This makes it easier for me to move through the clip carefully and slowly, finding the exact spot where I want it to begin and end. In the example above, I moved the slider bar to two seconds, so every frame in the filmstrip represents two seconds of video. You can do that by moving the slider bar below your video clips. Selecting footage is an exact process, so it helps to expand your clips so that you can look at them frame by frame. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright. You can extend the portion that's selected by dragging the sliders to the exact frames where you want your trimmed clip to begin and end. Clicking on a clip with the arrow automatically selects a portion of it (how much depends on your computer's iMovie settings).

If you know you want to make adjustments to the entire length of the clip, it's easier to do it know, before adding the video into your project.Īfter making any necessary adjustments, it's time to select the parts of the clips that you want in your project.

You can add the clips to your iMovie project as-is, or you can adjust the audio and video settings of the clips before adding them to the project. Once you have some clips added to iMovie, open them in the Event Browser.

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