UKMac.net » iLife http://ukmac.net Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:11:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Accurately Selecting Video Clips In iMovie ‘08 http://ukmac.net/2007/08/27/accurately-selecting-video-clips-in-imovie-08/ http://ukmac.net/2007/08/27/accurately-selecting-video-clips-in-imovie-08/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:25:59 +0000 Scott http://ukmac.net/?p=99 iMovieThe new “skimming” feature of iMovie ‘08 that allows quick and easy grabbing of video clips from your library to drop into the current movie project is a fantastic feature for speeding up the creation of content, however depending on your mousing skills it can be quite difficult to get the EXACT start and stop points of the clip that you want.

One way of accurately selecting the endpoint of the current clip is to use the cursor keys to move the end of the highlighted section instead of dragging around the mouse. Basically all you need to do is to roughly grab the clip that you are looking for then put down the mouse and simply press and hold the SHIFT key while you move the clip forward and backward by pressing the left and right cursor keys. The selection will extend or contract by one frame for each press of the cursor keys.

If anyone knows how to use the same trick to accurately position the start of the clip I would love to know.

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]]> http://ukmac.net/2007/08/27/accurately-selecting-video-clips-in-imovie-08/feed/ Unlocking iMovie ‘08 http://ukmac.net/2007/08/27/unlocking-imovie-08/ http://ukmac.net/2007/08/27/unlocking-imovie-08/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:41:17 +0000 Scott http://ukmac.net/?p=96 iMovieiMovie ‘08 is easily the most changed product in the latest release of Apples iLife Suite and as such is already the subject of a number of web sites aimed at helping you get the most out of the new features. One such site is Unlocking iMovie ‘08 which has about a dozen howtos posted already.

Worth watching this one.

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