Apple iMovie HD Manuel d'utilisateur télécharger pdf (Page 9)

When you choose Paste Over at

Playhead, iMovie HD uses as

much footage from your cutaway

clip as is needed to ﬁll the

region you highlighted. For

example, if the cutaway clip is

ﬁve seconds long and you high

lighted a three-second region

with the crop markers, iMovie

HD uses the ﬁrst three seconds

of the cutaway clip.

On the other hand, if the cut

away clip isn’t long enough—

if you highlight ﬁve seconds but

your cutaway clip is only three

seconds long—you’ll have a gap

in the timeline. If there’s sufﬁ

cient footage in the cutaway clip,

you can extend the clip to ﬁll the

gap by dragging its right edge.

(The one exception to the previ

ous paragraph occurs if your

cutaway clip is a still image.

In this case, iMovie HD simply

extends the length of the still

image to ﬁll the region you

highlighted.)

Whew. Got all that? It’s

actually easier than it sounds.

Experiment with some spare

footage, and you’ll be doing

cutaways in no time.

Cutaway Notes and Tips

Step 5. Mark the Footage

You Want to Replace.

With your primary footage in the timeline,

navigate to the spot where you want the

cutaway to begin (tip: a bookmark can be

a handy way to indicate where you plan

to insert a cutaway). Select the clip in the

timeline, then drag crop markers to indi

cate the area you want to replace.

As you drag the crop markers, iMovie

HD highlights the region that will be

replaced by the cutaway. The cutaway

will be inserted where the yellow bar

starts, and it will end where the yellow

bar ends. iMovie also indi

cates how long the cut

away will be.

iMovie HD mutes the

audio of the cutaway

clip so you don’t hear it.

iMovie HD extracts the

audio from the primary

clip and puts it in Audio

Track 1.

iMovie HD pastes the

cutaway footage into

the timeline, beginning

at the location of the

ﬁrst crop marker.

The pushpin icons indicate the audio

is locked to the video above it. If you

move the video, the audio moves

along with it, maintaining synchroni

zation between sound and picture.

Step 6. Insert the Cutaway.

Choose Paste Over at Playhead from

the Advanced menu (Shift-

1-V).

A cutaway is a common video-production

technique. Think of Barbara Walters

nodding solemnly while Fabio describes

what kind of tree he’d like to be. Or

maybe the video changes to show a

close-up of Grandma’s garden as she

talks about it. To create edits like these,

use the Advanced menu’s Paste Over at

Playhead command.

Try it yourself. Want to experiment

with cutaways? Go to www.macilife.

com/imovie and download the Cutaway

Example Footage archive. Double-click

the archive after downloading it, then

open the folder named Cutaway Footage

and read the instructions inside.

Step 1. Get Your Shots

Begin planning cutaway shots when

shooting your video. After Grandma

talks about her garden, shoot some

close-ups of the plants she talked

about. While you’re shooting the school

play, grab a couple of shots of the audi

ence laughing or clapping. Or after

you’ve shot an interview, move the cam

era to shoot a few seconds of the inter

viewer nodding. (In TV news, this kind

of shot is called a noddie.)

Tip: Still have an old VHS or 8mm

camcorder? Dust it off, pop it on a tri

pod, and use it to shoot short cutaway

shots. Dub the footage to your miniDV

camcorder, then import it into iMovie

HD. The video quality won’t match

exactly, but your viewers may never

notice. And your cutaways will be

authentic rather than staged.

Step 2. Set Up for the Edit

With your footage imported, you’re ready

to set up for the edit. With cutaway

shots, you retain the audio from the

primary clip and discard the audio from

the cutaway shot. iMovie HD does this

for you: choose Preferences from the

iMovie HD menu, click the General but

ton, and be sure the Extract Audio

When Using “Paste Over at Playhead”

box is checked.

Step 3. Crop the Cutaway.

Using the crop markers as described on

page 228, crop the cutaway footage so

that it begins at the ﬁrst frame you want

to use as the cutaway. Don’t bother

specifying the exact end of the cutaway

at this point—you’ll do that in Step 5.

Step 4. Copy the Cutaway.

In the Clips pane, select the cutaway and

choose Copy from the Edit menu (

1-C).

Another way to cutaway

. For those

times when you want precise control

over the contents of the cutaway clip,

use a different technique to insert the

cutaway. In Step 3, crop the cutaway clip

to the exact length you want it to be.

Copy the cropped clip to the Clipboard,

then position the playhead at the spot

where you want to insert it—don’t high

light an area with the crop markers.

Now choose Paste Over at Playhead.

iMovie HD pastes the entire cutaway clip,

replacing an equal amount of footage

in the timeline.

Creating Cutaways

Make sure your

primary and cut

away footage exist

as separate clips.

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