Apple iMovie '08 - Manual (Page 10)

10 Chapter 2 Learn iMovie
To open iMovie:
m Double-click the iMovie icon in your Applications folder or click the icon in the Dock.
When you open iMovie for the first time, you see the iMovie window, shown below.
Identifying Your Camera Type and Importing Video
There are several ways to import video into iMovie. Follow the instructions that fit your
situation, and then skip to “Step 2: Organize Your Video Library and View Your Video”
on page 20.
 If you have a DVD, hard disk drive (HDD), or flash memory camcorder, see page 11.
 If your video is on tape in a FireWire-equipped digital camcorder, see page 14.
 If you have video in your iPhoto library, see page 16.
 If you want to record video directly into iMovie, see page 17.
 If your video is in a previous iMovie project or elsewhere on a hard disk, see page 18.
See a list of your projects
in the Project Library.
Import and edit
using the iMovie
toolbar buttons.
See a list of your Events
in the Event Library.
Browse your source video.
Build your project.
View your video in
this viewer.