
movĪlso see Apple’s help page: Importing Video WORKING WITH AUDIO If your clip is in another format, search Google for a free converter using a search phrase like this: free convert. You can also import video clips captured or recorded elsewhere into your Events folder, as long as they’re in a format iMovie can work with (like. See Apple’s Help page: Record Video with Built-in FaceTime Camera Importing Video Clips In addition to importing video clips, as described below, you can also apply (or remove) the Ken Burns effect, apply stability control, adjust colors, strip the audio, and more.įor details, see Apple’s Help pages on Effects and Adjustments Recording Live into iMovie If the images aren’t in iPhoto, you can drag them in to your target Event like this: See Apple’s help page: Add Photos and Video Clips from iPhoto or Aperture Importing through Drag and Drop If your images are in iPhoto, click on iPhoto Library under Libraries in the upper left corner of the iMovie interface and insert them into your target Event. If you move or rename those files, iMovie will lose the connection to them and you’ll get a “media missing” message.

If you drag in other media, like audio files, then instead of saving a copy of those files, iMovie will rely on a relative link to the files on your hard drive. With your target event selected, you can import images from iPhoto or by dragging and dropping.īUT PLEASE NOTE: Images are the ONLY type of media you can safely drag and drop into iMovie, as iMovie saves a copy of them. “Projects” within iMovie are actual movies in progress, which you assemble from the assets in one or more Events. “Events” within iMovie are like folders you can use to store all the assets you’ll use to assemble your movie.īut you can change the title to something more helpful.

If you don’t want your exported videos to also be synced with iCloud (which can take up a lot of bandwidth), uncheck that box. IMovie ’13 has very few preferences, as you can see below.

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6.2 How to Apply the Ken Burns Effect Where YOU Want It.6.1 How to Remove the Auto-Applied Ken Burns Effect.6 DON’T LET KEN BURNS DIRECT YOUR MOVIE!.
