How to Edit Videos Using iMovie for iPad
Using iMovie is a great way to splice together videos, trim or edit clips, and add text labels to videos. You can also take one long clip, trim out specific scenes, and splice those together. Once you have the videos you want to cut together, iMovie provides several options for projects you can create.
How to Insert Special Features in iMovie
Playing videos in a row with cool effects between them is just the start of what you can do with iMovie. You can also use some advanced features to put new clips next to or above the ones that are already there. Here’s how.
Tap Play to preview the video in a small window below the thumbnails.Drag the yellow handles on either side of the clip to crop it before adding it to your project.The checkmark adds the clip (or just the portion you’ve selected) to your project.
Tap Create Movie when you’ve chosen all of the clips you want.
Project Filter applies a variety of Instagram-style color schemes across the whole thing.The Theme section adds preset titles and transitions to your project to give it some extra production value.The switches below let you toggle in Theme Music (based on the theme you selected above), Fade in and Fade out to black at the beginning and end of the movie, and Speed changes pitch, which makes the audio of the clip match the speed you set it to.
The Actions section contains three options. Split breaks a single clip into multiple, smaller ones. Detach Audio takes the sound portion off of the clip so that you can mute it if you want. Duplicate makes a copy of that section of the project.Speed opens a menu that lets you adjust the speed of the clip between 1/8th and 2x. You can also Freeze a section or add a new one.Volume adjusts how loud or quiet the audio of a part of the project is.Titles adds text overlays to the project using a variety of effects.Filters is like the Project Filter setting in the previous menu, but it only applies them to that part of the video.
None: a straight cut from one clip to the next.Theme: a preset video and sound effect from the Theme you picked in the main settings menu.Dissolve: the default option, which transitions smoothly from one clip to the next by overlaying them.Slide: the second clip “slides” over the first to replace it on the screen.Wipe: a line passes over the first clip to reveal the second behind it.Fade: the first clip fades to black, and the second fades in from black.
The settings above the transitions let you decide how long the transition lasts (i.e. the time between the screen fully showing the first clip and fully showing the second). You can set it to 0.5, 1, 1.5, or 2 seconds.
Naming and Sharing Your Movie
When you’ve finished editing, tap Done in the upper-left corner of the screen. You’ll go to a new screen where you can tap Edit to make more changes or tap My Movie to type in a new title for your project.
Cutaway replaces the existing video as long as the new one is playing.Picture in Picture plays the new video in a small window on top of the existing clip.Split Screen plays both clips side by side with a line between them.Green/Blue Screen replaces a blue or green background in the first clip with the contents of the second.
You can also play the movie from the screen by tapping Play, delete by tapping the trash can, and share by tapping the share icon.
Sharing to Social Media
The share icon will let you share your new movie on Facebook or YouTube. If you choose either of these options, iMovie will guide you through creating a title and description. If you haven’t already connected your iPad to Facebook or logged in to YouTube, you’ll get a prompt to do so. iMovie will export the movie to a suitable format and upload it to these social media websites.
Sharing to a Device
You can also use the share icon to download the movie as a regular video stored in your Photos app, move it to iMovie Theatre where you can view it in iMovie on other devices, and store it on iCloud Drive, among a few more options. You can also send it to friends via an iMessage or an email message.
