Chapter 7. Importing and Organizing Movies

Understanding the iMovie Workspace

iMovie enables you to import and organize video clips taken with a camcorder, digital camera, or other device. You can then assemble the clips into professional-looking movies that have transitions, background music, special effects, and more. Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the iMovie workspace.

Event Browser

iMovie organizes video clips into events based on the time they were created. You can select an event in the event library to display the associated clips. See "Import Video from Your Computer" for more information.

Project Browser

You build a movie by selecting clips in the event browser and then adding them to your project, which is built using the project ...

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