Video Editing Resources
Files You Need For Lab
Settings/Preferences
Make sure to enable advanced controls and fine tuning controls for the best editing experience.
- iMovie menu > Preferences > General panel > Show Advanced Tools
- iMovie menu > Preferences > Browser > Show Fine Tuning controls
Here are some good resources for iMovie 11:
- Creating a Digital Story with iMovie 11 from The College of New Jersey’s Instructional Technology Services. This is the tutorial we used in lab last week.
- iMovie Help: Get Started with iMovie (all versions) or iMovie Help (specific to the version installed on your computer) from Apple
- Support Videos for iMovie from Apple.com Support
The following resources link to Apple.com’s support pages, but curate and organize the links in different, useful ways:
- Tutorial: Video Editing in iMovie from Stanford Academic Computing Services. This page has screenshots of the iMovie interface with great descriptions of each component.
- Movie Editing Tips, Tricks, and Resources from St John’s University Libraries. This page has content organized by function as well as phases, such as “Before you start editing.”
Sources of Creative Commons-licensed Media
- CreativeCommons.org
- Vimeo.com* (not all media on Vimeo has a Creative Commons license)
- YouTube’s Terms & Conditions specifies that all content is for use as is and prohibits downloading videos. You may not use videos found onYouTube.