How to share an iMovie project or upload it online

Once you’ve created an iMovie project, you can share it, upload it to the Internet, or transfer it to your iPod or iPhone.

Create a New Project

Before you can begin, you will need to create a new iMovie project:

Select File > New Project.
Name your project.
Choose an appropriate aspect ratio. Your choices include Standard (for televisions and computer screens), iPhone (for viewing on mobile devices like the iPhone and iPod), and Widescreen (for widescreen monitors or televisions).
Click a thumbnail to add a theme to your project. Once you’ve selected a theme, iMovie will add transitions and titles for you. If you prefer to add them yourself, you can deselect that box when you choose your theme.

You can use video and still images in your projects that differ in aspect ratio. Just select the most appropriate format for the majority of the video and then later you can crop or otherwise edit the varied media if you don’t like how it appears in the end project.

Add Video to a Project

You can add video from a single event or from multiple events to your project. Video clips are combined within your project in the order that you add them, but you can always edit the video later to rearrange the clips and add more elements like music and effects.

Click a video clip to select a frame range to add to your project. iMovie automatically selects 4 seconds, but you can alter this to add all or part of the clip.
Click the Add Selection to Project button (in the middle of the iMovie toolbar) to add the selection to your project, or drag a video clip into the Project window. Add as many clips as you want.
Drag the clips into the order you prefer.

Add Music to Your Project

What better way to add ambience and mood to your movie than through the use of a great soundtrack? With iMovie’s help, you can score your film with your favorite songs from iTunes or use iMovie and iLife sound effects to liven things up. While your project is open, select Window > Music and Sound Effects or press command-1. Browse through the sources and select the songs or sound effects that you want to add. Drag them to the background of your project. Avoid dragging the songs onto clips; aim for the space around the video.

After you’ve added music, a green background appears behind the video clips. The background indicates how long the music is relative to the video clips. If the video ends before the music, a music indicator appears at the last clip. To trim the music to better fit your video, click the green background and then choose Edit. If you want to learn more about adding music and sound effects, open iMovie Help and search for Enhancing Audio.

Share Your Movie

Once you’ve completed your epic cinematic masterpiece, you’ll want to share it! You can use iMovie to export your movie to YouTube or to a MobileMe account, or you can export it to a file and then upload it or e-mail it whenever you want. Here’s how to export your project to a file.

Choose Share > Export Movie to export your project to an MPEG-4 file.
Use the chart in the Export dialog box to determine what size of file you want and then name your project and select an export location. Click Export.
Locate the file on your hard drive to attach it to an e-mail or upload it online.

If you want to export your project as a QuickTime movie, use the Share > Export Using QuickTime option.

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