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Apple iMovie HD User Manual

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Chapter 3

Creating Your First Movie

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To set up your camera:

1

Insert the tape with your video footage, turn on the camera, and switch the camera to
VTR mode.

2

Connect your video camera to your computer using a FireWire cable, as shown above.

3

Open iMovie HD.

4

Click Make a Magic iMovie in the iMovie HD project window.

5

Enter a project name and choose a location on your computer for the new project.

iMovie HD is preset to import video from a standard digital video camera. If your
camera is a high definition or widescreen camera, click the Video format disclosure
triangle and choose the video format of your camera.

6

Click Create.

The Make a Magic iMovie dialog appears. Here you can select how iMovie HD creates
your video.