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Editing basics, Building your movie from video clips, Chapter – Apple iMovie HD User Manual

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Editing Basics

After you import your video into iMovie HD, you can
preview the clips to see what you have to work with. You
can arrange clips in the order you want them to appear
in your movie, and “clean up” your video footage, editing
out the parts you don’t like and keeping only the best
footage to include in your movie.

You’ll find iMovie HD provides easy and efficient methods for cropping, trimming, and
rearranging your clips within a movie.

Building Your Movie From Video Clips

Once your footage has been imported to the Clips pane, you need to move it to the
clip viewer to start creating your movie. In the clip viewer, you put the clips in the
sequence you want them to appear in your movie.

To add a clip to your movie:

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Drag the clip to the clip viewer and position it where you want it to appear.