Next, select the Crop tool and make sure the Style is set to Fit. Then with that cover-up image still selected, click the Video Overlay Settings button above the Viewer area and select Picture in Picture from the menu. If you don’t have an image you can use, go to the Backgrounds tab in the iMovie window, and there you can select one of the motion or still backgrounds to use as your overlay. Once you have an image file created, drag it into your iMovie project above the clip you want to partially cover up. Images with transparency, should be saved as a PNG file. And if you create an image with a transparent background in your preferred image editing program, iMovie will preserve that transparency, allowing you to use non-rectangular shapes to cover up objects in your video.įor example, here’s a green rounded rectangle on a transparent background that was created in Photoshop. You can use either a video clip or a still image for the Picture in Picture window. This naturally results in the smaller image covering up a portion of the larger image, and you can use this to your advantage when you need to hide part of your video. Picture in Picture is normally used when you want to superimpose a photo or video on top of the main video, letting your viewer see two videos simultaneously. However, you can still accomplish the task of covering up portions of a video by using iMovie’s Picture in Picture feature. It’s relatively easy to do this sort of thing with professional-level video editing software, but if you’re using iMovie you’ll find that it doesn’t have any tools specifically designed for this task. For example, you may want to hide someone’s face or a street address.
You can continue to work in iMovie while the import finishes.Occasionally, you may be editing a video in which you want to hide or obscure something in the frame that you don’t want the viewer to see. Depending on the length of each clip and the number of clips you’re importing, you may see a progress indicator in the upper-right corner of the window while the clips are being imported. The Import window closes, and your clips appear in the event. Import selected clips: Command-click each clip you want to import, and click Import Selected (the Import button changes its name). To learn more about events, see Organize media and events in iMovie on Mac. To specify where the imported media will be stored, do one of the following:Ĭhoose an existing event: Click the “Import to” pop-up menu at the top of the Import window and choose the event.Ĭreate a new event: Click the “Import to” pop-up menu, choose New Event, type a name for the new event, and click OK.
You can also click the Previous or Next button to go to the previous or next clip, or click and hold the Previous or Next button to rewind or fast-forward. To preview video, move the pointer over the preview at the top of the Import window and click the Play button. Remove a folder from Favorites: Control-click the folder and choose Remove from Sidebar from the shortcut menu. Sort clips in list view by data such as duration, creation date, size, and so on: Click the column headings at the top of list view.Īdd a folder of frequently used media to the Favorites section: Drag a folder from the list on the right to Favorites in the sidebar. You can select clips individually in list view, and a preview of the selected clip appears at the top of the Import window. The contents of the device appear in a list at the bottom of the Import window. In the Devices section of the Import window sidebar, select the device you want to import media from. If Image Capture, Photos, or another photo app opens, close the window.
If you don’t see the Import button, click the Media button in the toolbar, and then click the Import button. In the iMovie app on your Mac, open the Import window by clicking the Import button in the toolbar. If the media you want to import is on an external storage device, connect it to your Mac and turn it on.
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