Create a new iMovie projection

Learn how to set a new project and add content to information technology on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac.

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    iPhone or iPad

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    Mac

How to create a new iMovie projection on iPhone or iPad

iPad iMovie project gallery screen

  1. In the Projects browser, tap the plus push. If you're currently editing a motion picture, tap Done, then tap Projects to open up the Projects browser.
  2. Tap Moving picture. The Moments screen appears, showing videos and photos from your Photos app photo library organized into moments—all the video clips and photos from a particular day or issue.
    You lot tin likewise tap Trailer to utilize congenital-in templates to create a trailer with your own videos and photos.
  3. Touch and hold image thumbnails to preview photos at a larger size or to preview video clips.
  4. Tap an individual video clip or a photo that you want to include in your picture show, or tap Select to choose an entire moment. Selected items accept a checkmark. If you lot don't want to add media from your photo library, become to stride vi.
  5. To browse more video clips, photos, and albums, tap Media, and then tap another folder.
  6. Tap Create Picture show. Your new project opens. Videos or photos y'all selected appear in the timeline. If you didn't add together videos or photos, the timeline is bare.

You tin always add videos and photos your project after you initially create the moving-picture show. In iMovie on iPhone or iPad, the highest quality clip in your project determines the resolution for your picture. For example, if y'all add a 4K video clip to your project, y'all'll be able to share the finished project at 4k resolution.

Tape directly into iMovie

Add a video or a photo direct from the camera on your iPhone or iPad to your iMovie project:

  1. With your project open in iMovie, scroll through the timeline then the playhead (the white vertical line) appears where you desire to add together the video or photo.
  2. On iPhone, tap the plus button, so tap the Photographic camera push. On iPad, tap the Photographic camera button.
  3. Use the photographic camera controls to prepare options such as flash and resolution, so tap the Record push.
  4. If you're recording a video clip, tap the stop button when you're done. If you took a photo, skip to the adjacent footstep.
  5. To identify the video prune or photo in the timeline of your project, tap Use Video or Use Photo. You tin can also tap Retake to retake the video clip or photo.

The iMovie timeline opens with the new clip placed where the playhead was located.

How to create a new iMovie project on your Mac

iMovie on Mac Projects gallery screen

  1. In the Projects browser, click Create New. If you're currently editing a movie, click the Projects button in the toolbar, and so click Projects again to open the Projects browser.
  2. Click Movie. Your new projection opens, showing the browser, the viewer, and the timeline.
    Y'all can likewise click Trailer to use built-in templates to create a trailer with your ain videos and photos.
  3. After creating your project, add clips from events in the Libraries list, or add video clips and photos from your Photos app library. You can also import video clips, photos, and other media from other sources:
    • Import from iPhone or iPad
    • Import from cameras that record to flash drive or another file-based storage system
    • Import media from your Mac
    • Record video directly into iMovie using your Mac

To get-go creating your movie, drag clips from the iMovie browser to the timeline of your project. Y'all can too drag clips into the timeline from the Finder and from the Desktop of your Mac.

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