I have posted below instructions for making final edits and exporting your movie.
1. Importing Videos
In case you have not done this, you need to import your videos into iMovie. You cannot just drag and drop. You need to go to the file menu in iMovie and select Import Movies (If it is a camera connected, you will need to select "import from camera" instead). If they are on an SD card, it is best to copy them to the computer before hand, it will go faster.
- Adding Titles, Music, Photos, and effects.
- To add photos, you can find some online, drag them from your web browser to the desktop, then drag them from the desktop to iMovie.
- To add Titles, Music, and Transitions, you will see a menu on the middle right of iMovie that looks like this. The music notes are for music, the camera is to access your iPhoto Library, the T is for titles, and the Hourglass is for transitions.
- If you click the music icon, you will bring up a music menu. You can drag the music or sound effect from the list into your project.
d. Titles work the same way, you can click the T to bring up the list and drag what you want in your project. You can drag them over pre existing clips or in between clips and they will appear over a generated background. To edit a title just click them in the screen and type what you want.
e. Transitions work the same way, you can drag them in between your clips to make them fade in, dissolve, warp, etc.
f. To add a special effect, double click a clip in your project, you can choose from a variety of filters or adjustments
4.Exporting and Sharing
- When you have completed your film it is now time to convert your project file to a quicktime movie so that you can share and watch it with ease.
- To do this select “Share” from the top menu, then “export using quicktime”. By default iMovie wants to save to the “Movies” folder, change this to “desktop”.
- Exporting may take awhile, when done, you can then drag your movie from the desktop to a USB device or something else.
Your movie will take awhile to export, when it is complete, I would like you to do both of the following
1. Copy the file to your network account. To do this, drag the completed movie to the bottom of the screen. One of the folders will say firstname.lastname.
2. Copy the movie to the portable hard drive that I have left in the class. There will be a folder called grade 6 or grade 8 films, put it in that folder.
1. Copy the file to your network account. To do this, drag the completed movie to the bottom of the screen. One of the folders will say firstname.lastname.
2. Copy the movie to the portable hard drive that I have left in the class. There will be a folder called grade 6 or grade 8 films, put it in that folder.