Imovie 10 Tutorial

iMovie 10 Tutorial
Students in the Judith Herb College of Education (JHCOE) are required to complete
video projects in several courses including their Methods and Student Teaching. These
videos need to be edited, compressed and uploaded to Chalk and Wire or BlackBoard
for scoring. The Carver Resource Center is the educational technology hub for
students located in Gillham Hall 3000. The Center houses several computer labs,
checkout equipment including video cameras, tripods and laptops, and the
applications necessary to edit your video. This tutorial will provide you with the step-
by-step instructions for completing the video editing project in iMovie10 on any of the
Mac computers in the JHCOE.
iMovie 10 Interface
1. The Libraries Pane - This menu is located on the left side of the iMovie window. It
consists of links to your Photos Library, Events and Projects.
2. The Event Browser - This shows you a preview of the item in the library that you
have selected.
3. The Viewer Window - This window is on the right side of the screen and will allow

you scrub through a preview of your video or view your photo that is selected.
4. The Adjustment Menu - You can adjust audio, video, crop and view information on
your video.
5. Add Project and Import - On the main toolbar you will see two buttons on the left
side. The button with a + icon creates new Projects or Trailers. The button with a
down arrow will import video from your computer or attached device.
6. Views - Switch between Events, Projects, or the Theater.
7. Share - Click on the Share button to export your video.
Import Video
1. To import video, you will need your video camera and USB cable or simply remove
the SD card and insert it into the SD card reader on the computer. Note: All Apple
computers at the Carver Center come with SD card readers.
2. Click the Down Arrow icon on the Menu at the top of the iMovie window.
3. Select the device or disk that contains your video.
4. Select the video(s) you would like to import. Hold the shift key to select multiple
videos.

5. Click the Import to: dropdown menu and create a new event.
6. Select Import Selected.

Create a New Project
1. Click the Plus icon on the Menu at the top of the iMovie window.
2. Select Movie.
3. Select No Theme and click Create.

4. Give your movie a name and click OK.

5. The Project editing window adds the project timeline to the bottom of your iMovie
window.
Refine Your Video Clips

1. The first step to create a video project in iMovie is to add clips from your events into
your project.

2. Click on a clip in the browser. You can either select the entire clip, by clicking the
Plus icon or you can drag your mouse to select a portion of the clip.
3. Drag the clip to the Project Timeline where you can further refine your video clip.
4. Select portions in the Project Timeline and click the Delete key to remove the
selection.
5. Alternatively, you can drag from the front or back of the clip to trim the video.

Add Adjustments to Your Clips
In the top right corner of the Project Window is the Adjustments Menu which consists
of several tools for adjusting your video.
1. Color Balance
2. Color Correction
3. Crop
4. Stabilization
5. Volume
6. Noise Reduction and Equalizer
7. Speed
8. Clip Filter and Audio Effects
9. Clip Information
For the purposes of this tutorial, we will look at the items you may need. These would
include the Crop, Stabilization, Volume and Noise Reduction tools. Highlight your
clip and select the tool you want to use.

The Crop tool has several options:
• Fit will expand a small video to the correct aspect ratio. You would typically use
this tool with photographs that are different sizes.
• Crop to Fill allows you to adjust the video clip by selecting a portion of the clip
and then filling the screen with your selection.
• Ken Burns allows you to slowly move your video or photo over time in a
documentary style.
• Rotate Left and Rotate Right allow you to rotate your video files.

Stabilization can be used to fix a video that was recorded by hand and may be shaky.
Select the level of stabilization.
Volume will allow you to lower or raise the volume level of your clip. This can be useful
if the video camera was far from the teacher and the levels are low or if the volume
levels are very high.

Noise Reduction allows you to reduce the level of background noise. Drag the slider
to reduce background noice by a percentage level. This may require some trial and
error to perfect.
Add Media to Your Project
The Media Toolbar has several options for adding additional features to your video.
My Media - Add additional video clips to your project from the library. Audio - Add
sound effect or video clips from iTunes.
*Note: You can also drag and drop audio directly into iMovie.

Title - Add a title or text overlay to your video.
Background - Add a selection of maps and backgrounds to your project. This works
similarly to title slides. Simply drag and drop to the location you want in your project.
Click on the map to add locations and adjust the animation.
Transitions - add transitions between video clips and/or photos. Drag the appropriate
transition to the location in your project that you want it to appear.

Double-click on the transition to adjust the timing.
Compress and Export Your Video
When your project is complete, you will need to export your video so that it can be
uploaded to Chalk and Wire. There is one major rule when exporting your video. It
should be under 300MB file size.
1. Click the Share button and select the File icon.
2. Adjust the video name and description if necessary.

3. Use resolution 540p

4. Quality: Custom - adjust the slider to roughly 2.00 Mbps or until the estimated size
is less than 300MB
5. Click Next
6. Save your video to the computer.
Congratulations, your video is now ready for upload to Chalk and Wire!

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6. Select Import Selected.

Create a New Project

3. Select No Theme and click Create.

4. Give your movie a name and click OK.

Refine Your Video Clips

Add Adjustments to Your Clips

The Crop tool has several options:

Add Media to Your Project

Title - Add a title or text overlay to your video.

Double-click on the transition to adjust the timing.

Compress and Export Your Video

1. Click the Share button and select the File icon.

2. Adjust the video name and description if necessary.

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