Apple iMovie '08 - Manual (Page 43)

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8 Begin speaking when prompted.
Speak loudly and clearly into the computer’s microphone, keeping the Left and Right
volume level indicators in the green. Yellow indicates you’re speaking a bit too loudly;
red indicates you’re speaking much too loudly and your voice will be distorted
(“clipped”) in the recording.
9 To stop recording, press the Space bar or click anywhere in the iMovie window.
To make the voiceover clip shorter:
m Drag the end of the voiceover icon to the left.
The voiceover clip can’t be extended beyond its original length.
To move a voiceover within your project:
m Drag it to the video frame where you want it to begin playing.
To delete a voiceover:
m Select its icon and press the Delete key.
Adding Photos with Motion Effects
To give your movies some variety, you can add photos from your iPhoto library.
Still images come to life when you use the Ken Burns pan and zoom effects by making
it appear that the camera is sweeping across the still image while moving closer or
farther away from it.
To add a photo:
1 Choose Window > Photos, or click the Photos button in the iMovie toolbar.
2 In the Photos pane, find the one you want.
You can use the search field at the bottom of the pane to find a photo by name.
3 Drag the photo to wherever you want it to appear in your project.
By default, iMovie sets a photo’s duration to four seconds and applies the Ken Burns
effect. Depending on how you’ve set your project thumbnail slider, the photo may
“unroll” like a filmstrip.
4 To change the length of time the photo will appear in your project, click the Duration
button in the lower-left corner of the photo clip (it appears when you let the pointer
hover near the end of the clip), and type how many seconds you want the photo to
stay onscreen in your movie.
If you don’t like the way the Ken Burns effect was added to your photo, you can change
it or remove it.