Add photos and videos on a Mac
To add photos and videos from Photos into iMovie projects on your Mac, use the Libraries list in iMovie or drag them into iMovie from the Photos app.
- Open iMovie for iOS on your iPhone or iPad. Tap the Projects tab and select the project you want to move. Select the Share button at the bottom of the screen. From here, you have a few different options on how to get your project over to iMovie.
- Click Import Selected in the lower-right. The selected video(s) will be imported to the destination you selected in iMovie. To add the video to another project, double-click a project under the Projects tab, then click My Media in the upper-left, and drag the new video down to your project's timeline.
Use the Libraries list in the iMovie sidebar
Import videos from iPhone 8 onto my Mac. Additionally, instead of importing directly into iMovie, try importing to your desktop using the Image Capture app on your Mac. Then try dragging the imported movie into iMovie. You also can use the imported desktop movie to make the Handbrake conversion mentioned above. Import iPhone movies directly into iMovie '11 Launch iMovie '11, attach your iPhone or 4G iPod touch to your Mac, and click the Camcorder icon that appears just above the Event Library.
You can access your photo library in the Photos app from within iMovie:
- In the left-hand sidebar of the iMovie window, select Photos.
- Click the pop-up menu at the top of the browser to choose a content category—My Albums, Albums, Years, Collections, Moments, or Places.
- When you find the photo or video you'd like to use, drag it into the timeline of your project. If you add a photo, it appears for 3 to 6 seconds in your project, depending on the length of the transitions next to the photo. You can trim the photo in the timeline so it appears for a shorter or longer amount of time in your video.
- To replace an existing clip, drag the photo or video onto the clip you want to replace, then choose one of the replacement options.
If Photos isn't in the Libraries list, your Photos Library might not be designated as your System Photo Library. You can always drag photos and movies into your iMovie project.
Drag photos and videos into an iMovie project
You can drag photos from the Photos app directly into the timeline of your iMovie project.
Import videos from iPhone 8 onto my Mac. Additionally, instead of importing directly into iMovie, try importing to your desktop using the Image Capture app on your Mac. Then try dragging the imported movie into iMovie. You also can use the imported desktop movie to make the Handbrake conversion mentioned above. Import iPhone movies directly into iMovie '11 Launch iMovie '11, attach your iPhone or 4G iPod touch to your Mac, and click the Camcorder icon that appears just above the Event Library.
You can access your photo library in the Photos app from within iMovie:
- In the left-hand sidebar of the iMovie window, select Photos.
- Click the pop-up menu at the top of the browser to choose a content category—My Albums, Albums, Years, Collections, Moments, or Places.
- When you find the photo or video you'd like to use, drag it into the timeline of your project. If you add a photo, it appears for 3 to 6 seconds in your project, depending on the length of the transitions next to the photo. You can trim the photo in the timeline so it appears for a shorter or longer amount of time in your video.
- To replace an existing clip, drag the photo or video onto the clip you want to replace, then choose one of the replacement options.
If Photos isn't in the Libraries list, your Photos Library might not be designated as your System Photo Library. You can always drag photos and movies into your iMovie project.
Drag photos and videos into an iMovie project
You can drag photos from the Photos app directly into the timeline of your iMovie project.
To drag a video from the Photos app into an iMovie project, drag the video you'd like to use from Photos to your Desktop, then drag the video from the Desktop into the timeline of your iMovie project.
If you drag a video directly from the Photos app into the iMovie timeline, it appears for 3 to 6 seconds in your project as a still image.
Add photos and videos on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- In iMovie, create a movie project or create a trailer project.
- With your project open, scroll the timeline so the playhead (the white vertical line) appears where you want to add the image or video clip.
- Tap , then tap the location where the photo or video is stored. For example, if the photo or video is in the photo library of the Photos app, tap Moments, Video, Photos, or Albums.
- Tap the photo or video you want to add.
- If you're adding a video clip, you can preview the clip, edit the clip, and more before you add it to the timeline of your project. When you're ready to add the video clip, tap .
- If you added a photo, it appears for 3 to 6 seconds in the timeline of your project, depending on the length of the transitions before and after the photo. You can trim the photo in the timeline so it appears for a shorter or longer amount of time in your video.
Imovie Import Video From Pictures
Hi, judy,
First, check this link to determine whether your particular model of Olympus camera is supported by iMovie:
The .MOV extension designation is a container that can contain various types of codecs. The .MOV version from your camera or Android phone may contain codecs that iMovie does not support. If so, you can download the movie to your desktop (see below) and use the free download, Handbrake, to convert the video to Mp4/AAC that iMovie likes. It is easy to do and Handbrake will do it by default. You can download Handbrake at this link:
Even though High Sierra and iMovie 10.1.9 (that I assume you are using) can edit the new HEVC video codec from your iPhone 8, it possibly still might be the cause of the problem. You can adjust your settings on your iPhone 8 to change the format to most compatible. Take a look at this recent link:
Imovie Import Photo
Additionally, instead of importing directly into iMovie, try importing to your desktop using the Image Capture app on your Mac. Then try dragging the imported movie into iMovie. You also can use the imported desktop movie to make the Handbrake conversion mentioned above. Another way to import into iMovie is to import into the Photos app on your Mac, and then you can access the video from within iMovie using the Photos Library item in the iMovie media sidebar. That actually is the recommended way of doing it.
-- Rich Editor de snapchat.
Aug 8, 2018 7:53 PM