
You may eventually be in an editing situation where you want to replace existing video in the Timeline, but keep the audio of the original clip. When you use color clips for a transition, add a “Cross Dissolve” or a “Fade In” and “Fade Out” transition to either side This prevents clips from moving around and getting out of sync with Scene, paste the new video in place of the color clip. After you've had time to record the missing Place a 15-secondĬolor clip in the spot where you need video, then edit the rest of the movie. Instance, if you're making a music video, you may have an idea for one section of music that's 15 seconds long. You can use color clips as placeholders in the Timeline until you get the video footage you want for a particular scene. But the color clips are not visible in Timeline View-switch to Clip View to see and modify them. iMovie automatically creates a color clip to fill In the Timeline, drag two clips apart to create a blank space between them. Replace black color spaces between two clips. “Reverse Direction” checkbox in the Effects pane, then click “Apply.”Ĭreate color clips to use as transitions between scenes, as backgrounds for titles or captions, as artistic elements, or to To reverse a clip's direction, select the clip, then from the Effects pane choose the “Fast/Slow/Reverse” Effect.

In the Finder sheet that drops down from iMovie's title bar, name the file, select a file format from the pop-up menu ( JPEG or PICT), and choose a location in which to save the file.


Select the clip segment to which you want to add an effect, then choose an effect from the Effects pane.
