I've been getting a lot of questions about content (mainly video) recently – probably because I've been encouraging people to use video more and more since the social networks are making video more popular than ever. So I wanted to show you how to make a simple movie or video using the iPhone 6 iMovie App.
This is mainly just images but I thought that would be the easily way to show you how to do it. And I like 'How To' article that are mainly pics and just a bit of text.
With this article I'll be building a quick tutorial on doing a 'talking head' video with added B-roll and photos. It's not as hard as it looks and the software is very forgiving so why don't you give it a try! The video is above.
- This wikiHow teaches you how to edit music in the iMovie app for iPhone or iPad. IMovie is a basic video editor made by Apple for MacOS and iOS products. IMovie is primarily for editing video but it also has a lot of audio editing features.
- Cannot Import Videos to iMovie from iPhone? 'iMovie won't import clips shot by iPhone 8. When I select clips I want to add, they appear black. I've tried hundreds of times, but still have the issue. I use iMovie 10.1.6 and a 27' iMac mid-2011 run OS 10.11.6.'
- IMovie not showing up in the App Store? Trying to download iMovie on your iPhone or iPad running iOS 12 or earlier? In this video, I show you how to download.
Select Movie instead of Trailer. Trailer adds movie trailer like sequences to your iMovie. Sometimes this is a lot of fun.
IPhone iMovie tutorial: Split a clip: Use 3D Touch in iMovie for iPhone. IPhone iMovie also supports 3D touch. Hard press on the iMovie icon to quickly open a project or create a new one. In the Projects Browser, hard press on a Project to preview it. Swipe up to Edit, Share or Delete it.
Touch the video/music icon on the middle left.
Select the video you want to edit.
Select the download button to get it into the iMovie program.
Scroll all the way to the right. Hit the 'Play' button to watch the movie play.
Where the arrow is pointing is your timeline – touch the video and it will highlight in yellow.
Trim the video bar by touching the video and dragging the thick yellow bar over. You'll also notice an option menu at the bottom of the program.
With the video highlighted, select the scissors icon and then 'Detach'. This will remove the audio from the video section. You should see a blue line representing the audio track.
With the audio track separated, you can add what you want to the video track like photos or other B-roll video.
Let's add a name. Listen to the audio and select where you would like the name to disappear. Click on the video and then click Split.
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Then you'll select the frames you'll want to see the text on. Select the 'T' icon and then the style of text action and the location of where you want the text to be. I selected Gravity Style and Lower location.
Next you select the text that shows up on the video screen. The keyboard will appear and you can type what you want.
Now we can add B-roll. Select the location to add the video just like you did before. Select the Scissors Icon. Select Split. Select the Video/Music icon and then add the video you want.
Select the 'Dash' icon and then select the action buttons for 'Dissolve'. You can pick what you want but dissolve seems to work the best for B-roll.
Now we need to remove the B-roll audio. Select the added B-roll frames. Select the 'Scissors' icon and then touch 'Detact'. Once you have the second line of audio (below your first audio track), select that one to highlight yellow and then touch 'Delete'.
This is probably the hardest part of doing video. You need to match the audio track and the video by dragging the video track of the frames after the B-roll. This will take some time with trial and error. CHEAT TIP: You can scroll back and forth from the end of the video to where the B-roll is and trim the video so that the end of the video matches.
We're almost done. Now let's add a 'Fade-to-Black' at the end of the video. Scroll to the end of the video and select the 'Gear' icon at the bottom right.
Pretty simple. Just slide the switch for 'Fade-to-Black' over.
Now let's name the movie. Select the left arrow to go back to our project name. Select the text in the center and it will bring up the keyword. Delete the fake movie name and type what you want.
Select where you would like to place your movie. I always save to the phone first.
Select your resolution and Ta-Da, your video is done. I would recommend saving anything worth keeping to higher resolution. Quick videos that aren't keepsakes can be just large format to save space.
That's it. If you have any questions or need some clarification I would be happy to help. Just leave your questions in the comments or you can hit me up on social media.
Below are videos I've made on this as well.
How to start a project in iMovie
How to do basic editing in iMovie
How to add b-roll in iMovie
How to add photos in iMovie
How to add and edit text in iMovie
How to save a video from projects in iMovie
Were the photos captured in portrait orientation (vertically)? If so, iMovie can't display the entire image at once and will only allow you to zoom out to fit the width of the screen. As a workaround you can use a panning effect (ken burns) to move the viewable area over time.
- Tap on the photo in the timeline.
- In the viewer, ensure Ken Burns is enabled
- Tap the first position button and adjust the image to how you want it on the first frame
- Tap the end position button and adjust the image to how you want it on the last frame
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iMovie will animate between the two allowing you to see the entire image over time if desired. (Adjusting the length of the clip in the timeline will adjust the duration and speed of the animation.)
Feb 11, 2016 3:13 PM
