PE_1 iMovie

As opened the iMovie’11 tutorial on the Lynda.com website I was excited and at the same time overwhelmed. This was a long tutorial. The feeling of being overwhelmed quickly vanished. As I began to watch  I remembered why I love using iMovie, and why it is such a great program for my students.

The information about the importing of videos was really enlightening. I began watching with the attitude, well I know all this, to arriving at the Aha moment that I really did not know all of this. It was quite humbling. I knew this experience was going to take my iMovie skills to a new level and I could not wait to watch another video tutorial.

Newly acquired knowledge is inspiring. Now I know that when I use iMovie the video footage or still photos that I previously shot can be imported into my current project.  I did not have any idea that if someone emails me video footage that it can also be imported into iMovie. These new found skills will improve the quality of my videos, and I am excited to get filming.

Another video tutorial that was so awesome was the one about rating clips. Anyone who has shot video has experienced the problem of useless footage. Now I know that I can rate the clips that are good and that I will use in a project as favorites. The other unwanted clips, in Garrick’s words are the reject clips, and can be deleted. This ability saves time when you are creating a video, and also helps keep the hard drive free from unwanted material.

 This has been a good use of my time. I am taking a break and then its back to Lynda to learn more exciting ways to use iMovie. I might take a few moments to actually do some editing before I get back to Lynda. I can't resist the temptation to just try a few newly found skills.