Learning iMovie HD 5.0

A promotional movie about the Victorian Surf Coast is progressively developed throughout the chapters.

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Summary of the Chapters

Chapter 1: Introduction to iMovie

This chapter introduces the basics of iMovie and starts The Victorian Surf Coast movie. It includes:

• the components of the iMovie screen.
• importing movie clips.
• playing movie clips.
• adding movie clips to the Clip Viewer.

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Chapter 2: Adding Transitions

This chapter introduces the use of transitions to flow one movie clip onto another: It includes:

• transition settings.
• inserting a transition between two movie clips.
• editing and deleting transitions.
• applying transitions to multiple movie clips.

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Chapter 3: Adding Motion and Video Effects

This chapter demonstrates how to apply motion and video effects to movie clips. It includes:

• fast, slow and reverse motion.
• adding video effects to whole movie clips.
• adding multiple video effects.
• removing effects.
• applying effects to multiple movie clips.
• applying effects to parts of movie clips.

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Chapter 4: Adding Titles to Movie Clips

This chapter demonstrates how to add add text to movie clips. It includes:

• adding text on a black screen.
• adding text over a movie clip.
• setting text formats.
• creating rolling credits.
• fading a movie clip to black.

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Chapter 5: Sound Tracks

This chapter demonstrates how to use iMovie's sound tracks. It includes:

• removing sound from a movie clip.
• adding sound effects.
• changing volume levels in movie clips.
• adding music tracks.
• fading music in and out.
• adding narratives.

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Chapter 6: Editing Movie Clips

This chapter demonstrates how to edit parts of movie clips. It includes:

• using the scrubber bar and edit markers,
• deleting frames.
• adjusting sound tracks.

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Chapter 7: Exporting Movies

This chapter demonstrates how to export completed movies. It involves:

• the different share formats available.
• Exporting to a QuickTime movie.
• viewing the QuickTime movie.

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Chapter 8: Preparing a DVD

This chapter demonstrates how to use iDVD to professionally burn the movie. It includes:

• taking frame shorts for the DVD start screen.
• setting chapter markers.
• exporting the movie to iDVD.
• selecting a theme and adding the frames shots.
• burning the DVD.

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Chapter 9: Using Photos

This chapter demonstrates how to create movies using still photos. A movie of photos about the UK is created and includes:

• importing photos.
• adding photos to the Clip Viewer.
• making photos move.
• zooming and panning photos.
• cropping photos.

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iMovie Project

The multi-user version includes a project that involves students to create a movie using the skills developed in the tutorials. The projects has sections for:

• Collecting the movie clips (camera or pre-recorded).
• Designing the movie.
• Producing the Movie
• Exporting the movie
• A report on the project.

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