Summary: How to use Apple's iMovie software; learn more about video editing software in this free instructional video.
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Part of Apple's iLife suite of Mac applications, iMovie is a video editing program which allows users to edit home videos. It also allows users to add titles, video effects and transitions, and add audio effects as well. It's a great tool for anyone who wants to edit home movies or learn the basics of film editing.
In this series of free video tutorials you'll learn how to use Apple's iMovie software to make your own film or movies. Expert Matt Nichols demonstrates how to use the video editing software for Mac computers. He shows you how to start a new project in iMovie, how to import video clips, how to use the timeline, and how to edit video clips. You'll also learn how to import photos, add effects and transitions, add audio effects, and capture still frames from your movie. Finally, he shows you how to save your work, including various methods of backing up the information on a hard drive or disc, and how to burn your movie down to a DVD.
"Hey everybody. My name is Matt and I am speaking to you here on behalf of Expert Village. Today I am going to be teaching you about iMovie. For those of you who don?t know what iMovie is it?s a piece of software that lets you edit video. And then you can go in and add sound effects, transitions and different things to your video. iMovie comes standard on a Mac. Depending on what operating system you?re running you will most likely have either iMovie HD or iMovie 2008. I am running HD currently. But both programs are pretty similar. The things that you learn in this, in these lessons can be used for either. iMovie isn?t as robust as other software, other video editing software. Such as an Adobe product like After Affects or Premiere. Or even something like Final Cut. But like I said it does come standard on a Mac so it?s free and if you know what you are doing you can make some pretty cool videos. Some really professional looking videos. And there?s some cool effects and things you can do. Which we will get into a little bit later. But let?s go ahead and start learning iMovie."
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