the Input volume slider to raise or lower the volume that the microphone records at. To record a voiceover: 1 In the timeline viewer, drag the playhead until you see the frame where you want the voiceover to begin. 2 Click the Audio button to open the Audio pane. 3 Click the Record button.

Record/Stop button

4 Speak clearly into the microphone. While you are speaking, the input meter should be yellow. If it turns red, you are speaking too loudly. 5 Click the Stop button to stop recording. The sound you recorded appears in the first audio track. Like any other audio clip, it can be dragged to a new position in either of the audio tracks.

Working With Audio Clips

Audio files, which are in MP3, WAV, or AIFF format, appear as audio clips in either of the two audio tracks in the timeline viewer, shown in the following illustration. Your video also contains an audio track that you can extract from video clips and edit like other audio clips. Extracted audio is placed in the first track and imported audio is placed in the second track. You can add more audio clips to any part of your movie by overlapping clips in the audio tracks. You can also drag audio clips from one track to another and reposition them to synchronize audio with your video.

Extracted audio

Imported music
Positioning and Trimming an Audio Clip
Dragging from the center of an audio clip moves the clip to a different location in your movie. Leave a gap if you want silence. If you move an audio clip over another audio clip in the same track, the clips overlap and you hear both clips at the same time.

Drag pointer

You trim audio clips using the direct trimming technique. Dragging from the end of an audio clip toward the center of the audio clip shortens the audio clip. The trimmed audio is still present, but it isnt displayed and you wont hear it in your movie. Full clips have rounded corners. Trimmed clips have straight edges where theyve been shortened. To extend the audio clip back to its original size (or close to the original size), you can drag the end you want to extend. You can also split an audio clip. To split an audio clip: 1 Select the audio clip and drag the playhead to where you want the music to end. 2 Choose Edit > Split Selected Audio Clip at Playhead. 3 Select the unwanted portion of the audio clip and press the Delete key.

Adjusting Sound Volume

As you work on a video, you may want to temporarily turn the sound on your computer up or down. To change the volume in iMovie HD up or down while youre working, use the Volume slider under the iMovie monitor. This slider changes the sound coming from your speakers within the volume range set in Sound preferences. Important: This slider doesnt increase or decrease the level of sound that viewers of the video will eventually hear. It only changes the level of sound on your computer as you play and listen to your audio.
iMovie HD speaker volume Audio checkboxes

Turning Off Audio

You can mute audio tracks, including the audio track thats contained within the video track (the audio you recorded along with your video). Muting can help you focus on the sounds in one track at a time as you work. If you keep a track muted in the finished video, your audience wont hear the audio in that track.
To mute an audio track: Deselect the checkbox at the right end of the track.
Adjusting the Volume of Your Movie
You can increase or decrease the volume of the sound that your audience will eventually hear. To adjust the sound volume up or down, you select the clips that you want to change and use the clip volume controls, shown below.

Clip volume controls

Volume level bar
You can select and change the volume of all your clips at once, or change them individually. You can change the clip volume from zero to 150 percent of the recorded volume.
To adjust the volume of an audio clip: 1 Select the clip, clips, or portion of a clip in the timeline viewer. 2 Choose View > Show Clip Volume Levels. A volume level bar appears in all audio clips to show the current volume level of each clip. 3 Click the speaker icon of the clip volume controls and drag the slider to adjust the volume up or down. If you make an adjustment to the volume while you are playing a clip, iMovie HD pauses playback and then immediately plays the clip with your adjustment. This makes it easier to get the results you want. Remember: The volume setting in the Sound pane of System Preferences only sets how loud or soft sounds play on your computer. It doesnt set how loud your movie will sound when you play it for others. Use the clip volume controls below the audio tracks in the timeline viewer to increase or decrease the volume of a movie.

Viewing Audio Waveforms

Audio waveforms, shown below, are a graphic representation of audio intensity. While an individual audio file can have a number of channels (such as left and right), iMovie HDs waveforms average all the channels in one waveform.
You can use waveforms to see where an audio clip builds in intensity and use these visual cues to better align your video frames to the audio. Increasing the zoom of a clip allows you to see more detail in the waveform.
To turn on waveforms: Choose View > Show Audio Waveforms. If you dont see waveforms in your tracks, choose View > Show Audio Waveforms to turn off the feature. To see more detail in the waveforms, move the Zoom slider to the right.

Snapping Audio to Video

When snapping is turned on in your movie, youll see a yellow snap line (shown in the illustration above) appear as you reach the end of video and audio clips or come within 3 or more frames of audio silence. When the yellow snap lines of your audio and video align, youll have a very precise fit that would be difficult to achieve without snap lines. To turn on snapping: 1 Choose iMovie HD > Preferences. 2 Click General and click the Snap to Items in Timeline checkbox.
Sharing Your Finished Movie
When you finish your iMovie HD project, you can determine how you want to watch your movie and share it with others.
You can: Send it in an email message. Post it on your.Mac HomePage. Save it to DV tape. Burn it on a DVD with iDVD. Save it as a QuickTime movie in a variety of formats. Send it via Bluetooth wireless technology to other computers, mobile phones, personal digital assistants, and more. No matter which way you choose to view your movie, iMovie HD makes it easy to create a movie file in the proper format. Exporting the finished movie is called sharing the movie, and iMovie HDs Share dialog makes it easy to do. To share your movies with friends and family, you can use the standard export options and iMovie HD sets up the movie with the appropriate format automatically. Start with the Share dialog, shown below, and choose an option. To see the Share dialog, choose File > Share.
Tip: If you want to share just part of your movie, you can select the clip or clips you want to share and select the Share selected clips only checkbox.

Exporting for QuickTime Viewing Formats
All viewing formats (except for DV tape) are QuickTime formats that differ in size depending on what they will be used for. For example, you can choose to set up a movie for web viewing or transfer to a CD-ROM. To export to QuickTime: 1 Choose File > Share. 2 Click QuickTime in the toolbar. 3 Choose the type of file you want to create from the Compress move for pop-up menu and click Share.
4 Type a name for your movie file and select a destination. 5 Click Save. iMovie HD takes a little while to compress and save your movie. Its best not to use your computer for other tasks during the export process. How long it takes depends primarily on how long your movie is, but also on how small the final movie file will be. Smaller movie files take longer to compress. The exported movie is a QuickTime file. To watch the movie on your computer screen, double-click the movie file in the Finder.
Note: If you create a QuickTime movie using the Full Quality option, iMovie HD does not export chapter markers or chapter titles in the movie.
QuickTime Expert Export Settings
If one of the preset export options doesnt work for you, you can experiment with your own QuickTime compression settings to get video output thats best suited for your needs. To apply your own compression settings: 1 Choose File > Share. 2 Click QuickTime in the toolbar. 3 Choose Expert Settings from the Compress movie for pop-up menu. 4 Click Share. 5 Choose the type of export format you want and click Options. Here are a few guidelines to keep in mind as you experiment with your own compression settings: MPEG-4 is the current standard codec (or compression/decompression format) used for movies that will be viewed on the web. For movies that will be viewed on older Windows computer systems, you may want to use the Motion JPEG codec. For a high-quality movie, you can export your movie in the Sorenson Video codec. This format reduces the file size of the movie while retaining relatively high quality. In general, choose settings that give you the best tradeoff between file size and video playback quality. Pick your desired movie frame size first. Frame size is the primary determiner of the movie file size.

You can use your keyboard to quickly accomplish many tasks in iMovie HD. To find the shortcuts for common commands, look in the menus (or see the menu shortcuts below). To complete an action, press the shortcut keys indicated below.
Action Navigation Play/Stop and Start/Stop capture Move playhead to beginning of movie Move playhead to end of movie Move playhead and play audio Forward one frame Forward ten frames Move playhead forward Back one frame Back ten frames Move playhead backward Selection Select multiple items Select a range of items (in the clip viewer or timeline viewer) Select items that are discontiguous (not adjacent to each other) Moving/cropping Move audio clip Move audio clip ten frames Move video clip to create black frames Click clip, then Left Arrow or Right Arrow Click clip, then Shift-Left Arrow or Right Arrow Click clip in timeline viewer then Control-Left Arrow or Right Arrow Shift-click items Click first item then Shift-click last item Command-click items Space bar Home (not available on some keyboards) End (not available on some keyboards) Option-drag playhead Right Arrow Shift-Right Arrow Hold down Right Arrow Left Arrow Shift-Left Arrow Hold down Left Arrow Shortcut

Appendix

Action Move video clip to create ten black frames Move video crop marker Move video crop marker ten frames Accept/cancel Accept dialog (OK) Cancel dialog Cancel rendering Titling Move between text fields iMovie HD menu Preferences Hide iMovie HD Hide Others Quit iMovie HD File menu New Project Open Project Close Window Save Project Import Share Save Frame Show Info Show Trash Empty Trash Edit menu Undo Redo Cut Copy Paste Select All Select Similar Clips Select None
Shortcut Click clip in timeline viewer, then Control-ShiftLeft Arrow or Right Arrow Click marker, then Left Arrow or Right Arrow Click marker, then Shift-Left Arrow or Right Arrow
Return Esc Command-period (.)
Command-comma (,) Command-H Option-Command-H Command-Q
Command-N Command-O Command-W Command-S Shift-Command-I Shift-Command-E Command-F Command-I Shift-Command-T Shift-Command-Delete
Command-Z Shift-Command-Z Command-X Command-C Command-V Command-A Option-Command-A Shift-Command-A
Action Crop Split Video Clip at Playhead Create Still Frame View menu Switch to Clip Viewer or Timeline Viewer Scroll to Playhead Scroll to Selection Zoom to Selection Show Clip Volume Levels Show Audio Wave Forms Markers menu Add Bookmark Delete Bookmark Previous Bookmark Next Bookmark Add Chapter Marker Delete Chapter Marker Advanced menu Extract Audio Paste Over at Playhead Lock Audio Clip at Playhead Window menu Minimize Help menu iMovie Help