I have watched many, many tutorial videos in making the transition from FCP studio to iMovie 09 and your videos are by far THE BEST!! Yours are easy to understand, fun, interesting and very enjoyable. THANK YOU !!
Mike, so happy I found your videos for iMovie11. I've searched and looked at many and yours are superb----a cut above the rest! You are a natural teacher --- clearly stated advice and just the right amount of additional "sidebar details & explanation". In addition, your On-screen "video ilustrations " perfectly correlate with your narrative and this does not always happen in even the best tutorials. Pacing,the right balance of repetition/testing your viewers, humor & your great personality , etc make for A++ work. Bravo (!!!) And many thanks!
Thankyou! thankyou! thankyou! I’ve been sitting here staring at the iMovie interface for days feeling very overwhelmed I couldn’t even figure out how to rotate my movie. Now I feel very confident to start editing my first tutorial.
My boo and I are kindergarteners when it comes to making movies and you are the BEST teacher EVER -- we are so excited now to start making our first Christmas card/movie together! Ours is an old Mac too. We have lots of photos we're using in our iMovie so we'll be searching for your tutorial on that next. But this first video is SO good, SO clear, SO energized! THANK you!
How do you convert your iMovie 9.0.9 to the next version. I'm now on OS 10.14.6 Mojave and when I opened the blue iMovie icon 10.1.14, it asked is I wanted to "update Projects and Events." When I clicked "Update," iMovie crashed. How do I update iMovie Projects and Events into the new iMovie Library?
Thanks for the great video Mike. I just recently bought a GoPro Hero 9 and have this late 2011 macbook with iMovie and wanted to do some editing. It seems that some of my videos from GoPro won't play in iMovie. What is the maximum resolution and fps that I can import into iMovie? thanks for the help
Stunning Mike!! I bought a manual but wish I had seen your video first. You explain and illustrate everything so easily it inspires me to "get on with it" and create. Many thanks from the UK.
This is a really good tutorial. Thank you! One question: when I drag an image in, it doesnt show up in the view - it's black. It wasn't doing it and now it is so not sure how to fix it. Thanks much for any help you can provide.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! I was humbled to be able to purchase a MacBook Pro, but I didn't realize that I had a very old model. Between you and someone else on UA-cam who has told me how to download the iMovie 9.0.9 I would have felt this purchase was a waste. So, I really do thank you for this. And you have explained the mechanics very well. 30 minutes was very much worth it!
Thanks for all your knowledge! This is helping as I got a MacBook Pro 2012. I am getting error messages when I try to save my project and upload it though. Can you please cover this or help me? Thanks!
thank you so much I had no idea how to use this thing! I had a 2011 mac I think and the disc died on it so I had to get a new mac. I had to get this app because the newer IMovie wouldn't download on this old 2009 mac thank you so much!
Dude Mike thank you so much I just got iMovie nine on my old Mac high sierra and you just showed me everything I needed to know I opened it up and didn’t even know how to use it because I have a new iPhone and it looks completely different I appreciate your tutorial So much you got my like and my subscription
Thank you 🙏🏼 my hubby gave me this 10 years ++ Mac labtop and I still need to learn so much more from it. Your video was very helpful and Pls do the tutorials for how to export the file to desktop and put on social media. STAY SAFE 🙏🏼✌🏻
i am so grateful for this easy to follow tutorial, i learned so much. you are very well spoken, you don't speak too fast, and i absolutely love the dad jokes. such a great teacher! i wish i had you as my undergrad professor, i wouldn't have given up on technology lol.
Well done. I am working with an iPad Air Gen 4 256gig, that has iMovie pre-installed. I would like to do music videos, playing and showing several instruments at once. I see others like me sending in videos to a virtual open mic web site, that do this. Is this possible in iMovie? Recommend other better suited apps? Thank you very much for what you do, Dan Fehrer...
Mike, Thank You for the lesson, I thought I had the newest version, (v10.1.14), it does not have all the audio tools yours does, I specifically need the GRAPHIC EQUALIZER, where/ how did you get 11? And may I ask what OS your iMac is running, I have Mojave ….. Thank You. God Bless
@@mikesytes THANK YOU BROTHER MAN!! Trying to do some videos of my church group with 3 cameras, and a board mix. The board mix is , well... a board mix, I have two overheads that let you hear the room sound which is awesome, its just hot @ 5k / God Bless /Dave
@@mikesytes Great!!, I was there at 10 years old with Eddie LeBaron at QB, & Landry's first year, after 92/93/95, its been rough sledding, I was kinda hoping they'd pull Dez Bryant back for 1 more year but CeeDee Lamb ended that. Hopefully with a new coach, something better than 8-8 awaits us. ( if they play over the virus thing... ) >>
HELLO MIKE, AWESOME TUTORIAL, BUT STILL CAN'T MAKE PICTURES (SCREENSHOTS) APPEAR ON MY IMOVIE TIMELINE, CORRECTION, I DRAG THE SCREENSHOTS TO THE TIMELINE BUT WHEN I PLAY THE MOVIE, THEY APPEAR IN BLACK ALL DURATION OF THE SCREENSHOTS, WHAT CAN I DO TO DRAG AND SEE PICTURES?
Thank you for this, Mike! I have owned Mac laptops since 2010, and today was the first time I have ever opened iMovie. Your tutorial has been a great help in getting me started--you teach at the perfect rate (neither tortoise nor hare :), and you explain things well. Thanks again!
great. i found this method in several places and all gave me without option to share, it even has no audio. cant save and seems apple knows! i tried to update, apple shows its the most current? funny? any update? I have a new mbp but since my macmini is still great, i really want this ver to run on the mini and at least save or export the video it created.
Hi Mike ! Question for you ? How can I put a photo in my IMovie 9.0 ...... ,11 I dump it in my library and I can see it but when I play the hole thing ( movie ), the picture is black and does't appear...I just need it !!!! Thanks in advance !
Hi Mike. I am potting together a documentary for a football team and each player has sent me videos to insert/edit. Problem is that some of them are portrait size, other landscape. Obviously landscape is best. I have changed some with crop/Ken Burns, but on some it doesn't work, the face is too big! I want to use the "blur' device on each side of the portrait size letter-box. How do I do that on 9.0.9?
Please, sir, I'm trying to bring an iPhone video from my MacBook pro to iMovie 9.0.9 and it keeps saying error. I would really appreciate any tips, thanks so much. Marc.
click on the purple and not the gold ? what does this mean? (edit): I just found out because i watched your other video now!! Unfortunately i didn't find this before spending 35 US on a disc of ilife
You move pretty fast through all this. I've never used the app before and had difficulty keeping up with you. But I like your style and approach, so I'd like to stick with you as a teacher.
This helps a lot, thanks. I am working on an older Mac Pro, stuck to OS X 10.11 due to software and hardware evolution. I used to work a lot in Final Cut Pro, but the version I have of that program won't run on my current Mac and I can't buy the version intended for El Capitan. So, for a couple of music video projects I'm working on iMovie has to be my tool. Thanks again.
Can you Please tell me how to copy and paste or extend my videos and music? I make meditation videos and I copy and paste minute long clips that take me hours cause my videos are 5 hrs long. Is there a way to shorten and speed up this process. Thank You in advance.
Hi Sytes! You helped me get iMovie running and got me editing again, but I'm running into "error -2191" during movie export and QuickTime export crashes after 4 minutes. Got any tips?
Question: I have audio that is 10 min 3 seconds. I set my image still to that, but it reverts to 9 min 59 seconds. I tried adding more time, to no avail. What am I doing wrong? Thanks
Humorous and great value. Idkw but I've watched at least a handful of these videos trying to get my first upload on yt but I can never apply those to myself. I did all these instructions with you and wanted to say the video is packed with the basics to get a beginner started.
Thanks for taking the time to respond! Won't the 16:9 Aspect Ratio be in the horizontal vs. vertical format, however? Or are you able to rotate it somehow to get it vertical?
thanks for the tutorial, i was really overwhelmed and confused on how to do anything but this helped a lot! edit: It wont allow me to import audio, do you mind helping? edit: Nvm, i was using a .ogg file whitch doesnt work with imovie, i converted the file to .mp3 and it worked
Is it possible to view the audio wavelengths on a song? I can not find where to do that and I would like to have clips change on the beat but I need the wavelengths.
@@mikesytes Thanks but no. It extends the background for an extra amount of time but it doesn't slow down the credits themselves. They just whiz by and then there is an extra blank area for the extra time I added.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. If I may make a request, of all the different vids I have seen I prefer yours. Now the request, an actual beginners tutorial, and when I say beginner I mean baby in diapers beginner. As in my own career I know that learning the very basics is fundamental to learning an entire trade. A tutorial for the person like me that just got their first laptop for the purpose of creating movies as a new hobby. Also I have the black starred version since I seen on a couple of vids that the current version has less features since Apple is pushing final cut pro which is not free so I downloaded the previous version. I would bet my left nut a tutorial for "dummies" would be a big draw. Just a suggestion I enjoy your work, and yes I need some help. Thanks
So saving is kind of shit storm, right? There's a New Events folder. And a Projects folder. imovie thumbnails folder. and god only knows which folder the software saves it! Would you consider a quick file management tutorial before i make a bigger mess than I need to?
I have watched many, many tutorial videos in making the transition from FCP studio to iMovie 09 and your videos are by far THE BEST!! Yours are easy to understand, fun, interesting and very enjoyable. THANK YOU !!
Great video. Other tutorials are dry and boring. I love your style. Easy to understand with a bit of humor. Looking forward to the next part. TU!!
Mike, so happy I found your videos for iMovie11. I've searched and looked at many and yours are superb----a cut above the rest! You are a natural teacher --- clearly stated advice and just the right amount of additional "sidebar details & explanation". In addition, your On-screen "video ilustrations " perfectly correlate with your narrative and this does not always happen in even the best tutorials. Pacing,the right balance of repetition/testing your viewers, humor & your great personality , etc make for A++ work. Bravo (!!!) And many thanks!
Thankyou! thankyou! thankyou! I’ve been sitting here staring at the iMovie interface for days feeling very overwhelmed I couldn’t even figure out how to rotate my movie. Now I feel very confident to start editing my first tutorial.
you're a great teacher ! Thanks man. Is there a way to line up separate audio to sync with the video? or did I miss it in the video?
My boo and I are kindergarteners when it comes to making movies and you are the BEST teacher EVER -- we are so excited now to start making our first Christmas card/movie together! Ours is an old Mac too. We have lots of photos we're using in our iMovie so we'll be searching for your tutorial on that next. But this first video is SO good, SO clear, SO energized! THANK you!
Great tutorial. Just got an Mac Mini after being on PC for two years+. Needed a quick refresher. 'Preciate it.
How do you convert your iMovie 9.0.9 to the next version. I'm now on OS 10.14.6 Mojave and when I opened the blue iMovie icon 10.1.14, it asked is I wanted to "update Projects and Events." When I clicked "Update," iMovie crashed. How do I update iMovie Projects and Events into the new iMovie Library?
Thanks for the great video Mike. I just recently bought a GoPro Hero 9 and have this late 2011 macbook with iMovie and wanted to do some editing. It seems that some of my videos from GoPro won't play in iMovie. What is the maximum resolution and fps that I can import into iMovie? thanks for the help
Stunning Mike!! I bought a manual but wish I had seen your video first. You explain and illustrate everything so easily it inspires me to "get on with it" and create. Many thanks from the UK.
This is a really good tutorial. Thank you! One question: when I drag an image in, it doesnt show up in the view - it's black. It wasn't doing it and now it is so not sure how to fix it. Thanks much for any help you can provide.
Hey Mike, thanks so much for your video! Awesome. Do you have any videos on iMovie 11 to use picture on picture advanced feature? Thanks!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!
I was humbled to be able to purchase a MacBook Pro, but I didn't realize that I had a very old model. Between you and someone else on UA-cam who has told me how to download the iMovie 9.0.9 I would have felt this purchase was a waste. So, I really do thank you for this. And you have explained the mechanics very well. 30 minutes was very much worth it!
will it work for Big Sur? whats the difference from his another imovie 9.0.9 installation video?
Thanks for all your knowledge! This is helping as I got a MacBook Pro 2012. I am getting error messages when I try to save my project and upload it though. Can you please cover this or help me? Thanks!
thank you so much I had no idea how to use this thing! I had a 2011 mac I think and the disc died on it so I had to get a new mac. I had to get this app because the newer IMovie wouldn't download on this old 2009 mac thank you so much!
Mike, this was an excellent tutorial. I have an older MacBook Pro and I needed to find a tutorial on an older version of iMovie. Great job!
Dude Mike thank you so much I just got iMovie nine on my old Mac high sierra and you just showed me everything I needed to know I opened it up and didn’t even know how to use it because I have a new iPhone and it looks completely different I appreciate your tutorial So much you got my like and my subscription
Thank you 🙏🏼 my hubby gave me this 10 years ++ Mac labtop and I still need to learn so much more from it. Your video was very helpful and Pls do the tutorials for how to export the file to desktop and put on social media. STAY SAFE 🙏🏼✌🏻
i am so grateful for this easy to follow tutorial, i learned so much. you are very well spoken, you don't speak too fast, and i absolutely love the dad jokes. such a great teacher! i wish i had you as my undergrad professor, i wouldn't have given up on technology lol.
Well done. I am working with an iPad Air Gen 4 256gig, that has iMovie pre-installed. I would like to do music videos, playing and showing several instruments at once. I see others like me sending in videos to a virtual open mic web site, that do this. Is this possible in iMovie? Recommend other better suited apps? Thank you very much for what you do, Dan Fehrer...
@@mikesytes Thanks, and yes a video would be great...
Thank you for your time going through all the nitty gritty details in the iMovie...I will keep in touch with if you don't mind.
@@mikesytes Your facebook is not accessible...
Great tutorial! is there a way to see rendering process like in final cut?
Thanks Mike! I have had my Mac for 9 years but have not learned imovie... until now!
TKS! I'm from BRAZIL and you do teach. Organized and precisely w/ information. I liked. Thank you very much!
This is extremely helpful. Thank you!
Any chance you know a good spot to download copyright-free sound effects?
Awesome. How do you save the movie and burn to DVD so It can. Play in a regular DVD player .old school.
Mpjeg 2
thank you so much my grandpa passed down his old imac(2012) version and i wanted to edit youtube videos this helped me so much thank you
Mike, Thank You for the lesson, I thought I had the newest version, (v10.1.14), it does not have all the audio tools yours does, I specifically need the GRAPHIC EQUALIZER, where/ how did you get 11? And may I ask what OS your iMac is running, I have Mojave ….. Thank You. God Bless
@@mikesytes THANK YOU BROTHER MAN!!
Trying to do some videos of my church group with 3 cameras, and a board mix. The board mix is , well... a board mix, I have two overheads that let you hear the room sound which is awesome, its just hot @ 5k / God Bless /Dave
@@mikesytes Whoa, you a Cowboy fan too???? Ive been since 1961 !! CeeDee Lamb #88!
@@mikesytes Great!!, I was there at 10 years old with Eddie LeBaron at QB, & Landry's first year, after 92/93/95, its been rough sledding, I was kinda hoping they'd pull Dez Bryant back for 1 more year but CeeDee Lamb ended that. Hopefully with a new coach, something better than 8-8 awaits us. ( if they play over the virus thing... ) >>
HELLO MIKE, AWESOME TUTORIAL, BUT STILL CAN'T MAKE PICTURES (SCREENSHOTS) APPEAR ON MY IMOVIE TIMELINE, CORRECTION, I DRAG THE SCREENSHOTS TO THE TIMELINE BUT WHEN I PLAY THE MOVIE, THEY APPEAR IN BLACK ALL DURATION OF THE SCREENSHOTS, WHAT CAN I DO TO DRAG AND SEE PICTURES?
Thank you for this, Mike! I have owned Mac laptops since 2010, and today was the first time I have ever opened iMovie. Your tutorial has been a great help in getting me started--you teach at the perfect rate (neither tortoise nor hare :), and you explain things well. Thanks again!
Thank You! It's exactly what I need right now.
great. i found this method in several places and all gave me without option to share, it even has no audio. cant save and seems apple knows! i tried to update, apple shows its the most current? funny? any update?
I have a new mbp but since my macmini is still great, i really want this ver to run on the mini and at least save or export the video it created.
Hi Mike ! Question for you ? How can I put a photo in my IMovie 9.0 ...... ,11
I dump it in my library and I can see it but when I play the hole thing ( movie ), the picture is black and does't
appear...I just need it !!!! Thanks in advance !
Hi Mike. I am potting together a documentary for a football team and each player has sent me videos to insert/edit. Problem is that some of them are portrait size, other landscape. Obviously landscape is best. I have changed some with crop/Ken Burns, but on some it doesn't work, the face is too big! I want to use the "blur' device on each side of the portrait size letter-box. How do I do that on 9.0.9?
Great tutorial, I have this version of iMovie on my old Mac and have never used it before, this will help massively, you have a new subscriber 👍
Hi Mike, I like your style, can you please let me know how to put logo into entire or in few video frames ? Please help me out
@@mikesytes I want to make video in which I want to plan put company logo at the right up corner for entire length of video
Can you show us how to import from our photos on our computers to iMovie
Thanks, Great video.
This really helped my son and I who are working on a youtube channel for him.
much appreciated
Please, sir, I'm trying to bring an iPhone video from my MacBook pro to iMovie 9.0.9 and it keeps saying error. I would really appreciate any tips, thanks so much. Marc.
Will these same steps work to get iMovie 10?
click on the purple and not the gold ? what does this mean? (edit): I just found out because i watched your other video now!! Unfortunately i didn't find this before spending 35 US on a disc of ilife
You move pretty fast through all this. I've never used the app before and had difficulty keeping up with you. But I like your style and approach, so I'd like to stick with you as a teacher.
Dude, Great video! You are entertaining and very informative! You have a good vocal quality too. All around, very good tutorial! Thank you!
@@mikesytes Mike, I'm a musician and want to put my music to slide show videos. Do you have a imovie video that will address this?
Thank you Mike! I totally appreciate you!!!
Clear Concise tutorial! You've gained a new subscriber!!!
Great tutorial! Thanks so much for helping with this useful software!
This helps a lot, thanks. I am working on an older Mac Pro, stuck to OS X 10.11 due to software and hardware evolution. I used to work a lot in Final Cut Pro, but the version I have of that program won't run on my current Mac and I can't buy the version intended for El Capitan. So, for a couple of music video projects I'm working on iMovie has to be my tool. Thanks again.
Can you Please tell me how to copy and paste or extend my videos and music? I make meditation videos and I copy and paste minute long clips that take me hours cause my videos are 5 hrs long. Is there a way to shorten and speed up this process. Thank You in advance.
Hi Sytes! You helped me get iMovie running and got me editing again, but I'm running into "error -2191" during movie export and QuickTime export crashes after 4 minutes. Got any tips?
@@mikesytes It was the "Reverse" feature on my clips. Once I removed the feature, I was able to export. Thank you!
Question: I have audio that is 10 min 3 seconds. I set my image still to that, but it reverts to 9 min 59 seconds. I tried adding more time, to no avail. What am I doing wrong? Thanks
Nice Video many thanks you are so professional and helpful thanks a lot you have always my thumbs upand my views and subscrition
Excellent explanation...you are very professional!
Humorous and great value. Idkw but I've watched at least a handful of these videos trying to get my first upload on yt but I can never apply those to myself. I did all these instructions with you and wanted to say the video is packed with the basics to get a beginner started.
Are you able to use the 16 x 9 format to make a vertical video for use in Facebook Advertising?
Thanks for taking the time to respond! Won't the 16:9 Aspect Ratio be in the horizontal vs. vertical format, however? Or are you able to rotate it somehow to get it vertical?
thanks for the tutorial, i was really overwhelmed and confused on how to do anything but this helped a lot!
edit: It wont allow me to import audio, do you mind helping?
edit: Nvm, i was using a .ogg file whitch doesnt work with imovie, i converted the file to .mp3 and it worked
@@mikesytes I will stay tuned!
AMAZING VIDEO. Once in a lifetime youtuber
Mike Sytes
Super cool video tutorial, thanks teacher!!
Is it possible to view the audio wavelengths on a song? I can not find where to do that and I would like to have clips change on the beat but I need the wavelengths.
@@mikesytes Thank you. It worked.
can u tell us how to change iMovie quality into 60 frames per second
This was extremely helpful. Thank you!
Hey Mike! Is there a way that I can slow the credits at the end? They just zip by way too fast! Thanks.
@@mikesytes Thanks but no. It extends the background for an extra amount of time but it doesn't slow down the credits themselves. They just whiz by and then there is an extra blank area for the extra time I added.
@@mikesytes Hello again! What's the diff between events and projects? I am still trying to figure out how to start and where everything is saved. OMG!
Funny guy! Thanks!
It's disappointing that Imovie does have 60fps. Another great video Mike.
You saved me again, this time from a tiny, tiny viewer!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. If I may make a request, of all the different vids I have seen I prefer yours. Now the request, an actual beginners tutorial, and when I say beginner I mean baby in diapers beginner. As in my own career I know that learning the very basics is fundamental to learning an entire trade. A tutorial for the person like me that just got their first laptop for the purpose of creating movies as a new hobby. Also I have the black starred version since I seen on a couple of vids that the current version has less features since Apple is pushing final cut pro which is not free so I downloaded the previous version. I would bet my left nut a tutorial for "dummies" would be a big draw. Just a suggestion I enjoy your work, and yes I need some help. Thanks
Thanks, that was very helpful!
Well done! Clear and understandable! THANKS!
Thank you it was exactly what I was looking for.
So helpful! Thanks Mike!
...thanks!!!! how bout doing that picture-in-picture?!
Thanks for the excellent tutorial.
Great! Waiting for next advanced effects tutorial :D
even better than the last video where i installed imovie 909
So saving is kind of shit storm, right? There's a New Events folder. And a Projects folder. imovie thumbnails folder. and god only knows which folder the software saves it! Would you consider a quick file management tutorial before i make a bigger mess than I need to?
this was so helpful thank you!!
@@mikesytes thank you, you too!
Why are my photos over exposed when transferring them in iMovie from iPhoto
When I’m done with everything and gets the Imovie, it doesn’t allow me to open it. There is kinda sign on it 📵
Great job........thank's . jewel from London
@@mikesytes you are welcome to visit London
How do you mute the volume of the video completely so that your voice over and music is the only sounds ?
@@mikesytes very helpful man appreciate it !
@@mikesytes will do
hi Mike . great video. thanks! peace!
so informative, thank you
🙏🏼🙏🏼😊you are excellent Mike!
Thank you so much, l am learning so much!!!
practical and helpful, thx!
@@mikesytes SURE
excellent...as always.Tanks
Excellent. Thanks
Thanks Man!
How does a person name the files and save them? I am swimming in the deep here! Thanks!
@@mikesytes big Love friend, and thank you!
idk why i use my 2010 camera n the clips are not show on the play screen its just went black?
@@mikesytes ah okay! thx
@@mikesytes help my imovie is having a unexpectedly quit problem or something?!
Awesome video!!
thanks very much!!!
"You got the potato but never get the meat!!! Thank you!!!"
Thanks friend.
thank you so much
I literally love u
how can I convert mov to mp4?
Thank you
could you make a tutorial on kinemaster??
Mike Sytes i have an ios device. your videos helped me with my yt channel :)
It takes 30min to just import one video to iMovie? That’s BS.