iMovie Complete Guide to Getting Started - Editing Tutorial For Beginners

Question of the Day ⚡ How long have you been using iMovie for? Let us know! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 **Timecodes: 1:13 - Finding and opening iMovie 1:26 - Creating a new (movie) video project 2:03 - How to import footage into iMovie 3:54 - How to start editing your footage 12:12 - How to add Music in iMovie 18:19 - Bonus Audio Tip! 19:26 - How to Add Text in iMovie 24:52 - How to Color Grade Your Video 27:54 How to Stabilize Shaky Footage 30:07 How to Add Transitions 32:40 How to Zoom (Crop) In On Your Video 39:31 How to Add a VoiceOver in iMovie 45:54 How to Use Green Screen in iMovie 52:08 10 Tips and Tricks For Editing 52:25 - Pop Up Picture Effect 55:18 - Slow Motion Speed Ramp 1:00:27 - Adding Green Screen Effects 1:02:19 - Audio Effects 1:04:32 - Seamless Audio Transitions 1:07:24 - Clone Effect 1:11:21 - Adding a Planet to The Sky 1:12:09 - Plane Flying Over Map Effect 1:14:00 - Tips and Tricks to Speed Up Your Editing 1:16:43 - Create a Time-Lapse 1:17:55 - BEST Export Settings (How to finish your edit) 1:21:05 - Tips For Getting Started With Editing 1:21:39 - How To Get Views & Subscribers on Y

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Dude did not lie when he said “complete” guide. Great teacher right there. Can’t imagine the work to organize an hour long video to this level.

I'm a complete newbie and have just started my first iMovie project - your video is awesome! So clear and very thorough, easy to understand and paced just right for this non-techie. Huge thank you for your expertise and for your time in putting this together 😍

So far, I’ve watched for 25 minutes and I can’t believe how much I’ve learned!!! I’ve been searching for these answers for years and I thank you for putting this full and comprehensive tutorial together. I’ll be watching the full video several times and taking notes.

I used iMovie to edit my entire stock trading course. It's incredibly easy to get started. Highly recommended to those who just started it out on video editing. :)

I have never used this version of iMovie though I did a quite a few projects in iMovie HD back when that was a thing. I just watched your entire video and took notes and am planning out my first project- which I will attempt tomorrow. Thank you SO much for that in depth tutorial! It was incredibly useful and informative.

I am SOOO incredibly thankful for this video!! I'm learning editing from scratch, and Nolan is the BEST teacher. Very thorough and detailed, and easy to follow. Thank you for the time and effort spent creating the perfect beginner tutorial! I'll be back for more.

This is a really great tutorial! You give an awesome beginner's overview and explain everything so well. Thank you so much for this video, I learned a lot! :)

Thank you so much for making such a thorough video on iMovie. This was my Holy Grail Guide and is invaluable (especially for a beginner like me)!

I have been using iMovie for around three years and didn’t know that easy trick for making speed ramps. Thank you!

I've been using iMovie sporadically for 5 years now and still learned SO much from this video. Thank you!

This video is gold. I am starting out making my first youtube videos and this is the tutorial I always reference back to when trying to edit my videos. Thank you!

This is THE BEST video for beginners to learn how to edit videos on imovie! Thank you so much for your effort!!!

Amazing tutorial! Thank you so much! I was really overwhelmed when I first opened imovie and got very little done after a few frustrating hours. This tutorial was exactly what I needed to see to not only make me excited to open iMovie back up and start editing but to also get out there and get more footage. thanks again!!

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This was absolutely perfect for a beginner like me. Really easy to follow and clear. Thank you!

I’m new to this video making, I love this video very straight forward, this will be helpful to my first project. Thanks for sharing your knowledge great work!

Thank you, Ive been using iMovie for around 6 months, and I've learnt so much in the last hour and 22mins.. thanks for sharing your knowledge ..

By far the best beginners video for editing--and I've paid money for classes I just couldn't understand. NOW I'm editing!