alanfrommountainside
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Q: imovie preferences

there is no drop menu for advanced tools under Preferences for iMovie the missing manual says so.. iMovie Preference show Ken Burns, 4.0 sec. Either author or me is crosseyed. after giving a thought, i decide not me!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Mar 10, 2016 3:03 PM

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Q: imovie preferences

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  • by lhelmet,

    lhelmet lhelmet Mar 11, 2016 3:49 AM in response to alanfrommountainside
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    Mar 11, 2016 3:49 AM in response to alanfrommountainside

    What sort of Advanced tools would you be looking for?

  • by alanfrommountainside,

    alanfrommountainside alanfrommountainside Mar 11, 2016 6:07 AM in response to lhelmet
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    Mar 11, 2016 6:07 AM in response to lhelmet

    I was making some progress until overlay menu Became visible. I am able to copy one 4 sec clip and paste it below. Then I was doing again on other 4 sec clip on different location..copying and pasting for second layer.  i realized as I progressed I could find overlay that did not exist before. Then I was doing pic in pic. It worked nice.  Then I noticed Green Screen in overlay menu. I did not know what it was. Then I tried YouTube for tutorials on that g.s.  after several online tutorials, I now see what it's for. It is used to cut out anything that's green and overlay the second layer to make it look real.  now I then tried preferences again. That menu remains the same..ken burns 4 sec default clip.  I know Advanced Tools should be there..but not yet.  I wonder what they are. The missing manual does not explain how to access to it except shortcut info :

    command comma.

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    Things looked better than yesterday. 

    Maybe you can tell me what adv. tools is. I have many more questions. Many.

     

    can I do multi layers more than just two?  I am trying to be familiar with iMovie. I don't think the missing manual is good book.

    I forgot to add comment earlier RE copying and pasting..I was doing it from edit menu at the top.  I am supposed to do with mouse clicks.I cannot Do it. With practice, I may do it.

     

    you may see I am learning. before I got into iMovie, I was wondering about its potential like cloning myself to make it look there are two same persons in clips. I know Magix can, but it's for Windows operating systems only.

     

    MAybe be you can recommend other book on iMovie?