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How to use basic fade in/out from black in iMovie ’08

Matt — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:47:01 +0000

Are you an iMovie ’08 user, adapting from iMovie HD? Do you think you’re missing those crucial transitions for your project — Fade In and Fade Out? I know I was when I first migrated to iMovie ’08. Want them back? Since iMovie ’08 does not require transitions to be tied to one or two clips, you can use transitions in pretty creative ways. This is one way I figured out how to do this creatively. If you want your “Fade In” transition back, on your very first clip, drag the new “Fade Through Black” transition. If you want your “Fade Out” transition back, you can drag the “Fade Through Black” transition after the last clip in your movie viewer.

Rob G. adds: For those who edit video a lot, this tip will seem quite basic. But if you’re an iMovie HD user making the move to iMovie ’08, it may not be obvious that you can get the fade behavior back with a “fade through” transition.

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Selecting a whole clip without skimming in the new iMovie!

Matt — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:40:46 +0000

I got a question about a week ago from a reader that asked “how do I select the entire clip in iMovie ’08”? Well it took some searching and i found the answer at A New Mac Tip Every Day.

Per the tip

What I realized though is that simply clicking on it will just select 4 seconds of the clip. There is a way of quickly selecting everything though. You just have to hold down “Option” and then click on it. It will then select the whole clip.

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iLife ’08 users get free iMovie HD Download

Matt — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:24:51 +0000

New iLife ’08 users can download iMovie HD directly from Apple’s website for free (If they want to use the old iMovie).

Get it here