If you already have a project open in iMovie, then you’ll need to tap Done > Projects, to get back to the Projects screen before you can follow the steps above. When you open up iMovie on your phone, you should be taken to the Projects screen where you’ll see a list of all of the projects you’ve created. But because there’s not much more you can do with that feature, we’re going to focus the article on working on a Movie. The latter is a fun feature that puts a few clips together into a Hollywood-style movie trailer.

Remove audio: detach the audio you don’t want from the video and delete it.Īfter you download iMovie from the App Store and open it for the first time, you’ll get a prompt asking you to choose between working on a Movie or a Trailer.

Add music or sounds: add background music or audio to enhance your videos.Add a filter: add certain video filters that give your clips special effects or color them differently.Add titles: put fun text on your videos to help set up the video, like when or where it was filmed.Add transitions: add a dissolve, wipe, or a simple fade in between video clips.Adjust the speed of a clip: make your clip go faster or slower.Trim a clip: shorten the length of your videos either starting them later or ending them earlier.Split a clip: cut a video into two separate clips.Once you have a project opened and your clip(s) imported, you’ll see buttons to: But if this is your first time opening either version of iMovie, all the options and tools might seem overwhelming. If you’re at all familiar with iMovie on your Mac then the iOS version will probably feel very similar to you. What can you do with iMovie’s editing tools? Keep reading, and we’ll go over some of the basics of you can do with this native editing app.

Sure, your iPhone can film incredible videos, but what do you do with them afterwards? How do you edit these videos a little more than just trimming them down or how do you string a couple of clips together to make one video? That’s where iMovie comes in.

Using imovie on ipad