Following a Moving Subject With an Arrow or Circle in iMovie

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  • Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
  • macmost.com/e-2231 If you want to have an arrow, circle or other graphic follow a subject or object in a video in iMovie, you'll need to first create the graphic, and then use picture-in-picture and the keyframe animation tools in iMovie to guide the graphic throughout the video action.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 197

  • @zedgarden
    @zedgarden 7 місяців тому +5

    thank you man, finally an excellent Imovie motion tracking video tutorial made by an adult who speaks clearly. I was nearly giving up my search as the only things coming up on google were total garbage. Thank you again!

  • @davidseibert5268
    @davidseibert5268 3 роки тому +20

    Phenomenal. Your timing is perfect. This is precisely what I need for a video I’m working on. You are an absolute gem of a resource. Thank you so much.

  • @handiman5
    @handiman5 3 роки тому +24

    Gary, you are the absolute best! Not only the technical know how, but more importantly, you KNOW HOW TO TEACH IT!! Thank you.

  • @Peace-for-the-world
    @Peace-for-the-world 3 роки тому +4

    Thank you Gary, your videos are awesome!

  • @ElectricWaves
    @ElectricWaves 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much for this walkthrough! Helped me tremendously!

  • @ralesandro
    @ralesandro 2 роки тому

    Excellent step by step to create transparent shapes. Thank you!

  • @franciscoknopik185
    @franciscoknopik185 2 роки тому

    Gary, you are my favorite teacher! Thank you for your patient presentations, there is just so much to learn!

  • @yamintoel7635
    @yamintoel7635 3 роки тому +5

    This is what I have been looking for. Thank you gary the great job

  • @hritvikjain__3594
    @hritvikjain__3594 3 роки тому +2

    AMAZING Gary!! Keep up the good work

  • @BenJett
    @BenJett 3 місяці тому

    Thank you, these videos are so well done. Everything is explained clearly and at just the right pace. Your work is appreciated!!

  • @djebless3225
    @djebless3225 2 роки тому

    AWESOME video. Step by step process and I was able to emulate. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

  • @terrymccann1125
    @terrymccann1125 2 роки тому

    This is exactly what I was looking to do for my son's hockey videos. Great, simply explanation. Thank you.

  • @diamondpaintingwiththebesties
    @diamondpaintingwiththebesties 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much! This is exactly what I needed! So easy to follow

  • @southbear123
    @southbear123 2 роки тому

    Great video. Very clear explanation. Thank you very much.

  • @iftekharuddin
    @iftekharuddin 3 роки тому

    Thanks for this video! Great explanations.

  • @davidhavemann9303
    @davidhavemann9303 3 роки тому +1

    This is amazing. I can't believe that these tools come built in with an Apple computer. It just takes someone like you to dig them out!

  • @canalwriting4723
    @canalwriting4723 2 роки тому

    Perfect video on the topic! Thank you. 🙏

  • @joeclifton-eo5xk
    @joeclifton-eo5xk 10 місяців тому

    Great tutorial. Thank you!

  • @BikeIntelligencer
    @BikeIntelligencer 3 роки тому

    Wow, a UA-cam video that’s not only accurate and complete but I actually learned something! Thanks for your generosity in sharing…

  • @debiduenkel8638
    @debiduenkel8638 6 місяців тому

    Thank you for this. You're a great teacher.

  • @PowerPlayerSam
    @PowerPlayerSam Рік тому +1

    You can use a semi transparent texture with this to make a spot shadow! Helped a ton.

  • @jogabonito1.1
    @jogabonito1.1 3 роки тому

    This video is awesome! Thank you for sharing, it has helped me out a lot.

  • @BobbinTalk
    @BobbinTalk 3 роки тому

    Great tutorial! I would've never thought to use keynote to make the symbol! Thank you!

  • @bethellwood2902
    @bethellwood2902 Рік тому

    This worked perfectly thank you so much!!

  • @seanhendrie5335
    @seanhendrie5335 2 роки тому

    The only helpful video on this topic I have watched, thanks man

  • @pleaseplantme-lawnmowingse3859
    @pleaseplantme-lawnmowingse3859 3 роки тому +1

    Much value here my friend. Thank you

  • @HookCircle
    @HookCircle 2 роки тому

    Awesome, thank you for this great tutorial!

  • @jiannashaju7700
    @jiannashaju7700 2 роки тому

    Omg tysm!! I'm new to ur channel but this thing has totally helped me! Tysmm!!!

  • @user-th3yx4jn2r
    @user-th3yx4jn2r 9 місяців тому

    Thank you! This was just what I needed. Phew!

  • @vsm330
    @vsm330 9 місяців тому

    This is fabulous! Thank you!

  • @TheUnapologeticKnitter
    @TheUnapologeticKnitter Рік тому

    Champion video! Thank you!

  • @adityadarekar5497
    @adityadarekar5497 5 місяців тому

    Thank You so much for this!

  • @iyofujita438
    @iyofujita438 Рік тому

    Thank you so much for your great tutorial. I learned a lot, and I could teach my son how to do it very efficiently.

  • @TC4HGV
    @TC4HGV 3 роки тому

    Thank you! Really helped me out !!

  • @pizzaicecreamOG
    @pizzaicecreamOG Місяць тому

    really useful. Thank you!

  • @williamwalksTO
    @williamwalksTO Рік тому

    Great tutorial video!

  • @naylor2006
    @naylor2006 Рік тому

    Thank you, was editing a video in iMovie and as well all know iMovie is kinda great but is missing some key onscreen features, this was a perfect guide to help me get an arrow onto my 'movie'.

  • @marjoriecollado78
    @marjoriecollado78 27 днів тому

    Thank you so much for the help, Sir.

  • @eyeojo
    @eyeojo 3 роки тому +1

    Wow, pretty slick!

  • @danieltan513
    @danieltan513 2 роки тому

    Wonderful. Thank you!

  • @Jstroke615
    @Jstroke615 Рік тому

    You are the master! Thank you!

  • @pleaseplantme-lawnmowingse3859
    @pleaseplantme-lawnmowingse3859 3 роки тому +2

    I had to comment again. I was just thinking how you just changed the game for me and what’s capable with iMovie. I’ve had premier pro however I’m able to produce quality videos simply with iMovie now I can take that even further. Thanks again for the keynote tips/ no fill etc. great stuff thanks for taking the time and uploading really appreciate this !

  • @marke2401
    @marke2401 3 роки тому

    Thank you Gary!

  • @FlameVR7
    @FlameVR7 Рік тому

    I am a very small and new youtuber so this is very educational and great for me.Thank you so much

  • @gizmoitus
    @gizmoitus Рік тому

    Thanks, great video that was very helpful for me. I had some issues understanding how to get the keyframe window to appear. You have to click on the image you are overlaying, then on the video overlay settings (after you've changed to picture in picture) however, on my macbook pro, the control appears inside the actual video preview window in the top left corner. I think this is because i had a 4k widescreen video and your sample video wasn't widescreen, which gave the impression that the controls would be separate.

  • @garyrussell8222
    @garyrussell8222 Рік тому

    You sir; just gained a sub! Much appreciated

  • @prodis15
    @prodis15 Рік тому

    Thanks for sharing it.

  • @markmitros
    @markmitros 2 місяці тому

    Wow! Thank you!

  • @kunaldutt
    @kunaldutt Рік тому

    Amazing man! Posting a video today using this tutorial :)

  • @nigelcarren
    @nigelcarren Рік тому

    Mate, you are the best! Thank you 🇬🇧🏆🇺🇲

  • @DilshadDilliwala
    @DilshadDilliwala 3 роки тому

    Thanks for valuable information👌

  • @SupriyoGhatak
    @SupriyoGhatak Рік тому

    excellent video , what I wanted . thanks a lot

  • @rockchan9677
    @rockchan9677 3 роки тому

    Awesome video sir!!!

  • @alicewood3064
    @alicewood3064 3 роки тому

    thank you so much this video is perfect

  • @softech4335
    @softech4335 3 роки тому

    great thanks for this tutorial

  • @islamicinsights101
    @islamicinsights101 3 роки тому

    thanks for letting us know about that Gary

  • @ChinaAl
    @ChinaAl 2 роки тому

    OH wonderful. This is so cool. Just what I need. Thanks

    • @ChinaAl
      @ChinaAl 2 роки тому

      It works! Wow! except my circle got cut in half somehow. I'm working on it.

  • @Hojatikarate
    @Hojatikarate Рік тому

    I wanted to thank you for your tutorial. My daughter is on a soccer team, and I wanted to send a video to recruiters. This was the perfect thing for the video.

    • @macmost
      @macmost  Рік тому

      Been there. In fact I used this technique for the same purpose (well, Field Hockey).

  • @Unit13FREMSLT
    @Unit13FREMSLT 2 роки тому

    Awesome, thank you!

  • @TalmSawyer
    @TalmSawyer 3 роки тому

    a-freaking-mazing! thank you!

  • @sgm7788
    @sgm7788 2 роки тому

    Great job

  • @rodkelly3525
    @rodkelly3525 2 роки тому

    Thanks a lot dude 👍🏾 👌🏾 ✅

  • @huardjonathandale3488
    @huardjonathandale3488 11 місяців тому

    thank you!!

  • @MrSoloDev
    @MrSoloDev Рік тому

    This is awesome

  • @carlosprovyrivera8522
    @carlosprovyrivera8522 3 роки тому +1

    Gary great job with this tutorial. I’m an occasional iMovie user but was never aware of ‘key frames’. Do you have another tutorial which explains this in depth with more examples when to use? Thx and keep up the excellent work!!

    • @macmost
      @macmost  3 роки тому +1

      See ua-cam.com/video/cSviJFKRpb0/v-deo.html

  • @thewildman4300
    @thewildman4300 4 місяці тому

    Very informative! Quick question is there any way to disable the yellow line that tries to orient the arrow when I'm near the middle between keyframes

  • @platinumspi03
    @platinumspi03 7 місяців тому

    this is amazing thank you so much. I was wondering if you had a video on how to do this on an iphone using iMovie

    • @macmost
      @macmost  7 місяців тому

      You need to use iMovie for Mac to do this.

  • @KilpatrickBaumpflege
    @KilpatrickBaumpflege 2 місяці тому

    Legend thanks !!!

  • @TRAVELSTUCK
    @TRAVELSTUCK 2 роки тому

    Thanks a lot .

  • @planereality3675
    @planereality3675 28 днів тому

    Thank you.

  • @CescoCDN
    @CescoCDN 3 роки тому

    Another great video to be saved.
    Gary, is this the method used when, say in a News show clip, they'll have a circle around a person of interest while the rest of the scene is darkened?

    • @macmost
      @macmost  3 роки тому

      I doubt any news station is using iMovie. They are probably using Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premier, or some other pro-level software.

  • @nayanpatel7037
    @nayanpatel7037 Рік тому

    thx so much

  • @HiFiInsider
    @HiFiInsider 3 роки тому

    great video

  • @10club_cc
    @10club_cc 2 роки тому

    Hi Gary, great video, and wonderful timing to find this since I was looking to do this for football highlight videos.. One more advanced question.. rather than an arrow to highlight a player, how could I add a .GIF of something like a flaming circle? The idea being "that player is heating up" or "all eyes on this guys" while players are at line of scrimmage..

    • @macmost
      @macmost  2 роки тому

      Just drag a GIF file into Keynote and it should work. Then use it instead of the shape.

  • @FLIXY_BOII
    @FLIXY_BOII 2 роки тому

    VERY helpful, but I have one question... How do I put more than one arrow on the screen at once?

  • @ajp.9997
    @ajp.9997 2 роки тому

    Do you have a tutorial for the same but using keynote on iPhone and iMovie also

  • @samiqbal
    @samiqbal Рік тому

    Amazing info. I need to make a 6 min soccer video for college

  • @nayanpatel7037
    @nayanpatel7037 Рік тому

    U R Amazing!!!!

  • @donrobinson2452
    @donrobinson2452 3 роки тому

    Hi Gary. You have saved me countless hours of experimentation. I was wondering how you created the spiraling train of moving images of programs in the introduction of your videos. They're moving, but in curves. By the way, I have FCP as well as iMovie. Thanks!

    • @macmost
      @macmost  3 роки тому +2

      It is an animation I created in Keynote. Not a simple one either, it took hours to get it right.

    • @donrobinson2452
      @donrobinson2452 3 роки тому

      macmostvideo Thanks Gary. Unlike us, you didn’t have YOU to figure stuff out for you. Many thanks 😎

  • @carpediem4413
    @carpediem4413 2 роки тому

    Can I do this using a slightly animated spotlight beam gif (to make bottom circle cycle a bit) with circle at bottom/player (like a spotlight from above that follows the player in a hockey video game)?

    • @macmost
      @macmost  2 роки тому

      You can't use an Animated GIF.

  • @marcocipriano5922
    @marcocipriano5922 10 місяців тому

    Hi! thanks for your video!
    Is there any way to use different transition animations between one keyframe and the other? for instance if the transition between one keyframe and the other is very abrupt, one would like to have a very short fading between the previous position of the image

    • @macmost
      @macmost  10 місяців тому

      Not quite sure what you are after here from that description, but play around with the transitions in iMovie to see what they each do.

    • @marcocipriano5922
      @marcocipriano5922 10 місяців тому

      Thanks for your answer :) I think all I needed is to set keyframes right before and after each of my target's moves to avoid any smooth animation. I was working on a gif with a low FPS and the movement of the following item looked like "dancing" around my target rather than following it

  • @joannayyc1
    @joannayyc1 Рік тому

    Well explained! One question. How do I hide the arrow for two seconds of the screen and then have it reappear again later ? I can’t seem to be be able to split the arrow bar 😅

    • @macmost
      @macmost  Рік тому

      You'll need two separate picture-in-pictures, with a gap in-between.

  • @coach_yo
    @coach_yo 2 роки тому

    Awesome, does this work the same for iOS version as well?

    • @macmost
      @macmost  2 роки тому

      No, I don't think you can do this in iMovie for iOS.

  • @williepoching6088
    @williepoching6088 3 роки тому

    Thank you Gary. Question. Can you add another arrow or can you only have the single one?

  • @baileythomas4653
    @baileythomas4653 2 роки тому

    Awesome video. But for some reason I am unable to clear the background colour. The option to export image without background doesn’t show up. Any idea why?

    • @macmost
      @macmost  2 роки тому

      Make sure you have set the background of every slide to none.

  • @michaelgordon2009
    @michaelgordon2009 Рік тому

    This is such a great video, thanks. I created my arrow in Keynote and brought it into iMovie and placed it over my daughter's head, but when the video plays, the arrow moves up the screen on its own. How do I make it stop doing that? Thanks!

    • @macmost
      @macmost  Рік тому

      Just review what you are doing, frame by frame. Watch the video again as I explain each step to make this work.

  • @Ironmantadio
    @Ironmantadio Рік тому

    Thanks for the great video, but I kept having a problem with the Keynote arrow & the key frame. As I got further and further along in the video (I'd use the right arrow and go ahead 7 frames...5 was just taking forever), the arrow that I made in Keynote kept getting smaller and smaller. This went on until all I had left was the arrow head and no line at all behind it. Do you know why it did this and how I can fix it? Thanks for posting this; I plan to look at more of your really informative videos.

    • @macmost
      @macmost  Рік тому

      Maybe you were grabbing it in such a way that you were scaling it too?

    • @PowerPlayerSam
      @PowerPlayerSam Рік тому

      Haha... 5 months late but I think you have it set to "Ken Burns" (which is default) change it in the crop icon (set to fill)

  • @brett123
    @brett123 3 роки тому

    Maybe some apple motion tutorials would be great if possible.

  • @greerdenhouter7608
    @greerdenhouter7608 Рік тому +1

    This tutorial helped so much, thank you! However, I’m having 1 issue. After I put my arrow in, the arrow is slowly sliding up and down on the screen instead of staying in one place. The shape is slowly moving instead of staying still. Can you help with that?

    • @macmost
      @macmost  Рік тому

      Looks like you simply have a keyframe there. Look for that extra keyframe and remove it, or start again.

  • @GraftingTactick
    @GraftingTactick 3 роки тому

    Top shelf work👍👌
    Very informative content my friend
    #graftingtactick

  • @bigwoo9656
    @bigwoo9656 2 роки тому

    How do you get the folder

  • @widlyman5097
    @widlyman5097 Рік тому

    KING STATUS

  • @maryellensheedy7000
    @maryellensheedy7000 Рік тому

    How would I draw the objects path? I would like a line that traces motion.

    • @macmost
      @macmost  Рік тому

      You can't in iMovie. Depending on your needs you may be able to use Keynote. ua-cam.com/video/QdPb6PB4GBs/v-deo.html

  • @lKhaight
    @lKhaight 3 місяці тому

    I followed this and it was a huge help, but I'm having problems with the arrow eventually disappearing. I noticed that when I use the arrows to tab forward five frames I start to loose it. How can I stop this forming happening? I go from a full size arrow at the beginning of the clip to at the end of a video clip just the tip of the arrow.

    • @macmost
      @macmost  3 місяці тому

      You just have to be careful when you set the keyframes. Sounds like you have one past that point that is not where you want it.

  • @tracyhodgedds
    @tracyhodgedds 11 місяців тому +1

    Hi there. I can't seem to get the PNG image to drag to imovie. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

    • @macmost
      @macmost  11 місяців тому

      Where are you dragging it to inside iMovie? Try dragging to the timeline at the bottom.

  • @mr.dieselbouyz7073
    @mr.dieselbouyz7073 3 роки тому

    How to check page layout in Numbers?

  • @voyager333
    @voyager333 10 місяців тому

    No matter how small I make my arrow before adding it to imove, it's too big!? What size should the arrow be? Many thanks.

    • @macmost
      @macmost  10 місяців тому

      Make sure you follow along closely as I show you how to size it once you bring it into iMovie.

  • @turbulencegaming7377
    @turbulencegaming7377 2 роки тому

    had an issue adding multiple without erasing orignal

  • @ericmathison6901
    @ericmathison6901 Рік тому

    For some reason when I go to export the circle image from keynote, I do not have the option to "Export with transparent backgrounds" as was demonstrated in the video. Anyone have an idea why not? Therefore, my circle image is not transparent. I have made sure that "no fill" is selected in the slide format. Help please!

    • @macmost
      @macmost  Рік тому

      The most likely reason, assuming you are not using an old version of Keynote or macOS, is that you have a slide that has the background set to something other than No Fill. It has to be those way for ALL slides.

  • @2RA9
    @2RA9 Рік тому

    Hey Gary can you make a video on how to make circle video in imovies?