After you add video clips and photos to the timeline of your project, you can make a clip longer or shorter, change the sequence of clips, or split a clip into two separate clips.
Edit in iMovie on iPhone or iPad
If your video clips are on a smartphone, you'll need to transfer them to your computer before you can splice them together. If your video clips are on a video camera, you'll either need to connect the video camera to your computer via a USB cable or plug the camera's SD card into your computer.
Open iMovie on your Mac, click “File” “New Project” to start a new iMovie project. Import the video files and photos you want to join together by clicking “File” “Import”. Drag the files to the timeline, you can edit them before combining them. Select the video clips you wish to combine into one single video. Give this project a name. In this case, we will just name it “Combine Clips”. You will get to this video editor mode, notice that by default Windows does not include the full length of the video you have selected.
Make a clip shorter or longer
You can trim a video clip or a photo so it appears for a shorter or longer period of time in your project.
If you can't drag the edge of the clip, there might not be additional video at the beginning or end of that clip. For example, if you added a video clip that’s 20 seconds long, you can’t make it longer than 20 seconds. It might also mean the clip is at the shortest length allowed by iMovie, which is 0.3 seconds. If you still want to change the duration of a clip, you can try slowing down or speeding up the clip.
Change the sequence of clips
You can change the sequence of clips in the timeline to change when a particular clip appears in your movie. With your project open, touch and hold the video clip or photo in the timeline until it rises off the timeline, then drag and release where you'd like the clip to appear in your project.
Split a clip into two separate clips
When you split a clip, you can adjust the duration of each section, remove unwanted sections, or add different titles to each section.
iMovie places a None transition (also known as a cut) between the two newly created clips. You can change this transition to a cross-dissolve or other transition.
Edit in iMovie on MacMake a clip shorter or longer
You can trim a video clip or a photo so it appears for a shorter or longer period of time in your movie.
If you can't drag the edge of the clip, it means there is no additional video at the beginning or end of that clip. For example, if you added a video clip that’s 20 seconds long, you can’t make it longer than 20 seconds. It might also mean the clip is at the shortest length allowed by iMovie, which is 0.1 seconds. If you still want to change the duration of a clip, try slowing down or speeding up the clip
Add or remove frames with the clip trimmer
For more precise editing, you can use the clip trimmer to add or remove individual frames from a video clip. You can also see how much of your clip is being used in your movie.
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You can use a different portion of the same clip while maintaining its length in the project:
Change the sequence of clips
You can change the sequence of clips in the timeline to change when a particular clip appears in your movie. With your project open, click the video clip or photo in the timeline, then drag the clip left or right depending on where you want the clip to appear in your movie:
You can also move multiple clips at once:
Split a clip into two separate clips
When you split a clip, you can adjust the duration of each section, remove unwanted sections, or add different titles to each section.
How to tell what version of chrome i have. After you split the clip, add a transition like a cross-dissolve between the clips.
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You can add sounds to your iMovie project—in addition to or in place of the sound recorded with your video clips—to create a fun and professional finished video.
Add sound to an iMovie project on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
You can add a variety of audio files to your iMovie project:
And if you want to add voiceover narration, record it right into the timeline of your iMovie project.
![]() Add songs to iMovie on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
When you add a song, it automatically adjusts to fit the length of the project. You can change the length the song like you would any other clip. You can also use multiple songs in a project. For example, if you want to change the mood of the music over the course of your project, you can shorten the first song in the timeline, then place a different song after the first song.
If you add a song or other audio file that’s less than 1 minute long, it behaves the same as a sound effect in the project.
Add a sound effect in iMovie on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
With a sound effect, when you move a video clip the sound effect below it moves with the video clip, unlike songs, which are independent of video clips.
Record voiceover in iMovie on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
If you want to reuse a voiceover recording or browse other recordings you’ve made within iMovie, tap the Add Media button , tap Audio, tap My Music, then tap Recordings.
Adjust the volume of a clip in iMovie on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
After you add sound to your iMovie project, you can adjust the volume of audio clips to get the sound mix just right. You can also adjust the volume of video clips that were recorded with sound.
To adjust the volume of an audio or video clip, tap the clip in the timeline, tap the Volume button at the bottom of the window, then adjust the slider to increase or decrease the volume. When you turn the volume of a clip all the way down, a Mute icon appears on the clip in the timeline.
You can also make other adjustments, such as fading the volume of the clip or changing its speed. Learn how on iPhone and iPod touch, or learn how on iPad.
Add sound to an iMovie for Mac project
In iMovie for Mac, you can drag audio files right into your timeline from the Finder. You can also use songs or other audio files from your music library and other locations using the media browser within iMovie. And if you want to add voiceover narration, record it right into the timeline of your iMovie project.
Drag audio files into the iMovie project timeline on Mac
You can drag audio files like .mp4, .mp3, .wav, and .aif files from the Finder and the Desktop right into the timeline of your iMovie project. Audio files dragged into the timeline behave differently depending on where you drag them:
Add music and sound effects using the iMovie browser on Mac
You can browse and add content from your music library and built-in sound effects from within iMovie.
If you want to use a song you’ve created in GarageBand and access it from the iMovie browser, share your GarageBand project to the media browser in GarageBand.
Record voiceover in iMovie on MacHow To Merge Two Videos Together In Imovie
You can record your own narration for your iMovie project without leaving the iMovie app.
Adjust the volume of a clip in iMovie on Mac
After you add video and audio to your movie, you can adjust the volume of clips and fade the audio of clips in and out.
Learn moreHow To Join Clips Imovie
* If you've imported a song purchased from the iTunes Store into a project and there is no sound, or you can't import a particular song, the song is likely an iTunes Digital Rights Management- (DRM) protected music file and cannot be used in your project.
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