One feature iMovie lacks is the ability to overlay an image on top of a video. This allows you to create a collage, to take the sound from one video clip and add it to another or to add a picture in picture style movie. You can overlay one video over another in iMovie. You’ll find these in the same place as you found the theme music.

Click on the track to adjust the volume.

This adds the music track to your project.

Choose ‘Theme music’ and select your music.

You can overlay this on to your movie without worrying about copyright.

iMovie will count you in and a red bar will cover the section of the video you are recording voice for.

Use your fingers to pinch the clip down to vertical size.

Click the magnifying glass at the top right-hand side of the screen.

If you want to show the full vertical video: IMovie crops vertical videos to a square. This looks nice but sometimes a straight cut works better.Ĭlick on the transition box between your clips to select the transition type you want to use.

Scrub across the clip until you reach the desired beginning or endpoint.īy default, iMovie adds a cross-fade transition between your clips.

Select the clip, make sure the scissor icon is selected.

If you want to cut out a section at the beginning or end of a clip: You can move the clips around by tapping to select them and then lifting them with your finger to where you want them to go in the timeline. Using iMovie select images and videos from your camera roll to add to your project. Part 4: Is There A Good Video Editor For Android? How to edit using iMovie for iPhone Part 3: Could These Be The Best Vertical Video Editing Apps For IGTV? I think so

Part 2: How To Edit A Video Using iMovie for iPhone (And Some Tricks You May Have Missed) Part 1: The Magic Of Wave Video – Could This Be Everything You Need To Edit Quick Online Videos? This is part 2 in a series on video editing:

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