Apple iMovie '08 - Manual (Page 31)

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To open the Audio Adjustments window:
m Click a clip and then click the Audio Adjustments button.
Setting Clip Volume
If you have a clip that simply is too loud compared to all the other clips or, conversely,
if you find that the sound in one of your clips is too quiet, you can simply increase or
decrease the clip’s volume.
To set the clip’s volume:
1 With the Audio Adjustments window open, click a clip to select it.
2 Drag the Volume slider to the level you want.
3 Click Done to close the Audio Adjustments window, or click another clip to adjust its
volume.
An audio adjustments icon appears at the beginning of the clip, which you can click to
open the Audio Adjustments window and change or remove any audio adjustments
you’ve made. You can restore the clip’s original volume by clicking “Revert to Original”
in the Audio Adjustments window.
Normalizing Clip Volumes
If you have a clip in which the subject is speaking too loudly and another in which the
subject is speaking too softly, normalizing the volume lets you easily reset volumes to
fit within the volume range that you prefer.
Click to reset the clip’s
volume range.
Drag to set the volume
of the clip.
Click to restore
clip volumes to the
original levels.
Click when you’re
finished.
Select to give the
selected clip’s audio
priority over the
competing audio
of other clips.
Drag to set how much
you want to duck the
volume of other audio
and video clips.
Select Manual and then
drag the sliders to set the
rate at which the clip’s
volume fades in and out.
Audio adjustments icon