Apple BookG4 Computer manual Share your desktop iMovie with your friends and family

What You Can Do

iMovie is an easy-to-use digital video editing software application. With iMovie and a digital video camcorder, you can create and edit your own movies. Import video from the camera, edit clips, and add transitions, titles, sound effects, and music. Then copy the movie to a camcorder tape or create a QuickTime movie. You can even share your QuickTime movies by placing them on the Web on your Apple iDisk or HomePage.

Your computer comes with iMovie optimized for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X.

To Get Started

1Shoot your video, then connect the camera to your computer’s FireWire port.

2Open iMovie in the iMovie folder (located in the Applications folder).

3Click the Import button to import movie clips to the shelf, then add them to your movie by dragging them to the clip viewer.

4Assemble and edit your movie in the clip viewer and timeline viewer.

5Add transitions, titles, sound, and music.

6When you are finished, choose Export from the File menu.

Tips and Tricks

Share your desktop iMovie with your friends and family

Export your movie as a QuickTime Web movie and copy the movie to your iDisk.

Then use HomePage to create your own iMovie theater so that others can view your movie on the Internet.

To Learn More

For more information on using iMovie, see the iMovie Tutorial or iMovie Help. For the latest on iMovie, including iMovie updates, additional plug-ins, and a list of compatible DV camcorders, go to the iMovie Web site at www.apple.com/imovie

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