Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Panther All in One

Chapter 26. Adding Titles, Transitions, and Effects in iMovie

In this chapter, we’ll look at some enhancements you can make to your movies and clips. First, we’ll look at titles, which allow you to add text portions to your movies (or even write a text-only movie). Then, we consider transitions, which enable you to enhance your iMovies with between-clip features, such as fade in, fade out, cross dissolve, and others. Finally, we’ll talk about visual effects that can be applied to the clips themselves to change color or add special effects, such as lighting effects, sparkles, or fog.

Titles

When you’re ready to try adding a title to your iMovie, you’ll be working in a new area of iMovie: the Titles pane. Until now, you probably spent most of your ...