
Launch iMovie and learn to create a new movie project, rename it, manage projects, browse media, and navigate the three core pages: project space, media, and the main editing interface.
Import clips from your computer, mark favorites or reject items in the my media tab, and use filters, keyword search, and the gear icon to manage thumbnails and audio waveform.
Add and optimize clips on the timeline for a nature and wildlife story, group birds and flowers, reject unwanted footage, and prep durations for trimming in the next lesson.
Learn to trim from the edges and split longer clips to adjust duration and manage the timeline for basic video editing in iMovie.
Learn how to apply transitions between clips in the timeline, using cross dissolve, fade to black, fade to white, and cross blur, and how to adjust durations.
Learn to add and customize backgrounds in iMovie using maps and globes, set locations between cities, adjust duration and style, and apply them to opening and closing titles.
Learn to add opening and ending titles in iMovie, customize with brush script, adjust color via eyedropper, and sync title duration to the background.
Learn to animate pictures and video in iMovie using the Ken Burns effect, with start and end windows that pan and zoom across the frame.
Add background music to videos by importing audio from your media or tunes, then drag to the timeline, adjust volume, and apply fades.
The sample of the final rendered video is attached. Please have a look at it and try to emulate is as closely as you can, and that will give you a chance to practice the essential elements of an iMovie project.
Learn how to stabilize shaky footage in iMovie and fix rolling shutter. Adjust stabilization strength and enable rolling shutter correction while balancing cropping and video quality.
Learn to adjust video speed with fast, slow, and custom options in iMovie, apply reverse playback, freeze frames, and create instant replays for dynamic edits.
master green screen editing using chroma-keying to place a subject over a background, then refine edges with crop and softness and ensure proper lighting for clean results.
Learn to download the seven-day free trial of video scribe to explore whiteboard animations. Install, sign in with your email, and activate your account to start the trial.
Explore the iMovie workspace and core tools, learn to save and export to sparkle cloud, add images, text, charts, music, narration, and preview through rendering.
Import your first image to the canvas, select and resize it with corner handles while preserving aspect ratio, move it, and rotate; explore the image library and free sources.
Apply camera settings for every element on the whiteboard animation canvas to ensure correct drawing order and timing across multiple scenes, then adjust positions, text, and draw times.
Learn how to navigate the canvas with pan and zoom, adjust camera positions for multiple elements, and preview scenes across new iMovie whiteboard animations.
Learn to craft a marketing video by building sequential scenes with text, images, and icons, set camera positions, fonts, colors, and precise timing and transitions.
Learn to craft marketing videos by designing scenes, adding text and images, aligning elements, and connecting them with arrows; adjust timing, transitions, and music, and add a sign-up button.
Learn to apply graphic filters to text and images, including blur, glow, saturation, brightness, contrast, drop shadow, inner shadow, and bevel, with adjustable horizontal and vertical blur.
Import and open project 3 in VideoScribe, then navigate scenes, add images, text, charts, and colors, and apply scribble out boxes and drop shadows to refine timings.
Learn to build a four-scene promotional video from scratch using video scribe, arranging images, text, and animations, then synchronize visuals with the voiceover and the script.
Master whiteboard animation with video scribe by tailoring draw timings and syncing audio with on-screen text for a polished promotional video.
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Start editing your videos professionally with iMovie app from Apple!
If you are looking for a free video editing application that will allow you to edit videos however you want them, iMovie is the best answer. iMovie is used by video editors across the world for creating videos for business, marketing, documentaries etc. This course is the best way to jump right in and start editing.
Make videos the way you imagine them!
Practice editing while you learn. This course includes practice video files so you can follow along and actually learn by doing.
I'll be teaching the course using the latest version of iMovie application, but if you have a previous version, or even a newer version (in future), you can still learn to edit with this course.
What makes me qualified to teach you?
I am a best-selling instructor of top-rated courses that get great reviews such as:
An incredible learning experience. The instructor is very clear and easily understood. - Walter Simmons
Teaching by an expert teacher. - Abdulkadir Cabuğa
Excellent! I couldn't ask for a better tutorial on whiteboard animations. The course is very thorough and provides enough practice activities to apply the skills. - Shamuel
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I'll be here for you every step of the way. If you have any questions about the course content or anything related to this topic, you can always post a question in the course or send me a direct message.
What is this iMovie course all about?
In this complete guide to iMovie video editing, you'll learn all of the editing tools available in iMovie.
This course will cover everything you need to know to start video editing, including:
- Starting an iMovie project
- iMovie interface and workflow
- Editing your videos
- Adding transitions and backgrounds
- Adding modern titles (even some with motion)
- Improving audio and finding great free music for your projects
- Adding speed and re-timing effects to your projects
- Animating pictures and creating photo slideshows
- Editing green screen (chroma key) footage
- Stabilizing shaky footage and fixing rolling shutter
- Leveraging iMovie in-built themes to create stunning projects within minutes
- Exporting your video for high-quality playback on any device
- iMovie efficiency tips
- So much more!
BONUS: As a bonus, you'll receive supplemental video and audio clips to practice with, that I teach you with.
By the end of this course, your confidence as a video editor in iMovie will soar. You'll have a thorough understanding of how to use iMovie for your video projects.
30-Day Money Back Guarantee:
Remember, you get a 30-day 100% money-back, no questions asked, guarantee! So you can always test out the course to see if it’s the right one for you!
Go ahead and click the enroll button, and I'll see you in lesson 1!
Cheers,
Kashif