Select a clip to crop by clicking the clip. Use the Timeline Viewer to fine-tune the movie by working with the sound, trimming clips, and changing the speed of the video. The Clip Viewer is ideal when first assembling a movie and for experimenting with clip sequence. Drag the clip to the desired position and release the mouse button. Click a clip and hold down the mouse button. Click the reel of film or the clock in the bottom left of the screen to change views in iMovie OR press the “Apple” key and “E.” Click the Timeline where the clip needs to be placed.

Or choose “Copy” from the Edit menu to copy the clip and move it to another location. Then choose “Cut” from the Edit menu to delete the clip from its current location and move it to another location.

Clips can also be added to the Timeline by clicking the chosen clip. Drag the clip to the timeline and release the mouse button. Then click any one of the selected clips and hold down the mouse button. To choose several clips hold down the “Apple” key while clicking the clips. To choose a single clip, click it and hold down the mouse key. With iMovie in camcorder mode, the playback buttons at the bottom of the screen control the camcorder. To start and stop importing, click Import or press the spacebar. Click “Import.” Each clip imported displays in the Clip’s pane. Click the box to the left of “Automatically Start New Clip at Scene Break.” Choose “Preferences” from the iMovie menu. Click and drag the blue dot at the bottom of the screen from the scissors icon to the movie icon. Set the camcorder to VCR mode (on some camcorders it’s called VTR). Use a FireWire and connect the DV camcorder to the computer. Click “Applications.” Then double click “iMovie.” Click the iMovie icon in the Dock at the bottom of the screen.

How to trim video in imovie