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In Hildenborough

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Hildenborough

  • Duration

    2 Days

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This introduction course will provide participants with iMovie's basic approach to video editing, as well as providing additional insights into a wider range of special features and functionality. All training is hands-on and project led.

This course will enable candidates to log and capture footage, edit in the iMovie environment and create a short movie using cuts and transitions, apply audio & sound combined with visual effects, filters, and export to various platforms.

The two-day course offers more practical hands-on exercised and time to explore all the features of iMovie and to produce a short video.

This workshop-style course can also be tailored to suit each company or individual's objectives and to produce usable footage to take away.

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Location

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Hildenborough (Kent)
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Oak Trees, Watts Cross Road, TN11 8NE

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About this course

Anyone interested in learning the principles of non-linear, digital video editing using iMovie and who wants to produce a video
either photo stills or from DV footage.

A basic knowledge of Mac OSX. Some knowledge of shooting video is useful and a Video Camera (DV).

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5.0
05/06/2017
What I would highlight: Really Really useful - I learnt more in few minutes than I had tried to learn in months myself. Well worth the money and I can immediately start my project
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Subjects

  • Sound
  • Project
  • IMovie
  • Video Editing
  • Video Production
  • Video Camera
  • HD
  • Movie Software
  • Video Tools
  • Photographic composition

Course programme

DAY ONE

Introduction

  • Creating a Movie - Considerations
  • Shooting Footage
  • Preparing Photos and Images

The iMovie Workspace

  • The Event Library
  • Toolbar
  • Project Library
  • Viewer

Video cable connections

  • Identifying your camera type

Importing from USB or Firewire

  • Selecting and viewing your source video
  • Aspect ratios
  • Importing 1080i and HD format video
  • Recording directly into iMovie

Your iMovie Library

  • iMovie Events

Starting an iMovie project

  • Adding video to your Project
  • Merging/Splitting Events
  • Changing the name of an event
  • Adjusting the date and time of a video clip
  • Previewing Edits quickly
  • Deleting unwanted video from an event

Creating a new project

  • Favourites and Unmarked View
  • Arranging your clips
  • Importing Clips
  • Editing Workflow between the Event Library and Project

Basic Editing in the Timeline

  • Trimming your clips
  • Adding Titles
  • Cropping and rotating your clips

Discussion Session

DAY TWO

Using Photos & Stills

  • Adding Photos to Projects
  • Image Formats
  • Sequencing Stills

Enhancing Your Video

  • Adding transitions
  • Adding theme titles
  • Adding sound and video effects
  • Adding photos with motion effects
  • Slowdown, speed up, reverse video
  • Create 'in-picture' effects
  • The 'Ken Burns' Effect
  • Add animated travel maps
  • Other Video Effects

Music & Sound

  • Adding Background Music
  • Audio Adjustments
  • Clip Volumes
  • Normalize volume
  • Adding a voiceover

An overview of 'Nondestructive Editing' - Sharing your Movie

  • Exporting to iDVD
  • Exporting for iPhone or iPod
  • Exporting direct to YouTube or MobileMe
  • Ensuring the correct format and compression

More iMovie

  • Adjust colour, brightness, contrast
  • Other Video Adjustments
  • Tagging movies with keywords
  • Customize your workspace

Discussion Session

Apple iMovie

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