iMovie To “flash and hold” the last frame of a clip or frame range:
This special effect adds a brief flash transition between the selected portion of the clip or frame range and its last frame. The last frame is then turned into a still image that remains onscreen for three seconds, but you can change this duration if you want.
In the Project browser, select a single video clip or a frame range.
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Choose Clip > Special Effect > “Flash and Hold Last Frame.”
The Clip menu appears in a light gray bar across the top of your computer screen.
If you have automatic transitions and titles turned on, you need to turn them off. Click the Turn Off Automatic Transitions button in the dialog that appears. You can turn them on again later by choosing File > Project Theme, and then selecting “Automatically add transitions and titles.”
In the Project browser, the video clip is split before the last frame, and a fade-to-white transition icon appears between the two portions of the clip.
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To change how long the still image remains onscreen, double-click the image (the frame that appears after the transition icon in the Project browser).
In the inspector that opens, type a new duration in the Duration field, and then click Done.
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Play back the effect by placing the playhead (the red vertical line) anywhere before where the effect begins in the Project browser and then pressing the Space bar.
Press the Space bar again to stop playback.
You can also change the style of the transition that iMovie added before the still frame. Go to this topic to learn how: Change the style of transitions in a project.
To make part of a clip fade to a visual effect and then fade back to its original state:
In the Project browser, select a frame range.
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Choose Clip > “Fade to” > [option].
The Clip menu appears in a light gray bar across the top of your computer screen.
In the Project browser, the video clip is split into multiple pieces with cross-dissolve transitions between them. The chosen effect (black and white, sepia, dream, and so on) is applied to the frame range you originally selected.
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Play back the effect by placing the playhead (the red vertical line) anywhere before where the effect begins in the Project browser and then pressing the Space bar.
Press the Space bar again to stop playback.
You can change the style of the transitions that iMovie added to your project. Go to this topic to learn how: Change the style of transitions in a project.