Types of special effects you can apply to video and photos
iMovie includes several tools for adding special effects to video and photos in your projects.…

Adjust colors, brightness, contrast, and other image qualities in photos and video
With the tools in iMovie you can adjust the image quality—including levels of black and…

Slow down or speed up video
Using the inspector: In the Project browser, double-click a video clip, or select more than…

Reverse video or apply a rewind or instant replay effect
To reverse video: When you reverse video, its length stays the same; it plays at…

Enhance the look of video or photos with video effects
iMovie has several video effects you can apply to instantly change the look of video…

Add a cutaway clip
A cutaway clip is a video clip you paste over another, usually related, clip in…

Add a picture-in-picture clip
A picture-in-picture clip is a clip of video that plays in a small window on…

Add a side-by-side clip
A side-by-side clip creates a split-screen effect, showing two different video clips playing next to…

Use a green-screen or blue-screen effect to superimpose video
You can record video in front of a green or blue backdrop, and then “cut…

Add interesting visual treatments to the ends of video clips
To “flash and hold” the last frame of a clip or frame range: This special…