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Can I Tag Video Clips?

I imported into iMovie '11 (ver 10.0.2) digitized copies of old Super 8 film from the 1960s.


I'd like to tag the events to indicate

  • Location
  • Event type, e.g., vacation, birthday, etc.
  • People


Is there anyway to tag video clips?


Assuming there is, how do I search/select clips based on tags?


Thank you for your time and attention.


- nello

iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), 12 GB RAM

Posted on Mar 26, 2014 7:56 AM

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Posted on Mar 26, 2014 2:43 PM

In the old version of iMovie (Version 9 - also known as iMovie 11) there was a keyword feature. This feature was removed with Version 10.


Final Cut Pro X has a very good keyword feature.

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Mar 27, 2014 9:23 AM in response to Nello Lucchesi

One option, and this will sound weird (but I do it with a lot of my movies), is to import the movies into iPhoto.



Christmas is one of the events I do this most often for. I like to play slideshows on the TV at Christmas, but I often have movies and photos I want to show. Importing the videos into iPhoto keeps everything organized. My smart albums are keyword based, and as long as I apply the correct keyword (which isn't hard), everything works as expected.



Keep in mind that this is only usefull after all the video editing is complete.

Apr 1, 2014 12:51 PM in response to Nello Lucchesi

Sure.


Final Cut Pro X's keyword feature allows you to keyword an entire clip or only a portion of a clip, and also you can have multiple keywords per clip. So far, this is also how it works in iMovie 9.x. However, in Final Cut Pro X, when you add a keyword, it will automatically creates a keyword collection in your event of all clips with that keyword. You can also create custom smart collections.


This can make it very efficient to do editing. For example, let's say I have shot 10 interviews, and I want to edit together several answers to Question 1, several answers to Question 2, etc. I would go through interview 1 and keyword each question, etc. Now, when I finish, I have a smart collection of all the responses to Question 1, etc, and I can easily choose the ones I want and add to the timeline.


Here are some good resources.


Moving Media http://youtu.be/fq4recVZjdI


Working with Libraries http://youtu.be/xQzYwrc1VWo


Understanding Libraries http://youtu.be/__wq1D9S-p0


Smarter Smart Collections http://youtu.be/gLPnK_vvk0w


Warp Speed Keywording http://youtu.be/azJ4J41JaZk


Batch Clip Renaming http://youtu.be/E1ql241Qytg


Light Speed organization http://youtu.be/Ilupsw68JPY


Smart Collections http://youtu.be/dYPxIqEPRnc

Jun 15, 2015 4:53 PM in response to Nello Lucchesi

I used the keyword feature in the older version of iMovie extensively and have not upgraded waiting for this feature to come back. I'm hoping that Apple will bring back this feature as it is critical for organizing and searching so many hours of video clips.


Does anyone know the reason why Apple removed the keyword tagging feature? Is it reasonable to expect it will come back in the future?


Thank you.

Can I Tag Video Clips?

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