Select the title in the timeline, or move the playhead over the title.If you position the title in the center of the clip, the title’s duration is adjusted to appear over the entire clip. If you position the title in the first or last third of the clip, the title’s duration is automatically adjusted to appear in that third of the clip. Drag the title to the timeline, over the clip where you want it to appear.As you drag, a vertical yellow line appears when either end of a title is aligned with either end of a clip. If snapping is turned on (click the View menu and make sure Snapping has a checkmark next to it), the edges of the title align with clip and transition edges. Drag the title to the timeline, above the clip where you want the title to appear.The title is added to your movie at the position of the playhead. In the timeline, position the playhead where you want to add the title, and then double-click the title in the browser.Skim the title thumbnails in the browser to see how they move. Many titles are animated, which means they move on the screen in an interesting way. Browse the titles to find the one you want to use, or use the search field to search for the name of a particular title.If you’ve set a theme for your movie, titles related to the theme appear at the top of the browser. Available title styles appear in the browser. With your movie open in the timeline, select Titles above the browser.No overly techo responses please - I am long time computer literate but total first timer in video editing. If I have totally missed something obvious please let me know as I have pretty much spent the entire day trying to work this out.

Reupload, start again, split, delete, save - all over again every time ? to successfully get 4 5 minute videos out of a 20 minute video ? If I have the two split clips in the bottom viewing part of the screen and I click on one so its got the yellow line around it - then click save > file etc - it keeps saving its as the whole original long video.ĭo I literally have to split, delete, save. I managed to save one clip but only if I deleted the rest.

I am not doing anything fancy - 'Just' splitting long videos into a few shorter ones. Have been watching a lot of YouTube tutorials but they seem to be for far more complex projects. So far I have worked out how to import the video and I did successfully split 1 clip into 2 clips.īUT - I seem to have missed the point regarding saving each of those clips. Have come back from an event with lots of 20 minute videos and want to split them into 5 minute videos. First timer in iMovie as I usually just play with photos.

How to split a clip in imovie