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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SECTION IS ONLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUT THE COURSE INTO ACTION - IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO WATCH ALL OF THE LESSONS - HOWEVER IT CAN BE USEFUL TO WATCH 3 OR 4 OF THE LESSONS SO AS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE EDITING PROCESS.

The teacher will be:

  • Familiar with how to edit
  • Familiar with how to to use the iMovie applications
  • Familiar with how to use the editing process from a classroom management point of view
Time: 80 Minutes to complete module

If you're determined to make the next Hollywood blockbuster, iMovie is a great place to start for both beginners and pros. You can simply connect your camera to your Mac and work with complex edits, dazzling special effects, smooth transitions, integrate cool sound effects or rocking soundtrack made with GarageBand. Here's an introduction to movie-making the iMovie way.

iMovie makes it easy and simple for you to polish up your movies and add in songs or pictures.

Capturing Video into iMovie

  1. Connect your DV format (digital video), HDV format (high definition video), or tape-less camera to your computer's FireWire or USB port, then turn on your camera and switch it to VTR mode.
  2. Open iMovie from the Dock or in the Applications folder. iMovie should switch automatically to camera mode. If it doesn't, slide the mode switch in the interface to the movie camera icon.
  3. Use the playback controls in iMovie to view your video in the monitor screen. When you find footage that you want, rewind it a bit, press the play button, and then click Import the moment you want to start the capture. Click Import again to stop.
  4. iMovie captures video from your camera and places clips either in the clips pane (the one with a bunch of squares-this is the default location) or the timeline (the bar that spans the bottom of the window).

One Place for All Your Video

Enjoy and Rediscover Your Video

Making Movies

Sharing Your Movies

This section holds the course content for Post Production on the left you can follow the text and below you can follow the visual examples of the course. How you learn is up to you...
Video 1 - iMovie Intro and Import from Camera