In this tutorial I'm going to show how to use
iMovie for iOS version 2.1 .1
to edit a video on an iPhone. You'll first have to download
iMovie from the App Store and tap it to open. You'll be presented with the
marquee screen showing the video files
on your phone. Tap projects and you will see any video projects you've created
It's easiest to work in landscape view. So
let's switch to that view. To create a new project,
tap the plus sign in the upper right corner. You'll then have two options:
make a movie or movie trailer based on a template. We're going to select movie.
You will now see a project window with two main panels.
The upper panel is the browser and viewer window and the lower panel is the
time line
where your media will be added to build the video. The various tools
are indicated by buttons along side the main panel.
We'lll work through these as we build a video. Let's start by adding some video
clips.
To access your media files tap the media button.
Then select video at the bottom. Tap the top line to see all video files,
which you can scroll through. To select a clip,
tap on it and it will be outlined in yellow. Tap the play button,
and you can review the clip.
[train sounds]
You can select the exact portion of the clip you wish to use
by dragging the yellow bars inward clipping off...
trimming off the parts that you do not wish to
add to your time line. Once you're ready tap the Insert button and the trimmed
clip drops into the time line.
And you can review by tapping the play button in the toolbar.
[train sounds]
Let's add some more clips to work with.
Note that wherever the playhead is located
This is the vertical white line. This is where your media will always be added.
Also notice the orange lines that appear on
clips in the browser window show which footage has been used.
And let's add
another one. And...
Maybe one more.
Maybe this one.
OK. To move a clip
all you have to do is just press on it with your finger.
and then you can drag it to wherever you want it
in the time line. Then just release it. you can expand the view of your clips
using the pinch-zoom gesture on your phone screen.
Like this. This doesn't change the clip duration...
just the number frames visible to you in the time line window.
Pinching them closed lets you see and manipulate all of your clips more easily.
Tap on the clip in the time line,
and various options appear. The scissors let's you
trim or split a clip, detach the audio track, duplicate
or delete the clip. Let's split this clip by placing the playhead and tapping split.
Now that clip is split into two parts.
We can also detach the audio. And once detached, we can move it somewhere else in
the time line.
Just grab it and drag it to
another position. If you make a mistake
tap the Undo button. Let's look at some other options
And I think let's go to
another clip. This one. So tap the clip
and the options appear again and this time
we're going to tap the clock. That allows us to change the speed or add a
freeze-frame.
and here I've slowed the
speed of the clip down somewhat.
We can also
change the volume of the clip by tapping the audio button.
Tapping the text icon will let you add text titles to any clip.
You can select among several
options as well as the position in the center of the frame or lower.
Tap the text box and the keyboard appears.
And just type in whatever text you want and
I'll add Natural History Museum since
these clips were recorded in
the Natural History Museum in London
Now we can review to see how the text will look
when the video plays.
[train sounds]
Okay so
that looks pretty good. You can shoot footage while in iMovie.
Just tap the camera icon and this opens the camera application on your phone.
Then tap the record button to start and stop the recording.
I'm just shooting my bookshelves but you can..
you get the idea. When you accept the recording, it drops
right into your timeline wherever your play head was sitting.
so this gives you another option for adding footage to your
timeline. To add still images to your video-
these are stored in your photo library- just select media and then photos at the
bottom of the screen.
And this opens your library, and just tap the image
that you wish to add and it automatically drops it into your time
line wherever your playhead was sitting.
So there's one image and let's pick one more
Perhaps the image of the dodo.
You can add motion
to a photo by
adding a Ken Burns effect. So select
the clip and then notice it says pinch to position
the start and the end and so we can
reposition both the beginning and the end of that
photo clip and when we play it you can see it scans across
and focuses in on the head of the DoDo. Tap the
text icon to add a title to the photo as we did for the video clip.
We can also add a filter by tapping
the icon with 3 spheres and
there are several options here.
You can also change the duration
that an image appears on, in the video by dragging one of the yellow bars
and expanding the length of that photo clip.
These little
icons between the clips create transitions, and we can change the type
of transition.
There are several choices : a cut transition,
a theme transition, a dissolve transition, a slide transition
and wipe and fade. And let's take a look at what a slide transition looks
like
so one image just slides over to the next.
But let's go back to the dissolve transition.
So one image just dissolves into the next image.
You can also change the duration of the transition
from .5 to 2 seconds. You may want to record a voiceover for your video.
to do this just tap on the microphone and then tap record.
You get a three-second countdown then the audio recording starts.
When you're finished tap stop
and you're given the option to cancel, retake,
review, or accept and we will accept.
And this will put an audio track beneath the video clip.
Note that you can move these audio tracks around.
or you can delete it by dragging it out at the time line.
Next you might want to add some music or sound effects to your video.
Tap on the audio icon and then tap on
theme music. You can preview each one by touching the play button.
[music]
Then when you find one you like, tap it and it drops into your project timeline
and appears as a green track below your main video track.
Tapping the music track will select it, allowing you to trim it,
change the speed, or the volume.
[music]
You can add sound effects as well
Go back and select sound effects.
and you're given a number of options of
various types of sounds and let's pick one
to add. Perhaps crickets. So tap the Add button
and it drops into the time line and we can move that
track to another spot ah perhaps
adjacent to a photo. [cricket sounds]
By tapping on the project settings button
we can change the entire theme of the video. And there are a number of options.
Changing the theme will change the text, the transitions, and the music
Assuming you've selected theme for those items. You can override the theme
for example by selecting
a non-theme text title format.
Tapping the question mark in the upper right hand corner
identifies buttons and leads you to more instructions about
iMovie. Once you've got everything the way you want it
you can preview the video by going back to the marquee screen.
Here you can tap the play button to preview
your movie full screen or
you can tap the share button which opens up the list of
options. iMovie theater will send it to
iCloud or you can upload directly to Facebook,
YouTube, or to another video sharing site
And you can also save a rendered file
to your camera roll on your phone by selecting save video
And you can go back and edit by tapping the thumbnail of your movie
That's a brief overview of iMovie for iOS
to get you started editing videos. There are additional features that I've not
covered
but that you can discover on your own. If you get stuck
or have a question, just use the help option. For more tips and tutorials
please check out my
ebook the Scientist Videographer