how many pictures can i put in an iMovie video?

The most I have done is 350, but I think it will do a lot more than that.

Here is a sample.

AppleMan1958 wrote:

… Here is a sample

Just to feed my curiosity... :

the pics are excellent edited to the beat ..

do you set beat-markers 'on the fly'

or do you 'scrub' to a 'peak' in the waveform ... ?

Hi Karsten, I used beat markers but I did not use the wave forms.

If I recall correctly, here is what I did.

1) I created the music track and put it into iTunes.

2) Imported music into iMovie.

3) Tapped the M key to set the beat markers. I kept a tally sheet as I was going to indicate 1 beat, 2 beats, or 4 beats. The tally sheet also told me the total number of photos I needed.

4) Then I created an album in iPhoto, and dragged pictures into the iPhoto Album according to whether I needed a 4 beat photo or a series of 1 beat photos, etc.

5) Then I dragged the whole album into iMovie at once, and it snapped to the beat markers.

6) Add titles and color correction and done.

7) Oh, and I tried it with and without Ken Burns. Decided to go with KBE.

AppleMan1958 wrote:

… Tapped the M key to set the beat markers. …

… would be my method too.

Was curious, if you, perhaps, find out a diff. method.

And good info, to 'pre-produce' an Album for easy access of 'right' pictures!

THANKS for sharing this info (and the video, well done!)

Karsten Schlüter wrote:

And good info, to 'pre-produce' an Album for easy access of 'right' pictures!

THANKS for sharing this info (and the video, well done!)

Yes, no doubt that saves SO much time trying to piece it together one picture at time dragged into the timeline. I've always felt that one of the hidden beauties of iMovie is how fast you can put something together, compared to other available tools.

What do you mean "fit"?

The video can be as long as you make it.

LOVE iPhoto Album idea!