How to Get Photo Booth Into iMovie
If you have a Mac computer with a webcam, you can use Photo Booth to quickly record videos. Apple's iSight webcam is built into most Mac computers, with the exception of the Mac Mini. Although there's no direct export feature to send Photo Booth videos to iMovie, the videos recorded on Photo Booth are compatible with iMovie. A quick way to get Photo Booth videos into iMovie is to drag them onto the desktop or into a folder. You can then import them into iMovie.
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Instructions
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Making Video in Photo Booth
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Launch Photo Booth from the Application folder in the Finder, or by clicking the "Photo Booth" icon in the dashboard.
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Click the video icon on the left side of the Photo Booth window. It looks like a strip of film. Position your webcam as desired and click the red record button in the center of the window. Wait for the countdown and begin recording. Click the record button again to stop the recording. The video appears at the bottom of the window as a thumbnail.
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Press "Control" and click any blank area on the desktop. Click "New Folder" from the drop-down menu. Type "Project" or the name of your video project to name the folder.
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Click the video thumbnail from the Photo Booth window. Drag it onto the Project folder on the desktop. Close Photo Booth.
Importing to iMovie
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Launch iMovie from the Applications folder in the Finder. Alternatively, press "Command" plus "Space" to launch Spotlight, and type "iMovie" in the search field and click on "iMovie."
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Click the "File" menu in iMovie. Click "Import" then "Movies." The Import window opens.
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Click "Desktop" in the left menu of the Import window. Click the "Project" folder, and then click the video file inside the folder. A thumbnail of the video is displayed on the right of the window.
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Click "Add to Existing Event" in the Import window to add the video to the last project you were working on in iMovie. Click "Create New Event" to edit the video on its own, and then type a name for the video clip in the text field.
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Click "Optimize Video" and click an option from the menu. This will reduce the file size without affecting the quality of the video. Click "Copy Files" to leave the original copy untouched. Click "Import."
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