Add video to your project
1. Open an existing project by double-clicking it (don’t click the project’s name directly) in the Project
Library.
If you don’t see the Project Library, click the Project Library button
You select an Event by clicking its name once. The Event footage appears in the Event browser to the
right of the Event Library.
2. In the Event Library, select an Event whose footage you want to add to your project.
If you don’t see the Event Library, click the Event Library button, which is typically located in the lowerleft
corner of the iMovie window.
3. In the Event browser, select a range of video frames or an entire video clip.
To select an entire video clip, hold down the Shift key and click the clip once, so that it’s outlined in
yellow.
To select a portion of a clip (called a frame range), drag across any clip while you hold down the button
on your mouse or trackpad. Selected frames are outlined in yellow.
4. Drag your video selection to the Project browser.
You drag by holding down the button on your mouse or trackpad as you move the selected clip to the
Project browser. You can drag it anywhere: to the beginning or end of the project, or between clips
you’ve already added. A vertical green line, along with a green Add ➕ symbol, appears anywhere you
can place the clip.
Once video is added to the Project Browser window, it may just be the case that the Clip Menu becomes available, and everything will not be grayed out but working as you expect it to.
