If your object is stationary or the green screen didn't quite make it to the edges of the video clip you can crop the area used to green screen. Click the SpaceBar to play the video from the current location. Your green screen footage will now automatically be overlayed on the background clip. Select Green Screen from the popup menu that appears. Next select a portion of the green screen video you would like to overlay on your background clip by clicking and then dragging the mouse pointer from the start to the end of the desired clip.ĭrag this clip from the bottom event window and drop it on top of the background clip already in your timeline. Select a portion of the video you would like to use as your background by clicking and then dragging the mouse pointer from the start to the end of the desired clip.ĭrag the selected background clip from the bottom event window to the project timeline at the top. Notice you now have more tools in the iMovie Project window. Notice the two clips will be added to your project.Ĭlick Preferences from the iMovie menu at the top of the screen.įrom the General tab of the iMovie Preferences window check the Show Advanced Tools box then close the window. Select the two movies file from your hard drive and click the Import button. If asked to select a resolution choose the desired size then click the OK button.

IMovie will now display your new blank project. iMovie is available as a free download for the iPhone and iPad from the App Store.Give the Project a name then click the Create button.

From now on you'll have to save movies to iCloud Photos in order to watch them on other devices. However, it also spells the end of direct-to-iMovie Theater sharing. The update also introduces ClassKit support, allowing students to deliver video assignments to teachers via the Schoolwork app. In fact, still image management has gotten better overall, with the introduction of photo overlays to create picture-in-picture and split screen effects. The 80 new soundtracks - which automatically adjust to match the length of your film - cover a range of genres, including pop, chill and action, and you can now drop in still images with transparent backgrounds for use as logo or graphic overlays. With this, you can easily remove and edit the background of anything shot in front of a green (or blue) screen, and adjust the effect with a 4-point mask and strength slider. The update's headline feature is undoubtedly the green screen effect - something already widely available in other video editing apps, so it's about time Apple brought it to iMovie. Its latest update for iMovie for iOS - out today - comes with a new green screen effect, better still image support, 80 new soundtracks, graphic overlays and more.

It looks like Apple is taking the casual filmmaker a little more seriously.

How to use green screen on imovie