Ordering Clips

The movie's order progresses from left to right in the Viewers, so use the Clip Viewer to drag and drop clips in the order you wish them to appear; iMovie politely moves existing clips aside to indicate where you can drop your clip (Figure 8.5).

Figure 8.5. When adding clips to the Timeline Viewer, the clips in the movie scoot aside to indicate where you're about to drop the new clip.

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  • It's easier to assemble your movie by dragging clips to the Clip Viewer where each clip icon is the same size. The Timeline Viewer displays clips in different sizes based on their lengths (Figure 8.6).

    Figure 8.6. The two views shown here are of the same clip. The Timeline Viewer displays an approximation of the clip's length.

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  • As editor, you have power over time. Clips can appear in any order, no matter when the events happened chronologically. (Most studio movies are rarely if ever shot in chronological order.)

  • You can rearrange a movie's clips only in the Clip Viewer. The Timeline Viewer creates black frames if you try (see later in this chapter for more on black frames).

  • If you need to determine when a clip was originally filmed, select it and look to the top of the Clip Viewer or Timeline Viewer. iMovie notes the date and time the clip was recorded (Figure 8.6).




iMovie 3 for MAC OS X. Visual QuickStart Guide
iMovie 3 for Mac OS X (Visual QuickStart Guide)
ISBN: 0321193970
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 125
Authors: Jeff Carlson

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