14 Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial
You can also drag files from your desktop or from applications like iTunes or iPhoto to
the Clips pane. In iMovie HD 6, you can also drag, copy, and paste clips from one
iMovie HD project to another.
Step Three: Choose the Video You Want to Keep
To pare down your video to the best shots, you’ll play through each clip and cut, or
“crop,” the footage. Each second of video is made up of many separate pictures, or
frames. You can play each clip all the way through, or play frame by frame to find the
exact moments where you want to crop.
In this step, you will preview the clips you imported and crop or delete unwanted
footage. Use the iMovie playback controls, shown below, to preview clips.
To play a clip, you can do any of the following:
ÂSelect the clip and click Play in the iMovie playback controls.
ÂClick Rewind to move to the beginning of your movie or sequence of clips.
ÂClick Play Full Screen to play the video in full-screen mode. (Click anywhere on the
screen or press the Esc key to return to leave full-screen mode.)
Shots of the floor, blurry action, and unflattering poses can be disposed of right away,
so only the footage you want remains. You may want to delete some clips completely.

Did You Know?—Importing Video From a Flash Device

MPEG-4 camcorders may have a USB connector instead of a FireWire connector.
To transfer video from one of these devices, connect the device to your computer
using the USB port. Your MPEG-4 camera or device appears as a hard disk on your
desktop. You can open the hard disk icon and drag the video footage into your
iMovie HD project or to your desktop for importing later.
When you import footage from an MPEG-4 device, your video is imported as a single
clip, iMovie HD does not break it up into clips automatically. You cannot use the
capture controls to import your video or control your camera, nor can you use the
Magic iMovie feature to import video automatically.
Rewind
Play/Pause
Play Full Screen