CSE2MA Still Images and Sound in iMovie

For Assignment 2, enhance your iMovie with your still image(s) and sound.

Exercise:

To decide how you will enhance your iMovie, first undertake the following exercise.

  1. Still images can be dragged into the Clips window of an iMovie project.
  2. The same image may be copied a number of times.
  3. Some Effects may be applied to a still image. Note that some Effects are computationally expensive, especially those which require still images to be converted to regular clips. If your iMovie project is badly affected after an Effect has been applied, it is probably better to remove the Effect. At least try the following.
    • Sepia
    • Black & White
  4. Between images, add a Fade In transition (Trans)
    • Click in the middle of the transition so that it can be edited. Edit it so that the transition is less abrupt.
  5. Add a Fade Out at the end of an image.

Add your audio composition to the iMovie.

  1. When working with audio, it is best to work with files that have not been compressed.
  2. If you have played your file in iTunes you can
    1. Navigate to the iTunes directory (Music), find your album, choose the uncompressed file exported from Garage Band (has .aif extension or .wav). Drag it into the iMovie project.
    2. From within iMovie choose the audio option and then the option to search the iTunes library. Choose the file (the .aif not the .mp3 file).
  3. If not in the iTunes directory, locate your .aif or .wav file, and drag it onto one of the audio tracks in iMovie.
  4. Note that there are two audio tracks in iMovie, so you can have two playing at the same time.
  5. By clicking the mouse on different places in the audio track it is possible to adjust the volume eg. up and down.

Here is an example movie, still_image.mov.

Edit your iMovie

Enhance your iMovie

  1. Use the exercise above to help you decide how to use the still image and your own sound composition in your iMovie.
  2. As in the exercise above, drag the still image(s) into the Clips window and your audio file(s) onto the audio track(s).
  3. Make as many changes to your movie as you wish. You may wish to make it smaller than the original. Now is the time to edit for quality.
  4. When you save (share) the movie this time, you may wish to compress it for the Web.
Copyright © 2006 Fran Soddell
last updated 7th October 2008 P.Somerville@latrobe.edu.au