Index
A
accessing
movie properties for active movie, 22
previously opened libraries, 46
title screen in Viewer, 133
active movies, accessing (movie properties), 22
adding
audio
from GarageBand, 148
backgrounds, 131
Green/Blue Screen effect, 120-124
credits at the end of your movie, 138-140
locations, video themes, 170
movie clips
with different frame per second rate to movies, 113
to timelines, 67
music from iTunes, 146
photos, 81
iPhone/iPad, 201
sound effects, 147
titles
iPhone/iPad, 203
title style to background screen clips, 135
title text to movie clips, 134-135
video
as picture in picture, 200
video themes to existing projects, 167-171
Adjust button (Context menu), 121
adjusting
audio pitch, 115
clip display size, 91
clip duration, 140
clip playback speed, 112
clip thumbnails
Event Browser, 18
Project Browser, 19
Green/Blue Screen effect, 123-124
look of trailers, 180
skin tone, 156
title screen clip duration, 133
white balance, 155
adjustments, copying to other clips, 163
Adjust Toolbar, 83
Advanced Options icon, 200
All Events, 4
All Projects, 5
Aperture, importing files from, 39-42
arrow keys, skimming through movie clips, 91
aspect ratio, 65
audio
adding
from GarageBand, 148
detaching from movie clips, iPhone/iPad, 210
editing, 149
in original videos, 151
fading, iPhone/iPad, 212
playing, 26
sound effects, adding, 147
speed of, 150
switching between foreground and background, iPhone/iPad, 213
unavailable songs, 202
unmuting, 145
audio files, importing from other libraries, 39
audio pitch, adjusting, 115
audio tracks, 211
Automatic Content, 24
automatic effects, turning off, 86-87
B
background images, Green/Blue Screen effect, 122
backgrounds, adding, 131
with Green/Blue Screen effect, 120-124
background screen clips, adding title styles, 135
blurry or distorted video, correcting, 101-103
browsers, selecting multiple movie clips, 69
Browser window, 7
C
calculating clips and transition duration, 25
click and drag, importing files, 37
clip display size, adjusting, 91
clip duration
adjusting, 140
calculating, 25
changing, Precision Editor, 96-98
clip playback speed, adjusting, 112
clips, tweaking for trailers, 179-180
clip speed, adjusting, 110-111
clip thumbnails, adjusting
Event Browser, 18
Project Browser, 19
clip transitions
previewing, 72
Clip Trimmer, trimming movie clips, 92-93
clips. See also movie clips.
closing Precision Editor, 99
CNN iReport, sharing movies, 191
codecs, 36
color
correcting, 156
matching, 155
White Balance feature, 155
color balance, adjusting, 154-156
Color Balance menu, 154
Color Correction menu, 156
color palette, 137
containers, 36
Content Library, 5
controlling playback of movie clips, 51
converting trailers to movies, 181
copying adjustments to other clips, 163
correcting
blurry or distorted video, 101-103
color, 156
rolling shutter, 159
credits, adding at the end of your movie, 138-140
Crop controls, 107
Ken Burns effect, 158
Cropping menu, 157
customizable font properties, title styles, 137
customizing
title font properties, 136
custom speed setting, movie clips, 114
cutaway clips, creating, 71
cutaway images, 79
D
default setup, 30
deleting
in timelines, 70
iPhone/iPad, 209
photos, 42
transitions, 73
detaching audio from movie clips, iPhone/iPad, 210
digital media file formats, 36
digital video file formats, 36
displaying side-by-side clips, 127-128
duplicating movie clips, iPhone/iPad, 206-207
E
editing
audio, 149
in original videos, 151
picture in picture, iPhone/iPad, 210
transition duration time, 75-76
transitions, iPhone/iPad, 214
email, sharing movies, 186
Equalizer, 161
Event Browser, 11
adjusting clip thumbnails, 18
file structure, 41
showing event clips by separate days, 20
switching with Project Browser, 13
event clips, showing by separate days, 20
events, 47
merging, 57
rearranging between libraries, 56-57
scrolling through movie clips, 66
updating
from external drives or mobile devices, 33-34
from older versions of iMovie, 31
viewing library event media, 48
external devices, importing new media files, 39
external drives, updating projects/events, 33-34
F
Facebook, sharing movies, 189-190
fading audio, iPhone/iPad, 212
files
importing
from iPhoto or Aperture, 39-42
from other media libraries, 42-46
multiple files, selecting, 38
file structure, Event Browser, 41
Filter By Rating menu, 59
Flash and Hold effect, 80
font properties, title styles, 137
freeze-frame images, adding, 79-80
freeze frames, iPhone/iPad, 207
G
GarageBand, 5
adding audio, 148
Green/Blue Screen effect, 120
background images, 122
H
hiding sidebars, 16
I
icons
Advanced Options icon, 200
Media Import icon, 199
Identifying movie clips in movie projects, 68
images
sound images, Green/Blue Screen effect, 122
iMovie v10 default setup, 30
iMovie for iOS, 39
iMovie Library, 5
iMovie Library file, 35
iMovie Library list, 39
iMovie movie creation screen, iPhone/iPad, 197-198
iMovie preferences, setting, 20-21
iMovie sidebar, hiding, 16
iMovie Theater, 20
imported media, storing, 47
importing
audio files from other libraries, 39
files
from iPhoto or Aperture, 39-42
from other media libraries, 42-46
from external devices, 39
instant replay, creating, 118-119
interactive maps, adding, 129-130
iPhone/iPad
adding
photos, 201
titles, 203
audio
fading, 212
switching between foreground and background, 213
creating movie projects, 195-197
editing
picture in picture, 210
transitions, 214
freeze frames, 207
iMovie movie creation screen, 197-198
movie clips
deleting, 209
detaching audio, 210
speeding up/slowing down, 204
splitting, 208
trimming, 205
volume, 209
zooming in, 206
trailers, 215
voiceovers, recording, 213-214
iPhoto
adding photos to movie projects, 77-78
iPhoto events, skimming, 78
iPhoto Library, 4
iTunes, 5
adding music, 146
unavailable songs, 202
J
joining split movie clips back into one clip, 105
K
Ken Burns Effect, 23, 80, 83-85, 158
L
libraries, 4
accessing previously opened libraries, 46
Content Library, 5
iMovie Library, 5
renaming, 55
library event media, viewing, 48
locating movie files, 54
locations, adding video themes, 170
location text, 204
Lower Volume feature, 160
M
Mac hard disk, saving movies, 192
Maps & Backgrounds, 5
matching color, 155
Media Import icon, 199
media libraries, importing from, 42-46
menubar commands, rating events or movie clips, 58
menus
Adjust menu, 154
Color Balance menu, 154
Color Correction menu, 156
Cropping menu, 157
Merge Events command, 57
merging
events, 57
mobile devices, updating projects/events, 33-34
movie clips, 47
adding
with different frame per second rate to movies, 113
to timelines, 67
changing duration, Precision Editor, 96-98
iPhone/iPad, 209
in timelines, 70
detaching audio, iPhone/iPad, 210
duplicating, iPhone/iPad, 206-207
identifying in movie projects, 68
instant replay, creating, 118-119
joining split movie clips back into one clip, 105
locating, 54
multiple speed settings, 116
playheads, 52
playing, 50
manually, 53
playback options, 51
previewing video, 49
rearranging in timeline, 69-70
replacing in timelines, 70
rotating, 107
scrolling through in events, 66
searching for tags in previous versions, 60
selecting, 46
selecting with shortcuts, 49
selecting multiple, in browsers, 69
selecting part of, 52
selecting portions of, 67
skimmers, 52
skimming with arrow keys, 91
speed, setting, 114
speeding up/slowing down, iPhone/iPad, 204
iPhone/iPad, 208
by swiping, 208
stepping through frame by frame, 53
trimming, 90
adjusting clip display size, 91
iPhone/iPad, 205
to playhead, 93
timelines, 90
volume, iPhone/iPad, 209
zooming in, iPhone/iPad, 206
movie creation screen, iPhone/iPad, 197-198
movie files, locating, 54
movie projects
adding
creating on iPhone/iPad, 195-197
identifying movie clips, 68
naming, 197
turning off automatic effects, 86-87
movie properties
accessing for active movie, 22
Automatic Content, 24
setting, 21
troubleshooting, 22
movies
converting trailers to, 181
correcting blurry or distorted video, 101-103
saving to Mac hard disk, 192
sharing, 185
via CNN iReport, 191
via email, 186
via iTunes, 187
via Vimeo, 190
via YouTube, 188
where movies are shared, 192
movie timelines. See timelines
moving picture-in-picture window, 125
multiple files, selecting, 38
multiple movie clips, selecting in browsers, 69
music
adding from iTunes, 146
unavailable songs, 202
N
naming movie projects, 197
new media files, importing, 37-38
from external devices, 39
Noise Reduction, 161
O
opening Precision Editor, 95
P
photos
adding, 81
iPhone/iPad, 201
as cutaway images, 79
deleting, 42
picture in picture
adding video as, 200
editing, iPhone/iPad, 210
picture-in-picture effect, 124-126
picture-in-picture window, moving, 125
playback of movie clips, controlling, 51
playback options, playing movie clips, 51
playheads, movie clips, 52
trimming, 93
playing
audio, 26
movie clips, 50
manually, 53
playback options, 51
positioning title style, 134
changing video themes, 171
clip duration, changing, 96-98
closing, 99
opening, 95
previewing
clip transitions, 72
video of movie clips, 49
clip thumbnails, adjusting, 19
switching with Event Browsers, 13
projects, updating
from external drives or mobile devices, 33-34
from older versions of iMovie, 31
properties
accessing for active movies, 22
Automatic Content, 24
customizing, 136
theme titles, 169
troubleshooting, 22
Q
quitting iMovie updates, 32
R
rearranging
events between libraries, 56-57
movie clips in timeline, 69-70
removing
themes from movie projects, 25
renaming libraries, 55
replacing movie clips in timelines, 70
resizing
reverting
to iMovie workspace, 14
stabilized video to original format, 101
rolling shutter, 159
Rolling Shutter adjustments, undoing, 103
rotating movie clips, 107
S
saving movies to Mac hard disk, 192
scrolling through clips in events, 66
searching
for tags applied in previous versions of iMovie, 60
for title style, 132
selecting
movie clips, shortcuts, 49
multiple files, 38
multiple movie clips in browsers, 69
multiple movie clips/events, 46
parts of movie clips, 52
portions of movie clips, 67
shaky movies, correcting, 99-101
sharing
movies, 186
via CNN iReport, 191
via email, 186
via iTunes, 187
via Vimeo, 190
via YouTube, 188
where movies are shared, 192
shortcuts, selecting movie clips, 49
Short List tab, 180
showing event clips by separate days, 20
hiding, 16
side-by-side clips, creating, 127-128
skimmers, movie clips, 52
skimming
iPhoto events, 78
through movie clips with arrow keys, 91
Skin Tone Balance feature, 156
slo-mo (slow motion), 205
slowing down, audio, 150
sound
Equalizer, 161
Noise Reduction, 161
sound effects, 5
adding, 147
sound tracks, playing, 26
special effects
Green/Blue Screen effect, 120
picture-in-picture effect, 124-126
side-by-side clips, creating, 127-128
speed
adjusting clip playback speed, 110-112
of audio, 150
applying to movie clips, 116
movie clips
iPhone/iPad, 204
setting, 114
Speed Editor, 113
speeding up audio, 150
Speed settings, undoing, 116
splitting movie clips, 103-104
iPhone/iPad, 208
by swiping, 208
stability, correcting, 158-159
stabilizing video, 100
storing imported media, 47
storyboards, 178
swiping, splitting movie clips, 208
switching
audio from foreground to background, iPhone/iPad, 213
Project and Event Browsers, 13
T
tags, searching for in previous versions, 60
adding location, 170
adding to existing projects, 167-171
changing titles, 169
changing transitions, 170
creating, 166
Precision Editor, 171
timelines, 6
adding movie clips, 67
deleting movie clips, 70
rearranging movie clips, 69-70
replacing movie clips, 70
trimming movie clips, 90
wrapping, 17
title font properties, customizing, 136
titles, 5
adding
iPhone/iPad, 203
title screen, accessing in Viewer, 133
title screen clip duration, adjusting, 133
title style
adding to background screen clips, 135
positioning, 134
searching for, 132
title styles, customizable font properties, 137
title text, adding to movie clips, 134-135
toolbars
Adjust Toolbar, 83
trailers, 175
adjusting look of, 180
converting to movies, 181
iPhone/iPad, 215
Shot List, 180
trailer template, 176
transition duration, calculating, 25
Transition icon, 75
transitions, 5
changing in video themes, 170
deleting, 73
editing, iPhone/iPad, 214
Trim Background Music, 26
trimming movie clips, 90
adjusting clip display size, 91
iPhone/iPad, 205
to playhead, 93
timelines, 90
troubleshooting movie properties, 22
turning off automatic effects, 86-87
tweaking clips for trailers, 179-180
U
Undo command, 112
undoing
Rolling Shutter adjustments, 103
Speed settings, 116
unmuting audio, 145
updates, quitting, 32
UpdateToiMovie file, 34
updating
events
from external drives or mobile devices, 33-34
from older versions of iMovie, 31
projects
from external drives or mobile devices, 33-34
from older versions of iMovie, 31
V
video
adding
as picture in picture, 200
stabilizing, 100
Video and Audio Effects icon, 161-163
adding to existing projects, 167-171
changing titles, 169
changing transitions, 170
creating, 166
locations, adding, 170
Precision Editor, 171
Viewer, 7
accessing title screen, 133
viewing library event media, 48
Vimeo, sharing movies, 190
VOB (Video Object) file format, 37
voiceovers, recording, 143-145
volume
Lower Volume feature, 160
movie clips, iPhone/iPad, 209
W-X
White Balance feature, 155
to iMovie workspace, 14
wrapping movie timeline, 17
Y
YouTube, sharing movies, 188
Z
Zoom feature, 18
zooming in on movie clips, iPhone/iPad, 206