A new subsection of Apple's website dubbed 'Find out how' offers dozens of new video tutorials aimed at swaying consumers towards its Mac computing platform and then helping them achieve the most from their Mac experience once they bite the bullet.
- MacX Video Converter Pro offers an easy tutorial to edit videos on Mac, doing what iMovie does, for example, cutting unwanted parts of the image, trimming the footage length, adding subtitles or watermarks, editing parameters, compressing 4K/HD video file size with high quality and do more. 2021 best Video Converter for Mac.
- Blender Fundamentals 2.8x. The ultimate guide to get up to speed with Blender 2.80. In this official series you will learn every corner of the new interface and concepts through short, clear and concise videos.
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In the iMovie course you will learn. The Layout of the iMovie application. Create events so that you can keep all your videos organised. How to import content (videos, images and audio) into iMovie. Select and use video clips in the timeline during the video editing process. Fine tune and edit the clips. Export the finished video at the end.
The Mac OS X section, for example, includes three 2:30 minute videos directed at potential Windows PC switchers entitled 'Anatomy of a Mac,' 'Move to a Mac,' and 'Windows on a Mac.' Meanwhile, the Photo and Web sections offer instructional videos on the ease of creating content such as web galleries and personal blog sites.
It appears that Apple plans to build an extensive library of Mac video tutorials over time, and even offers an option for viewers to subscribe to the tutorial feeds as Podcasts. From there, the videos are downloaded directly to iTunes where they can then be synced to an iPhone, iPod or Apple TV.
Additionally, the new sub-site offers several dozen text- and image-based tutorials covering topics such as customizing the mighty mouse, emailing web links instantly, sharing an iCal schedule, and creating a buddy icon with photo booth.
The new tutorials site joins a similar array of informative Mac videos previously available on Apple.com, such as the iLife '08 guide video tour and the Mac OS X Leopard guided video tour.
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1. Create a new project.
A project is what you work on iMovie. As you hit on Create New icon,you can see there are two options: Movie and Trailer. Movie is used to create custom videos and slidshow from scratch, whereas Trailer starts from a ready template, close to film-like video. Here we choose Movie as an example.
2. Import your video for editing
There are several ways to import your video. Click on the Import button on the top; drag and drop from your Macbook. Or if your video is already in the Media, you can browse inside your own personal library from My Media tab, then drag and drop your files on the timeline.
3. Edit videos with iMovie
Split clip: One of the first things to know is how to split clips. Breaking one clip into several shorter ones allows you to edit each chunk separately, so you will have more flexibility. In the timeline, select the clip you want to split. Hover your mouse to a location in the clip, click the mouse to fix the position, then go to Modify - Split Clip menu, or use Command + B shortcut key combination.
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Trim clip: In the timeline, skim to the beginning or end of the clip you want to extend or shorten. To extend the clip, just drag the edge of the clip away from its center. While to cut MP4 video clip, you need drag the edge of the clip toward its center.
Insert Transition:Transitions allow you to move from one clip to another with style. You can insert transitions from the insert tab. Just select an inserting point between clips, then pick one of the transitions and drag it to the inserting point. Now you can edit the length of the transition by double clicking on it, typing in the value that you want, and click Apply.
Crop & Rotate video clips: iMovie for Mac is also available to crop and rotate MP4 videos. You can select the clip you wanna crop or rotate in the timeline. Then there shows a cropping control bar, click the Crop to Fill button, an adjustable frame appears on top of the clip in the viewer. You can move and resize the frame, like change 4:3 aspect ratio to 16:9, or any other as you like. Finally apply the crop, your video has been cropped.
As for rotate video, follow the same step to show the cropping control bar, and click the Rotate Clockwise/Counterclockwise button on the right side of the cropping controls.
Fade In, Fade Out, and More:You can also create a fade in and fade out effect at the beginning and end of a clip/project by adding appropriate transitions. But the easiest way to do so is via Project Settings. In the middle of the screen's right side, next to the zoom slider, there's the Settings button (which doesn't look like a button). If you click on it, you will have a small Project Settings window. Check the Fade in/out from black and checkboxes.
There are other options that you can customize from this window, such as changing the project's Theme and applying Filter.
4. Export videos from iMovie
Before exporting, you can also compress large file size in iMovie. Once you are done with so much video editing, you will be able to export your creation in different formats. To do this, all you have to do is clicking on the Share button, located once again at the top of the application or by going to the menu File > Export in both cases you will find. You can select the video format that you find better by clicking on Export using QuickTime or just naming in in the Save As field after you click on Export Movie...
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Of course, iMovie is not confined to the above mentioned functions. To figure out how to use iMovie to edit videos on Macbook, Macbook Pro/Air, iMac etc. with iMovie, you can click to see the full iMovie tutorial from Apple.