Importing

1. Insert your videotape into the VCR.
2. Click on the “iMovie” icon on the desktop.
3. Choose “New Project” from the File menu and save to desktop.
4. Make sure small icon at the bottom left of the screen is set to DV (on the left) and not to Editing (on the right).
5. Hit “Import” once and hit play on the VCR.
6. Drag the video clip to the frame at the bottom of your screen (the small icon at the bottom left of the screen will now move from DV to editing).

Editing

1. You are now in editing mode and can crop the clip to exactly the length you want.
2. Click the arrows beneath the blue bar under the screen and use them to crop your clip as you wish.
3. Choose “Crop” from the Edit menu.
4. Save what you have created with a title on the desktop.

Sharing Your Movie in iDVD

1. Click iDVD icon to open program.
2. Choose “New Project” and save on the desktop.
3. If you’d like, click the Customize button and choose a Theme. (These visuals appear on the menu screen.)
4. If you’d like, create Folders to hold different films (with multiple scenes in each folder).
5. Import your clip by clicking on “Import” in the File menu.
6. Choose the Quick Time format of your film and hit “Burn” twice.
7. Insert your DVD (make sure your DVD is formatted for Mac).
8. Your DVD will automatically begin burning.

Importing Digital Video Footage onto the Computer Using iMovie

1. Connect FireWire to the side of the camera (marked “iDV”) and into the back of the computer.
2. Turn the camera to “VCR.” Insert tape.
3. Open iMovie. Set to the camera switch.
4. Hit “Play” on the side of the camera.
5. Hit “Import” on iMovie. You should see everything displayed on the screen.
6. Switch from “Camera” to “Edit” and drag the movie clips down to the video selection screen bar. To edit, use the bottom arrow keys.

Sharing Your Movie in QuickTime Format on the Web
(using Dreamweaver MX or HTML)

Given: On iMovie, under the Edit menu, you have “exported” your movie to QuickTime in web format.

1. Insert a hyperlink to your .mov file on your webpage. By clicking it, the movie will play in a separate window.
2. Or, if you wish to embed the movie in your webpage such that it plays immediately upon opening the webpage, in a frame on that page, go to Insert, click on Media, select Plugin and choose your .mov file. On the panel at the bottom of the screen, you may align the movie and adjust its size/resolution according to your needs. If you are using HTML, type in the following code: <embed . . .>. Here is an example:

   <embed src="Delicatessen.mov" width="200" height="200"></embed>

3. Or, if you wish to embed the movie in your webpage such that it plays in a frame on that page only when the play button is hit, follow the steps in #2 above, then click on “parameters” on the bottom panel and adjust the parameter to “autostart” and the value to “false.” If you are using HTML, type in the following code: <embed autostart="false" . . .>. Here is an example:

   <embed autostart="false" src="Delicatessen.mov" width="200" height="200"></embed>