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IMOVIE ’08
WORKSHOP
The Professional Development Series
in College of Education at Texas Tech University
Ninghua Han & Jason Torres
EDIT · TTU 2010. 4

2. Why iMovie?
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Why?
Easy to High
use quality

3. Cycle of iMovie
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Shoot
Import
Export iMovie
Event
Project

4. Import video clips
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Two Questions
What How to
kinds of import
videos can videos?
be
imported?

5. What kinds of videos can be imported?
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1. Connect DV or HDV camera to your Mac’s
FireWire FireWire jack.
Camera 2. Be sure the camera is turned on and in its VCR
mode.
1. Connect your camera to the Mac’s USB port.
Tapeless 2. Be sure the camera is turn on and set to its PC
Camera connect mode.
Other 1. Hard Disk
2. iSight
Sources

6. How to import videos?
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1. Choose File > Import From Camera.
FireWire
Camera
Tapeless 1. Choose File > Import From Camera.
Camera
Other 1. Hard Disk: Choose File > Import Movies.
2. iSight: Choose File > Import From Camera.
Sources

7. Tips of Importing
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1 2 3
When
Make sure you have
You can control your importing, it is
enough disk space.
camera using the better to close
transport buttons in other
You also can create
iMovie’s import window. applications.
events on your
external hard drive.
But for more precise
control, view LCD and
use your camera’s
buttons.

8. Manage Event
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1 Event library: rename
2 Play the events
3 Event Browser
4 Edit event: mark, delete

9. Tips
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 Delete:
 File > Move rejected to trash
 Color:
 Green Line: Favorite footages
 Red Line: Rejected footages
 Blue Line: Keywords
 Orange Line: Footages that have been selected
and dragged into project

10. Edit Project
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1 Create a new project
2 Add clips to a project, Swap
3 Trimming
4 Cropping and Rotating clips

11. Edit Project
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5 Add photo: crop, fit, Ken Burns,
color, time
6 Add transition: time, delete
7 Add audio: audio adjustment, voiceover
8 Add title: edit, time

12. Tips
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 Trimming:
 Trimming does not delete your footages that you have
trimmed, only hides them.
 Adding photo:
 Create a image with transparency by
PhotoShop, save as PNG, then drag onto a clip in
iMovie. (Logo)
 You can use Ken Burns to create zoom in and zoom
out effects. You also can vary zoom direction.
 If you want to a picture go slow, you can extend
picture’s duration time.

13. Tips
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 Adding audio
 Background music
 Audioclip
 Recording
 Adding title
 Create a title by Photoshop, then add in iMovie as
a photo. You also can apply the Ken Burns for
your title.

14. Share and Publish
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Your YouTube iTunes
(Shanghai Trip YouTube (TTU iTunes)
URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=xCe_0RITsHM )
Share
Mac Web Gallery Media Browser
Publish
A movie file Quick Time Movie
(MPEG 4) (MOV)

15. Limitation
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 Can not do:
 Stabilize shake video
 Picture in Picture
 Slow down, speed up, and reverse video
 Add theme
iMovie’0
9 ‘09
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie

16. Video in education
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 Stimulate students’ interests and motivation
 Present course content
 Inspire students’ new ideas or critical thinking

17. iMovie in education
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 Easy to take a educational video
 Easy to edit a educational video
 Easy to publish and share with your students

18. References
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 http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie
 http://www.macilife.com/imovie/
 http://www.youtube.com/
 The Macintosh iLife ’08