LibGuides: Video Production Tutorials: iMovie

Online iMovie tutorials

To make the most of iMovie we recommend enabling the advanced tools. To do this, click on the iMovie menu and select Preferences. Under the General tab make sure that "Show Advanced Tools" is checked.

iMovie 2008
a variety of iMovie 2008 tutorials from eHow
iMovie 2011
a variety of iMovie 2011 tutorials from Apple's website
Trim video using iMovie '11
(from Vimeo Video School)
Importing video from an iPhone or iPod Touch
Instructions on how to import video into iMovie '11 from an iPhone or iPod Touch (from About.com)
Creating a movie trailer with iMovie '11
A quick overview on the new feature in iMovie '11 that allows you to turn your videos into a Hollywood style movie trailer.
Mastering iMovie trailers
Advanced tips on how to customize and fine-tune your movie trailer in iMovie (from Macworld)
Saving and moving iMovie projects
This video tutorial from the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows you how to reformat an external drive and move your iMovie projects onto it.

Recording narration

Audacity is a free audio editing program available for Windows and Macs. Visit our Audacity page in our Audio Production Libguide for tutorials and links to the free software download.

SMS iMovie tutorials

Video tutorial: iMovie Basics
This tutorial shows you the basics of how to use iMovie, from inserting video, images and audio to assembling the components into a final video.

iMovie tutorials for iOS

iMovie guide for iPad and iPhone
from iOS Guides, this site provides a variety of tutorials, from an overview of using iMovie to specific tasks, such as adding music and titles to your video
iMovie tutorials for iOS
Apple offers a variety of basic tutorials along with some of the common issues that users encounter

Video download & conversion tools for Macs

Convert in MP4
This web tool allows you to download YouTube videos as mp4 video files, or just as mp3 audio files.
Real Player and YouTube Video Downloader/Converter
Free player with browser IE browser plug-in so you can download YouTube videos, trim and convert them into just about any format for editing on Mac or PC. (Note: the Downloader plugin isn't supported in Firefox)
FLV Crunch
(Windows & Mac) While a modest program, FLV Crunch is able to convert to a wide variety of formats, such as mpg, vob, mp4, mov, dv, avi, 3gp, mka, mkv, mp3, wma, wmv, rm, ra, aiff, m4a, m4v, flv, mod, flac and wav. (Note: doesn't not convert mts files)

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