iMovie for Beginners - Detailed Tutorial

How to use iMovie for beginners in 2021 on your Mac. In this video, I will walk you through all the features of iMovie so you can start creating videos on your own. iMovie is a fantastic FREE video editor for your Apple computer. You can quickly learn how to make movies using iMovie. Use the timestamps to go to selected parts of the video.

0:00 Intro
0:43 iMovie on your Mac
1:03 Starting iMovie
2:33 Create a new iMovie project
3:40 Importing Media into iMovie (videos, images, audio)
5:00 Create an event in iMovie Library
6:05 Moving clips
6:40 Layering clips
7:23 Bring Media to timeline
8:30 Editing in iMovie (trimming and slicing and reordering)
10:50 Working with images in iMovie
12:14 Dragging clips on top of others
13:17 Bringing in and editing audio clips
14:32 Detach audio in iMovie
15:15 Trim to playhead and Show Clip trimmer
16:19 Change duration of a clip (speed up or slow down the video)
17:29 Adding transitions in iMovie
18:34 Adding titles or text in iMovie
21:24 Color Balance, Color Correction
22:33 Cropping and ken Burn in iMovie
23:53 Picture in Picture and Split Screen in iMovie
25:24 Clip filter and audio filter
27:20 Finishing or sharing your Movie
29:32 Creating a Trailer video in iMovie

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[lynswierski]

I cannot thank you enough for this, Jamie. I come back to it again and again. Excellently clear. You are a fabulous teacher.

[kayscreativeboutique]

Just found this tutorial. I had several things I wanted to do but didn't know how~ now I do! Thanks for a great tutorial!

[terebinthia]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I am creating an animation on iMovie, and this has really helped me with adding special effects and achieving what I had in mind.

[bernieandruth]

A really helpful tutorial with plenty of useful information without being overly long. Thanks

[tamzinlovell-miller]

This is a great tutorial, I found it easy to follow and got my first video edited perfectly by following it. Thankyou!

[rsivakumar]

Thank you very much, this is the kind of video I was looking for and its perfect way to learn iMovie. Great way of teaching and perfect pace to learn. Thanks once again

[cfoskeeter]

I've been wanting to learn to use imovie for a long time, and I've watched a few videos, but yours is by far the best. Thanks.

[chriscflint]

Thank you for an amazing, descriptive video. I now think I can get this done.

[jenniferboeyen]

Thank you so much! I have tried several times to use iMovie and failed every time. After watching this tutorial today I feel more confident and learned a lot. I make yoga video, exercise videos, and videos for social media, this tutorial is exactly what I needed to learn the entire program.

[ginabramwell]

Thank you so much for this video. I'm an art teacher...my students and I thank you for helping me edit my video so that they don't have to watch a video demo for the whole class period and they actually get to make art! Extremely well done, succinct - much appreciated, thank you again!

[garymcdowell]

Very well done and appreciated. I was struggling with PIP and you explained how to do it, well.

[barbsahl]

I am making the big switch from the PC to the Apple ecosystem and find iMovie to be less than intuitive. This clear and concise video is spectacular. I am able to do what I need to do without beating my head on a wall! Thank you!

[Rizznato]

Thank you so much for the video, I had no clue where to start.

[VictoriaHannahStudio]

I absoluteoy love your style of teaching thank you. I have seen others which I thought were great until I found you...you are the best. Thank you for your generous information.

[annebeaudoin]

Very good! Nicely done at a pace you can easily follow. Thank you very much!

[Honsty]

This is the best tutorial for iMovie I have found on YouTube. Bravo 👍👏

[maestroflappygoozle]

Hi Teacher's Tech! Thank you! I would like to synchronize two different cameras while filming a guitar piece, and switch back and forth while keeping the one audio track running. Important that the fingers are doing at all times what is coming out the audio! Thanks again!

[marinabrown]

This was so helpful and your explanations were so clear - THANK YOU for putting this together!!

[juanrusso]

Very well done video. Excellent overview, clear, and concise. Thank you very much.

[billiericks]

Very useful for me on this project when I have forgotten much of iMovie (and it has changed since my last use). thank you.