Chapter 4

Making Movies with iMovie

In This Chapter

arrow Discovering how iMovie works

arrow Importing and organizing videos

arrow Making your own iMovie project

arrow Adding special effects to your movie

arrow Deleting your movie

arrow Making a movie trailer

arrow Sharing your movie by e-mail, on YouTube, and more

Now that video capture is commonplace on both digital cameras and smartphones, making movies has descended from the realm of Super 8 aficionados to everyday use. If you have a digital video camcorder, digital camera, smartphone, or computer (like your Mac) that captures video, you can create movies with iMovie, the video-editing application that’s part of Apple’s iLife suite.

You can also use home (not commercial) video that someone gives you from a DVD, flash drive, or downloadable link. If, for example, you go ...

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