I took a 15 sec video on my 14Pro and would like to cut it off at 11 sec. I transferred the video to my mac mini (Sonona 14.2) and opened iMovie. I haven't used iMovie in several years and cannot remember what I did before or see how to do this. I would appreciate any help someone can give me.
Mac mini, macOS 14.2
Hi,
Drag the video into the timeline of an iMovie project. Then put your cursor on the edge (left or right) of the clip and drag the edge to shorten the clip to the desired duration.
-- Rich
Hi,
Drag the video into the timeline of an iMovie project. Then put your cursor on the edge (left or right) of the clip and drag the edge to shorten the clip to the desired duration.
-- Rich
Here’s an Apple link to a Help menu that gives step by step instructions for the basic features of iMovie. It has a good search feature where you can search by search word or topic.
https://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.1/
— Rich
Thank you, Rich. Now I cannot figure out how to save the shortened version. Would you please help with that?
With the project open, do a File/Share/to File, and designate the desk top as the destination. You will then have a movie clip on your desk top with the shortened duration.
— Rich
thank you, Rich. I did that. It saved as an mp4 file, but when I tried to open it I got a message saying there was an error and it would not open. Any suggestions. I really appreciate your help.
Thank you. I will read this. I was looking for something like this but couldn't find it, so appreciate the link.
Try sharing it out again.
— Rich
shortening an a video with iMovie
