iMovie is a piece of software that can provide users with some valuable editing tools needed to easily create a movie from multiple video clips. The software has steps that allow you to navigate back and forth from one scene to another, while saving changes and edits digitally, i.e. without having to use a videotape. The end results of your video editing will be a movie that can be saved directly to a digital video tape or in the QuickTime file format, without any quality loss.

Step 1: Record Your Video and Transfer It to Your Device

The first thing you need to do is to, obviously, record your video, including audio; unless you plan on adding it later on. Bear in mind that what you shoot will be the foundation of your movie. With iMovie, you can easily import your video clips with just one click. And, with iMovie for Windows out now, all users can enjoy this software.

When you import videos, the software automatically segments scenes into clips. After that, you can choose the parts you think are good, cut out the boring and slow ones, shuffle the scenes, or add sound if needed.

Step 2: Video Clip Editing

With iMovie, you can edit and organize your clips, and trim any unwanted parts of your video (either at the beginning or at the end). The timeline view allows you to edit scenes and synchronize video and audio. You can also import photos using iPhotos or extract images from your scenes and mix them in with your whole movie.

Try and get as much practice as you can so that your editing is tight. Practice extracting perfect shots and create cut-ins and cut-aways so that your move is more interesting and effective when someone is watching it.

Step 3: Add Effects to Your Video and Photos

You can easily enhance videos using visual effects such as Electricity, Letterbox, Aged Film or Lens Flare. If you want to add a fairy dust trail over a party scene, iMovie allows you to do this as well, and its precision lets you decide during what point in the frame the effect starts. With iMovie, you can also add haunting effects like ghost trails, fog, etc. You can also use images from your iPhoto and enhance them with documentary-style effects such as zoom or pan.

Step 4: Organize Video Clips in Sequences Using Timeline and Add Transitions in Between Scenes

With iMovie, you can easily create a certain flow from one scene to another. Creating smooth transitions with iMovie is quite simple and effective and your videos will have a professional tone to them.

Step 5: Edit Sound

There are no good videos that don’t include sound effects. Besides the sound of the actual recording, you can also add additional sounds to the movie:

Use some of the featured sound effects to improve the overall sound experience of your movie;
Also consider adding music from your iTunes library, a CD, or from some song you’ve created;
Consider fading music from scene to scene or in transitions;
iMovie also allows you to directly record audio tracks and this is perfect for making voice-overs for videos.

Step 6: Include Credits and Titles

Once you’ve finished editing, you can add the opening titles, rolling commentary or the text for end credits. There are many different text styles and colors you can choose from.

Step 7: Save Your Final Version of the Project and Make Sure to Make Multiple Copies

iMovie allows you to make a copy of your movie as a QuickTime file, or for a digital videotape, like cassettes in camcorders. It’s also possible to expert the movie in iDVD format in order to create a complete DVD that has menus and every other feature any DVD player may run. There is also an option of copying the movie onto a conventional videotape, with no quality loss, since it’s all in a digital form.

Don’t allow low image and video quality set you back. Publish your videos without restraints, as they are one of the best mediums for spreading your message.