iMovie是适用于(iMovie)macOS和iOS的简化视频编辑应用程序。非常适合(Perfect)初学者或不需要专业级视频编辑软件(professional-grade video editing software)的人，iMovie 非常易于使用。尽管如此，对于一般没有视频编辑经验的用户来说，该软件可能有点令人生畏。
什么是 iMovie？当 iMovie 首次在 iOS 设备上推出时，它是桌面Mac应用程序的一个非常基本的版本。今天，这两个应用程序在功能上非常接近，尽管每个应用程序的界面都针对它们设计的Apple设备进行了调整。(Apple)
macOS 与 iOS 的 iMovie
Apple专门设计了这两个 iMovie 版本，以便彼此无缝协作。这意味着您可以在 iPhone 或iPad上开始一个项目，然后简单地将其AirDrop到您的台式机或MacBook并从您离开的地方继续编辑。
如果您根本没有 macOS 设备，那不是问题。iOS 版本的 iMovie 或多或少与桌面版本一样强大。您只需使用 iOS 设备即可开始、编辑和完成完整的项目。
但是，您可以想象，这两个版本的界面略有不同。一个是为触摸而设计的，另一个是为鼠标输入而设计的。但是，您现在也可以在 iOS 中使用鼠标(use a mouse with iOS)！
在本指南中，我们将使用 macOS 版本的 iMovie 作为基础，但基础知识应该都可以顺利转换到移动版本。
iMovie 可以做什么？
iMovie 基于与 Apple 的Final Cut Pro软件包相同的软件基础，后者是一款相当昂贵的专业级视频编辑器。所以在性能和稳定性方面，它与Final Cut 相得益彰(Final Cut)。
但是，您应该降低对编辑工具的期望。iMovie 不仅仅是简单的骨骼，但只是，这不一定是坏事。通常(Often)少即是多，对于初学者来说，面对一百万个充满陌生术语的控制面板几乎没有用处。
因此，使用 iMovie，您可以完成所有基本的编辑任务。这包括导入媒体、剪切剪辑、在时间线上排列它们以及添加屏幕标题。iMovie 还提供对绿屏工作、基本特殊效果和颜色调整的支持。只需这几个功能，您就可以创建一些非常令人惊叹的基本视频编辑。
如果您刚刚开始使用新的iPhone 11 Pro进行拍摄，或者正在尝试使用(iPhone 11 Pro)Mavic Mini 或 Air 2(Mavic Mini or Air 2)等无人机，iMovie 是提升内容的好方法。从你妈妈在Facebook 上(Facebook)喜欢的东西，到全世界数百万人想要分享的东西。
创建新项目
打开应用程序后，iMovie 之旅的第一步是创建一个新项目。项目是一个工作区，您将使用该工作区将所有元素整合到最终产品中，然后将它们编辑成最终视频。
因此，在 iMovie 打开的情况下，单击Create New。然后单击电影(click Movie)。
现在是时候抓取一些内容了。
第一步：获取您的媒体
现在您打开了一个新项目，您需要您可能在项目中使用的所有媒体。这可以包括视频剪辑、声音剪辑、音乐等。
在这里，我们将保持简单，只使用一些视频剪辑。我们刚刚从Pixabay上下载了一些很酷的剪辑，这些剪辑提供公共领域和免版税的内容(royalty-free content)。如果你喜欢，你也可以从他们那里获取音乐和照片。
将剪辑下载到您选择的文件夹后，您需要将它们导入 iMovie 库。
为此，只需单击文件(File)，然后单击导入媒体，(Import Media,)或单击iMovie 库中我的媒体(My Media )选项卡下的导入媒体。( Import Media )
现在浏览到您的剪辑所在的位置，选择它们，然后单击Import Selected。
一旦您选择了所有要导入的媒体，您就可以开始组装您的视频项目了。
把你的剪辑放在时间线上
您的视频是在“时间轴”上组装的。每个剪辑都按照您要使用的顺序拖到时间线上。正如您在此处看到的，我们已按照我们想要的顺序将四个剪辑拖到时间线上。您所要做的就是将相关剪辑从媒体库拉到时间线上。
您会注意到时间线也有不同的轨道。例如，有专门的背景音乐曲目。
有一个播放头在时间线上“擦洗”。无论播放头在哪里，您都会在预览窗口中看到视频的当前“帧”，这是您在该位置合成的所有音频、视频、文本和其他元素的总混合。
拆分剪辑
现在您已经安排好了剪辑，您需要将它们剪切成正确的片段。要拆分剪辑，只需将播放头移动到要进行剪切的点即可。然后按住 Alt 键单击(Alt-click)它并选择Split Clip。
您的原始剪辑现在神奇地变成了两个剪辑！您可以将这两个剪辑移动到时间线上的任何位置，但是在这里，由于您不想要剪辑的其余部分，只需按住 Alt 键单击(Alt-click)您不想要的位，然后单击Delete。
现在是提及使用 iMovie 编辑视频是非破坏性的好时机。原始剪辑完全未受影响。因此，请随意在时间线上随意切碎和丢弃东西。
添加标题和过渡
所以现在我们有了我们想要的形状和顺序的剪辑。这是为制作添加更多香料的好时机。标题是可以放在剪辑上的文本元素。例如，如果您想告诉观众您的视频名称或以其他方式为他们提供额外信息，则非常方便。(Handy)
要添加标题，请切换到“标题( Titles )”选项卡。然后将任何您喜欢的标题拖到您希望标题出现的剪辑上。
现在只需单击预览窗口中的虚拟文本并输入您自己的文本。
接下来，我们将在剪辑之间添加一些有趣的过渡。只需(Simply)切换到“过渡( Transitions )”选项卡并将过渡拖到剪辑之间的空间中，您希望过渡发生。
一个好的开始
恭喜！您现在已经对 iMovie 有了足够的了解，可以制作一个基本视频。但是，为了使某些东西看起来和听起来都很棒，我们建议您接下来查看以下 iMovie 功能，一旦您觉得足够舒适可以继续前进：
- 分离剪辑音频
- 裁剪剪辑
- 调整颜色和对比度
- 替换“绿屏”镜头中的背景（色度键控(Chroma Keying)）
- 将音乐添加到您的项目
尽管是一个相对简单的程序，但 iMovie 有相当多的深度。因此，请花点时间探索其更高级的功能。
完成您的电影
要结束这个关于 iMovie 的基本教程，让我们导出我们拥有的电影。请记住(Remember)，导出电影与保存项目不同！请务必像在任何其他程序中一样，通过“文件”菜单保存您的项目。(File)
要导出您的电影，请单击右上角的小共享按钮。然后单击(c)文件( File)。_ 例如，除非您想将视频直接发送到YouTube。
在此窗口中，您可以查看剪辑的长度及其估计大小。您可以在此处调整其分辨率和质量，但大多数情况下，只需保留默认值即可。
如果您对这些设置感到满意，请单击“下一步”( Next)，选择保存位置，然后完成视频的导出。渲染需要一段时间，但在这个过程结束时，您的杰作应该已经准备好向全世界展示了。
What Is iMovie? A Guide To Getting Started
iMovie is a simplified video editing application for macOS and iOS. Perfect for beginners or those who don’t need professional-grade video editing software, iMovie is very easy to use. Still, for users who have no experience with video editing in general, the software can be a little daunting.
What is iMovie? When iMovie first launched on iOS devices, it was a very basic version of the desktop Mac application. Today, the two applications are very close to each other in features, although each one’s interface is adapted for the Apple device they were designed for.
iMovie For macOS Vs iOS
Apple has specifically designed the two iMovie versions to work seamlessly with each other. This means you can start a project on your iPhone or iPad and then simply AirDrop it to your desktop machine or MacBook and keep editing from where you left off.
If you don’t have a macOS device at all, that’s not a problem. The iOS version of iMovie is more or less as capable as the desktop version. You can start, edit and finish complete projects simply using your iOS device.
However, as you can imagine, the two versions have slightly different interfaces. One is designed for touch and the other for mouse input. However, you can now also use a mouse with iOS!
In this guide, we are going to use the macOS version of iMovie as the basis, but the basics should all translate smoothly to the mobile edition.
What Can iMovie Do?
iMovie is based on the same software foundation as Apple’s Final Cut Pro package, a fairly expensive professional-grade video editor. So in terms of performance and stability, it’s right up there with Final Cut.
However, you should temper your expectations in terms of editing tools. iMovie has more than the bare bones, but only just, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Often less is more and for beginner users, there’s little use in being faced with a million control panels full of unfamiliar terms.
So with iMovie, you can do all the essential editing tasks. That includes importing media, cutting clips, arranging them on the timeline, and adding on-screen titles. iMovie also offers support for green-screen work, basic special effects, and color adjustments. With just these few features, you can create some pretty stunning fundamental video edits.
If you’ve just started filming with your new iPhone 11 Pro or are dabbling with drones like the Mavic Mini or Air 2, iMovie is a great way to elevate that content. From something your mom will like on Facebook, to something that millions of people will want to share all over the world.
Creating a New Project
The very first step in your iMovie journey, after opening the app, is to create a new project. A project is the workspace you’ll use to get all the elements that will go into the final product together and then edit them into a final video.
So, with iMovie open, click Create New. Then click Movie.
Now it’s time to grab some content.
The First Step: Getting Your Media
Now that you have a new project open, you need all of the media that you’re potentially going to use in your project. That can include video clips, sound clips, music, and the like.
Here we’re going to keep it simple and just use some video clips. We’ve just downloaded a few cool clips from Pixabay, which offers public domain and royalty-free content. If you like you can also grab music and photos from them as well.
Once you’ve downloaded your clips to a folder of your choice, you need to import them into your iMovie library.
To do this, simply click File and then Import Media, or click Import Media under the My Media tab in the iMovie Library.
Now browse to where your clips are, select them, and then click Import Selected.
Once you’ve chosen all of the media to import, you’re ready to start assembling your video project.
Putting Your Clips On The Timeline
Your video is assembled on a “timeline”. Each clip is dragged onto the timeline in the order you want to use them. As you can see here, we’ve dragged our four clips onto the timeline in the order we’d like them. All you have to do is pull the relevant clip from the media library onto the timeline.
You’ll notice that the timeline also has different tracks. For example, there’s a dedicated track for background music.
There’s a play head that “scrubs” across the timeline. Wherever the playhead is, you’ll see the current “frame” of your video displayed in the preview window, which is the total mix of all audio, video, text, and other elements you have composited at that position.
Splitting Clips
Now that you have your clips arranged, you’ll want to cut them into the right segments. To split a clip, simply move the play head to the point you want to make the cut. Then Alt-click on it and choose Split Clip.
Your original clip is now magically two clips! You can move the two clips to any position on the timeline, but here, since you don’t want the remainder of the clip, just Alt-click on the bit you don’t want and click Delete.
This is a good time to mention that editing videos with iMovie is non-destructive. The original clip is completely untouched. So feel free to chop and discard things on the timeline as you please.
Adding Titles & Transitions
So now we have our clips in the shape and order we want them to be. This makes it a good time to add a little more spice to the production. Titles are text elements that can be placed onto your clips. Handy if, for example, you want to tell the audience the name of your video or otherwise give them extra information.
To add a title, switch to the Titles tab. Then drag any title that catches your fancy onto the clip where you want the title to appear.
Now simply click on the dummy text in the preview window and type in your own.
Next, we’ll put in some interesting transitions between our clips. Simply switch to the Transitions tab and drag the transition into the space between the clips, where you want the transition to happen.
A Good Start
Congratulations! You’ve now learned enough about iMovie to put together a basic video. However, to make something that looks and sounds great, we suggest you look into the following iMovie functions next, once you feel comfortable enough to move on:
- Separating clip audio
- Cropping clips
- Adjusting color and contrast
- Replacing the background in “green screen” footage (Chroma Keying)
- Adding music to your project
Despite being a relatively simple program, there’s quite a bit of depth to iMovie. So take your time to explore its more advanced features.
Finalizing Your Movie
To end this basic tutorial about iMovie, let’s export the movie we have. Remember that exporting the movie is not the same as saving your project! Be sure to save your project through the File menu as you would in any other program.
To export your movie, click the little share button in the top-right corner. Then click on File. Unless you want to, for example, send the video directly to YouTube.
In this window, you can see how long your clip will be and its estimated size. You can adjust its resolution and quality here, but most of the time it’s perfectly OK to simply leave the default values in place.
If you’re happy with these settings, click Next, choose a save location, and complete the export of your video. It will take a while to render, but at the end of the process, your masterpiece should be ready to show off to the world.
