A low-end video editing software produced by Apple which allows for editing videos on a Mac, iPod Touch 4th generation, iPhone 4 and iPad 2.
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How to make DVD from iMovie
Apple has decided to exclude iDVD from Lion, and I haven't found an easy way to make a DVD that can be played on my DVD player created in iMovie.
I found this question
However, there is no clear ...
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Cannot import video into iMovie
I have an avi file that takes 350mb; I go into iMovie and i create a new project, then i create a new event and then i click on import video, i go to the right directory, to the avi file and click on ...
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How can I easily transfer videos from iPhone to iPad
iPhone records nicer videos than iPad, but working with iMovie on iPad is more pleasant than on iPhone. How can I easily transfer recorded videos from iPhone to iPad, preferably without using a ...
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What's the best way to import DVD into iMovie 11?
My got a new Mac for Christmas and I'm trying to help her import a bunch of DVDs with home movies transferred from VHS into iMovie 11.
Google turns up several results but most are trying to sell you ...
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What's the optimal Handbrake setting to convert AVI for editing in iMovie/Final Cut?
A friend has a Canon still camera (the PowerShot G9) that has a movie mode. My research shows that the camera produces 30 fps VGA-sized AVI files (probably uncompressed). She wants to send the footage ...
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How can I avoid re-encoding of video in iMovie and use it for cutting only?
I have a video that was created on a surveillance camera with the (for video) unsusual resolution of 1280x1024. It's encoded with H.264 and encapsulated in an MP4 AVC container. The quality is rather ...
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How do I add drop shadow to text in iMovie?
I am trying to add a drop shadow effect to text in iMovie. The problem I'm encountering is that there doesn't appear to be a drop shadow setting and the effect is applied seemingly at random. All the ...
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Fix bad image quality in dark images in iMovie
I have an iMovie project (stop motion animation). Everything is fine, except for a dark scene. The photos get pixelated and blocked, and really ruined. The original image is very sharp and clear, yet ...
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How do I simply import mini-DV content onto a Mac?
I have a number of old mini-DV tapes that I would like to import into my Macbook. All I want to do is for an app to read the contents of the tape and produce a single MP4 combining all of the clips ...
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iMovie: Crop and letterbox (ignore aspect ratio)
I have a project in iMovie and I want to crop part of one of the included clips to a rectangle that isn't 16x9 or 4x3 or any standard aspect ratio. As far as I can see, iMovie will only let me crop in ...
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Is it safe to delete “My First Project.rcproject” file in the “iMovie Projects” folder?
I am totally new to "iMovie" so I would like to ask you if it's safe to delete "My First Project.rcproject" file in the "iMovie Projects" folder (as it appeared from nowhere, maybe it was result of ...
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Does Apple still make iMovie HD available to iLife users?
When Apple "upgraded" iMovie back in 2008 from its previous version to the completely rewritten program with a star-shaped icon, they kept the previous version available for download.
Currently, I ...
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iMovie 9.0: how do you make clips shorter than 5ms?
I'm trying to make a stop motion animation and I can't seem to find a way to make clips shorter than 5ms. By "clip" I mean the images I drag into the time line. I try to adjust it by hovering over the ...
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iMovie export to Ogg Theora?
After I finish editing a movie with iMovie '09 under Mac OS X 10.6.4, is there a way to export the final product to Ogg Theora format? OR, is there a way to convert an already exported movie to Ogg ...
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iMovie cannot load Sony-MPEG videos
I recently moved from Windows to OS X, so maybe I'm asking a frequently-asked question. But I did some googling and didn't find a solution yet.
I have a lot of videos on my drive from my SONY camera. ...
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How do I geotag videos?
Videos recorded with an iPhone (at least w/ iP4) or with other GPS-enabled phones gets geotagged as they should. When I trim/crop/edit them in iMovie (iLife '09) the GPS tags are gone.
Is there a way ...
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Preview problem on “iPhoto imported” clips in iMovie
I've a strange problem with iMovie : I can preview movie clips that I've directly imported into iMovie, but the ones that have been imported from my camera by iPhoto have a problem : the displayed ...
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How can I export a QuickTime File with Chapter Markers from iMovie HD?
I have a video with chapter markers in iMovie HD 6.03 (267.2).
What settings do I need to use when exporting to get a file with chapter markers viewable by QuickTime and iTunes?.
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Concatenate two videos recorded with Snapz Pro
I've recorded two videos with Snapz Pro, and I'd like to concatenate them (i.e., have one immediately follow the other in a single file). What's the easiest way to do that? I have iMovie '08 ...
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What is the real native maximum resolution of mid–2010 iMac's iSight camera?
I had understood that the pre-2011 Macs & Apple displays have a built–in iSight camera which sensor is capable of VGA (640 x 480) resolution—unlike the FaceTime HD cameras, which replaced the ...
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Stop motion movie with iMovie11
How can I make a stop motion movie with iMovie.
I just want to play around, so I don't want to buy iStopMotion.
All tutorials I've found are with iMovie09 or older.
I have some 50 pictures in a ...
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How can I get an (iMovie-created) movie in the Videos app into iOS iMovie to edit it?
I can't find any way to get a video in the Apple Videos app into iMovie on the ipad to edit it.
In my specific use case, I have a trailer I made in iMovie on my mac that I can see and watch in the ...
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Can I use iMovie to edit a .mov file without altering the aspect ratio?
I created a screencast using Snapz Pro X that gets saved in .mov format (H.264, AAC). I want to just cut a few seconds off the end of that file. The only video editor I know of that's installed on my ...
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iMovie '11 AVCHD videos
I have an AVCHD camera that records 1080i clips. I want to retain this quality in resulting projects, but what is the best way to manage this raw footage in the long term, so that I do not fill my ...
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Camera shake effect in iMovie '11
Is there a possible way to create a camera shake effect in iMovie 11?
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Setting up a special secondary display on iMac
I am a video editor and I have seen 2-display video setups a where one monitor is used for the editing software, and the secondary monitor is used to preview the edited footage. How would I be able to ...
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Trying to convert Sony MiniDV tape (DCR-TRV19) to iMovie '09. Audio clipping is driving me nuts
Folks: I'm running Mac OS X (10.7.2) and iMovie'09 on my 27 inch imac. I'm using a Sony dcr-trv19 that is connected via firewire to the camera. The audio, overall, comes in synced (time) fine; ...
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Is there a way to use video files from other sources on iMovie on iPad/iPhone?
I have been given an assignment to create a video in school and I would just like to know if and how you go about getting movies not recorded on the iDevice into the camera roll and then into iMovie. ...
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How to open older .imovieproject files (folders) in iMovie '09
How do I open older .imovieproject files (they're actually folders folders) in iMovie '09?
I don't want to import the assets of the old project, I want the actual project to open on iMovie '09.
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Transfer Video to iOS iMovie
I have an iPad 2 running 5.0.1 and I want to transfer a video file from my iMac to edit on the iPad with iMovie. The movie was filmed on my friends iPhone 4S and I imported it to my iMac, then used ...
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How do I make an iMovie 11 project into a DVD without iDVD?
I'd like to do a dry run of how a slideshow in imovie-11 is doing to come out when I run it for real, if I decide that 'for real' means 'playing a DVD on a DVD Player with a projector.'
Other answers ...
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Does the upgrade to OS X Lion include iMovie 11?
I have a system with Snow Leopard and iMovie 09.
If I upgrade my system to OSX Lion, will it also upgrade my iMovie 09 to iMovie 11?
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iphoto versus imovie - wanting to get features from both places
Origami is very nice. However, detailed control is, in my case, very hard to live without. I am setting up a 10-minute slide show. I want to use several pieces of audio cued to different points in the ...
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Mix two video tracks with iMovie on OS X
I have two video tracks and one audio track of a bass player testing his instrument.
I've been able to put in sync the main video track with audio and now I'd like to add the second video track just ...
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How do I remove video noise & grain in iMovie '11?
I'm attempting to remove some video noise/grain in iMovie 11 taken in low-light but haven't found a way to do this within iMovie itself. I've looked for plugins but the only ones I've found don't have ...
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Mixing h.264 and AIC video files breaks iMovie thumbnails
I have a set of six XviD .avi files. One of them is larger than the others. I converted them all to h.264 .m4v files with Handbrake, then tried to import them into iMovie directly.
Five of the files ...
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How can I duplicate myself in a movie (using iMovie)?
I would like to make a quite simple "special effect" in a short movie : showing "me" two times in the same room (for instance sitting at the same table and talking to each other).
Can I do this with ...
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Dynamic titles in iMovie
I'm working with iMovie 11 and try to show a text list with ten rows. The viewer should be able to read all text, so the list is displayed for 20 seconds. As you can think, that will be very boring. ...
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Cheapest option for split screen video editing?
I'm wondering what the cheapest option for achieving a split-screen effect with different video clips is. This is on new iMac hardware with the latest version of iMovie '11, as well as QuickTime Pro 7 ...
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How Do I Transfer A Project File Created Using iMovie 7 To A Hard Drive?
I've made a movie project in iMovie 7, but it's taken 3GB of space on my hard drive and I am lacking space right now, so I need to move it out onto a external hard drive.
How can I do this?
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video resolution of iMovie app export in iPhone 4S
What are the export resolutions of a video shot on iPhone 4S and exported from iMovie app (after editing)? Also, is there a way I can export original resolution, (1080p) video to youtube from within ...
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How do I change the clip length with the iMovie 2011 trailer presets?
I'm trying to prepare a trailer with nice presets incoming in iMovie 2011...
Can I change the storyboard or alter clip length? If so, how?
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Accessing events on external drive in iMovie '11 on Lion
I have my iMovie events stored on my external harddrive (located in a Synology NAS). It worked like a charm with iMovie '11 on Snow Leopard.
I then received my new MBP with Lion and the external ...
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How To Add Videos to iMovie for iPhones that
Videos that I've shot with my iPhone and are in my videos folder show up just fine on iMovie for iPhone as "addable media".
BUT I recently had a professionally designed short "intro" video for my ...
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Cannot export with iMovie on iPad. Memory issues
I have a problem with iMovie on iPad.
I didn't have enough space to export a project to the camera roll. And the iMovie export to camera roll functionality wasn't available.
For this reason I've ...
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How to move iMovie library to external hard drive folder?
I would like to move all iMovie (iMove '11) events to a specific folder of an external hard drive. Apple documents a means to do this, but without specifying the folder; iMovie files are created in ...
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Why is iMovie 11 so unstable on my MacBook Pro Retina?
On my previous MacBook Pro iMovie was slow, but stable. On this new MacBook Pro retina iMovie is fast, but extremely unstable.
The preview window should display the correct frame when moving the
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You have updates available on another account
I received this Mac as a gift. Everything worked fine, now in the App Store the default applications GarageBand, iMovie and iPhoto refuse to update, since it asks for the Apple ID of the previous ...
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Where can I buy iMovie that is compatible with SL?
I just upgraded my macbook to SL and wanted to upgrade iMovie too. But the system requirement for the version available on App Store is 10.7.4 or later. Where can I purchase one that would work on a ...
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Why is iMovie muting detached audio?
I am using iMovie '11 on my MacBook Air. I am editing two video sources (used to capture the same action from different angles) together into one video, using the audio from one video source as the ...
