HE Apple’s excellent free editor is iMovie and it has the big advantage of being available on the three main Cupertino devices (iPhone, iPad and Mac). Perhaps its only downside is that it is overshadowed by its sister editor, Final Cut Pro. It has interesting features worth exploring like creating a trailer. If you’re starting to edit your first videos Is it with iMovie or is it you? I’m looking for a new editor on Mac, here We teach you 5 useful tricks To level up your shooting.

• Add distinctions using specific titles and fonts
• Add supporting images
• Apply filters to your videos
• Precision and continuity cut editor
• Apply stabilization to your video
• Extra tip: Edit vertical videos in iMovie

Add distinctions using specific titles and fonts

If you’re starting to edit your first videos and they’re longer than you thought, but you don’t want to delete scenes you find useful, You can add titles to each section of your video. This way you can introduce viewers to a specific episode that they can pay more attention to. Likewise, works to give a structured order to events in your video. Before you start, make sure you have short video clips as an introduction to the title of the video. Already have it? Do the following

1. Click “Titles” in the top left of iMovie
2. Choose a topic or click and drag this title to the timeline where text will begin to appear
3. Define whether you want a title and subtitle or just a large title
4. Double click on the title customize font, color, alignment and size
5. Defines how many seconds remain on the timeline Title mentioned in the video

Title Options in iMovie

Add supporting images

Let’s say you make a statement about it in your video, but for some reason you mention an object, place or thing that the viewer who will see your content does not know about. How can you show this? You can add any type of visual you want to your video above. To illustrate what you want to illustrate.

1. Find the relevant image (if it is a small object, you can try removing the background before adding it in PNG format)
2. Drag the image file directly to the timeline where do you want it to appear
3. Click on the image in the timeline to edit its size and position, and then click on the icon with two squaresdirectly in iMovie’s top toolbar
4. Select: Image inside another option
5. Make the relevant changes and Adds a fade or zoom effect to be removed from the scene

Add images over videos in iMovie

Apply filters to your videos

is there Scene from your movie that you want to dramatize or give another look? You can achieve this with a very useful function like filters in iMovie. Do as below.

1. Select video clip where to apply the filter
2. Then click on filter icon (three circles from iMovie’s top toolbar)
3. There are 34 filters in total that you can explore, Hover over one of the filters to try it
4. When you are sure about the filter you will use select it to apply. You can change the intensity by moving the slider or manually change the number if you want more precision.
5. You can change it as much as you want, if you want to remove it click None.

Filters for videos in iMovie

Precision and continuity cut editor

Are you going to cut one scene and move on to another, but do you want to do it in style? iMovie features Precision Editor with it you can choose the start and end point of the two clips. It’s not enough to just cut the clip to make room for the next one, you have to do it in style.

Open the Precision Editor by double-clicking on the midpoint between two clips. Try moving the end point of the first clip to see that the starting point of the second clip is automatically adjusted. Now do it in style by applying a transition of your choiceClick Transitions at the top of iMovie and drag one of your choices between the two clips. Open Precision Editor again and Adjust the transition to be as natural as possible depending on the selected effect.

Precision Editor in iMovie

Apply stabilization to your video

If you followed these tips step by step, we think you should now follow this method: The most important and basic trick in the last video. If you notice that in some scenes of your movie There is a certain imbalance in the movement and you want to correct itYou can apply the Stabilize Unstable Video option.

1. Select final clips for your project
2. Click the camera icon in the iMovie toolbarjust to the right of the crop option
3. Select: Stabilize Shaky Video option
4. The default option will be 33%, which is the best option for all unstable videos (if you add more amount the video will be trimmed)
5. If your video has more movement Adds the Fix Jelly Effect option to the middle level

Stabilize videos in iMovie

Extra tip: Edit vertical videos in iMovie

If you realize Nowhere in iMovie does it let you change video orientation from landscape to portrait or adjust its resolution. To edit vertical videos in iMovie, you must have at least one vertical video to start editing.

1. Select the File menu and select New App Preview
2. Confirm OK
3. Now add a vertical video to your project
4. You can add landscape videos but you will need to apply crop editing to fit it.

Select New App Preview in iMovie to edit vertical videos

iMovie is a video editor that can meet the needs of almost any user. Editing from a Mac is very easy and convenient; But you can also explore iMovie’s options for iPhone and iPad. You can also be more creative in your videos by using the chroma key effect in this way.

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