Guide to making professional movies with iMovie on iPhone and iPad

iMovie is a free video editing application for iPhones and iPads . This application allows users to create videos, combine multiple clips, insert images, add effects, sound .

If you simply edit a video or cut a clip, you can use the Photos app. But if you want to edit more complex videos, you must use the iMovie application.

Download iMovie

If your iPhone or iPad has been updated to iOS 8 or later, simply open the App Store app and type in the search section to find the iMovie application, download it and install it.

Note : If your iPhone or iPads haven't updated to iOS 8, downloading iMovie will cost you.

Instructions for using iMovie

Basic manipulation with iMovie

After installation is complete, open the iMovie application on your iPhone or iPad .

On iMovie will show the video available on your phone. If your iCloud Photo Library has been activated, the videos you recorded or made will sync on your phone. Tap on 'Play' to preview your video.

To start, click "Projects" , then click the "Create Project" button .

iMovie will allow you to create a Movie (Movie) or a "Trailer" . You can choose Movie or Trailer . However, you can still convert a trailer into a movie, the iMovie application allows editing after you finish a movie or a trailer .

More reference: Instructions on how to edit videos right on iPhone and iPad

If you want to create a trailer , you will be able to exploit different parts of the "Storyboard" (selected scenarios in each scene, each action and camera movement) to insert your own clip into the trailer. movies .

If you want to create a movie, tap the circle with the '?' upper right corner of the screen.

Add media to the video

If you want to add a photo or add a video, tap on 'Add Media' near the bottom left corner. You can also record and insert directly into the movie you want to make.

Find the video or clip you want to insert. On the screen, if you want to insert a video, touch the first button to, the second button to preview, the third button to insert sound. The rest of the buttons are video insertion by topic.

Repeat this process to add video clips, audio, and images.

Change theme, filter for video

The 'Change themes and more' button on the right side of the screen allows you to edit the entire video clip you create, select the theme, edit each scene and sound.

Add effects to videos in iMovie

After you've inserted and edited one or more videos, you can look down at the bottom of the screen to select the effect. Simply tap the icon for each effect ( None, Fade, Wipe . ) to select the effect for each video.

Change the volume, insert text into the video

At the bottom of the clip screen, you will see the icon to edit the speed, change the volume, insert text or select a style or use a Filter . Tap on each icon if you want to change the volume, insert text or choose style . for your movie videos.

You can click on the "Undo" button as the arrow icon downwards on the right side of the screen to undo the change. You can also press the "Play" button to preview the movie you created.

After completing the steps, click 'Done' to finish and save the movie you created. In addition, you can share the movie made on social networks via email, Facebook, Youtube. Just press the 'Share' button on the screen. Or you can share on 'iMovie Theater' to easily review videos on Mac or Apple TV.

Cut videos on iMovie to remove excess images

Crop videos with the iMovie application allows you to zoom in on a video content, cut out unnecessary elements, or resize video frames to focus on specific content, etc. while maintaining the video length . It is different from the video trim used to shorten the video length, cut off unnecessary content.

iOS iMovie lets you crop videos. However, the application does not have a crop button, instead it uses the zoom function to perform the ability to crop this video.

The function to crop / zoom any video entered into iMovie on iOS. Before you start, you need to install iMovie on your iPhone or iPad and have the video or movie you want to crop / zoom in the device.

1. Open the iMovie application, then click Projects . Next click on the + Create Project button

2. From the options, select Movie.

3. Select the video you want to crop from the iOS library (with a small green mark), then click the Create Movie button.

4. iMovie will open the video in the project, now click on the video timeline / scrubber section of the video.

5. Next, an additional toolbar will appear. On it you will see a small magnifying glass in the corner of the video. Touch the magnifying glass to turn on the crop / zoom feature of iMovie in iOS.

6. After displaying the P inch to zoom video , you can use pinch or stretch gesture to zoom and crop the video. Do so until you have a satisfactory preview.

7. When satisfied with the crop / zoom video, click the "Done" button.

8. Now you can save and export the newly cut video from iMovie and save it to the photo library on your iPhone or iPad. Click the Sharing / Action button (the box has an arrow pointing above).

9. Choose where you want to save the video or how you want to share it.

10. Select the video output size. The larger the resolution, the heavier the video, the more you see your needs to choose.

Now, you can open the Photos app and go to Camera Roll or go to the Video folder to find the newly cropped video.

Note: if you save the original video, the thumbnail will not display the cropped image. But if you save the cut video, the image will be cropped.

Also cropping or zooming reduces the quality of the video because you have reduced the pixels used in the video.

The crop / zoom video is extremely useful, especially if you have recorded a video on your iPhone or iPad and want it to focus specifically on a certain topic or if you decide to change the main focus of the video.

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