Labelling a movie clip on iPad

Hmmm. I looked on my iPad Photos app and the vids are showing there with a black thumbnail and no title. I didn't see any way to add a title or description or display a file name. I am using iMovie 10.1.11 with Mojave. I recall it always being that way, even before iMovie 10.1.10, so your Mac iMovie version is not the issue.

However, there may be something that we are both overlooking. You might want to post your question on the iPad apple forum to see if the contributors there have any suggestions. Here's the link:

https://discussions.apple.com/community/ipad/using_ipad

If you find the answer and have the time, please post back here so that others can benefit.

Good luck with this.

-- Rich

I've played with this a little more. It is possible that you can avoid the black thumbnail display in Photos by placing a still image in the movie as the first frame. If you think that it is worth it to you, you could experiment to see if your findings agree with mine, and whether it would work as a possible solution.

It seems that:

1. Unedited video clips display the thumbnail photo of the first frame in Photos app, i.e, no black frame.
2. Edited clips rendered from iMovie that start with a video clip title or transition display a black frame in photos app.
3. If one places a previously rendered movie into a new iMovie project, and inserts a still picture as the first frame, for example a screen shot of the first frame or title, and then renders out the movie again, the rendered movie will display that first frame when placed in the Photos app. So there will be no black frame.

Therefore you might try placing into a new iMovie project one of your videos that is displaying a black frame in the Photos app. Then insert a still image per No. 3 above as the first frame, and share out the movie. Place the shared out movie into the Photos app and see if you get a display other than the black frame. It could be possible to take a screen shot of a frame from a previously edited movie that has been imported into a new project, use the Preview app on your Mac to add identifying info to the the resulting desktop photo, and insert that as the first frame in the movie.

For future movies, perhaps placing a still shot as the first frame, with identifying info on it, would render a movie that doesn't display a black thumbnail in the photos app.

Just a thought.

-- Rich

Hi,

The Scrolling Credits title does not have a fade. When you open the template to enter text (it shows light blue) hit delete on your keyboard and then start typing. Your text will display at the top of the preview screen. Place your cursor in front of the text and hit Return on your keyboard to move it downward if you want. Each time you hit Return it will move down one space.

-- Rich

Following up on this, I did a search on the iPad Apple forum. The posts that I found all indicated that it was not possible to label videos and photos in the Photos for iOS app unless one used a third party app. Perhaps your recent post on that forum will elicit additional comment.

However, albums in the Photos for iOS app can be named. Therefore, as a workaround you could create an album for each video, and name the album to describe the video. Or put a group of related videos in each album.

In the last analysis file management and labeling is not a strong suit of iOS. Probably best to store and organized your videos in Photos for Mac, where you can label them, attach keywords, put them in albums, and so on.

-- Rich

You are very welcome. 😊

-- Rich