What does a purple line in imovie mean?

A blue line indicates that a clip has manually applied keywords or keywords imported with the media file. See Add keywords to clips in Final Cut Pro. A purple line indicates that a clip has one or more analysis keywords. How do you save a movie in i, and movie?

Why imovie in square format?

How to make a square video in i, and movie. Fun fact: Square and vertical videos have a better viewing and retention rate on Facebook. Because when someone is scrolling the ol’ ‘book on their phones, a square video takes up way more “real estate” on the screen than a horizontal video does (and the same with vertical, of course). Think about it, have you ever been scrolling and saw a video – which catches your eye more, the one that’s smaller and horizontal or a bigger, square video?

When we were reading we ran into the query “Does iMovie have a square video effect?”.

One way to think about this is, unfortunately, i Movie does not have a Square video effect or adjustment that you can use to create these videos but you will see in the step by step video tutorial above that we found a hack. These Videos are perfect for Instagram and Facebook because of the native format and space it takes up as you scroll down the news feed.

Why does iMovie crop the top of my video?

, sometimes, i Movie will crop the top and/or bottom of your portrait video – in this you need to change Portrait Mode to Landscape Mode before importing the video., sometimes, i Movie will change your aspect ratio if you add more than one video at one time on your Mac.

How do you split a video in iMovie?

Tap the clip, tap the actions button, then tap Split. Or tap the clip, then swipe down over the playhead on the clip, as if you were slicing through the clip with your finger., i Movie places a None transition (also known as a cut) between the two newly created clips.

, sometimes, i Movie will change your aspect ratio if you add more than one video at one time on your Mac. It will make the aspect ratio of your previously added video as default. To prevent the second video from being cropped, you need to uncheck the Fit option.

How do I make a portrait video smaller in iMovie?

Best of all, it allows you to re-encode large videos in 4K to make the file smaller ., sometimes, i Movie will crop the top and/or bottom of your portrait video – in this you need to change Portrait Mode to Landscape Mode before importing the video.

Why can’t I drag the edge of a clip in iMovie?

If you can’t drag the edge of the clip, it means there is no additional video at the beginning or end of that clip. For example, if you added a video clip that’s 20 seconds long, you can’t make it longer than 20 seconds. It might also mean the clip is at the shortest length allowed by i. Movie, which is 0.1 seconds.

If you move your cursor over the purple line you will get some text about the clip like “Excessive shake” or “Group, wide shot” which comes from the clip analysis i, and movie does. You have to select View – Show Skimmer Info first. The text will then appear above your cursor as you move it over the line.

What happened to the old iMovie version of iPhoto?

If working on a project, and you click iphoto and go into an event for example. And add a picture, the older imovie version use to put a green check mark on that picture in the iphoto event. That doesn’t happen anymore.