Creating a Vacation Video with iMovie

MP4 | AVC 340kbps | English | 960x540 | 15fps | 2h 03mins | AAC stereo 128kbps | 2.02 GB

Genre: Video Training

This course shows budding videographers how to create a family vacation video with the friendly tools in iMovie '11. It illustrates some basic camera techniques and strategies to use when recording video and how to edit the footage together to create an entertaining, fast-paced highlights reel. Author Abba Shapiro, an award-winning producer and director, also demonstrates how to grab the viewer's attention, organize and edit the footage, and add music, transitions, and still pictures to round out your story. The final chapters show how to improve the look and pacing of your videos with special effects, such as themes, picture-in-picture effects, and freeze frames.

Topics include:

Capturing the moment

Adjusting settings in iMovie

Cutting and editing the video

Reducing background noise

Adding and mixing music

Cropping or fitting a photo to the video frame

Correcting color

Stabilizing shaky video

Creating a split screen

Changing video speed