NOTE: This is for an earlier version of iMovie, and recorded on iOS 6. While the interface now looks different, there is still an incredible amount of useful information here.

iMovie for the iPad is an incredibly easy-to-use movie editor, but you might be surprised what it's capable of. In this workshop, expert photographer Joseph Linaschke will steer you through the application and get you producing your first movie in no time. You'll learn how to build incredibly fun and simple “movie trailer”-style videos, following pre-designed shot lists that guide you to shoot exactly what's needed, as well as how to do more advanced, customized editing, mixing video, photos, music and even your own voice recordings into your final movie. This course was recorded on iMovie for iPad, but the same software runs on the iPhone or iPod Touch.

Table of Contents

Shooting Techniques

• Five Tips for Shooting Better Video

Understanding iMovie

• Creating a New Project
• Using the Help System
• Undoing and Redoing
• Watching Your Movie
• Deleting a Project

Creating a New Trailer

• Picking a Theme
• Naming Your Movie
• Completing the Outline
• Understanding the Storyboard
• Selecting a Shot from the Camera Roll
• Adjusting a Shot
• Removing and Replacing a Shot
• Shooting a New Shot with the Built-In Camera Feature
• Changing the Text Between Shots

Creating a New Project

• Project Interface Tour
• Adding a Clip to the Timeline
• Moving and Deleting a Clip on the Timeline
• Pinch-Zooming In and Out of the Timeline
• Trimming a Video Clip
• Splitting a Video Clip
• Editing Clip Settings: Title
• Editing Clip Settings: Location
• Editing Clip Settings: Volume
• Project Settings (Theme Settings)
• Rotating a Clip
• Creating a Freeze Frame
• Changing Transitions Between Shots
• Precision Editing
• Adding and Adjusting Photos

Including Music and Sound Effects

• Choosing Music
• Adjusting Music Volume
• Adding Additional Music Tracks
• Rearranging Music Tracks
• Adding Sound Effects
• Recording a Voiceover

Sharing Your Movie

• Saving to the Camera Roll
• Sharing Through YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, or CNN iReport
• Sending to iTunes
• Importing from iTunes
• Continuing Your Movie in iMovie for Mac