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iMovie UserGuide

for Mac

Change Theme window showing thumbnails of movie themes [Change Theme window showing thumbnails of movie themes]

Make a movie with style

After you create a movie project, add an Apple-designed theme to give your movie a unique visual style.

Choose a movie theme

Viewer showing clip with filter applied, and Clip Filter controls appearing above the viewer [Viewer showing clip with filter applied, and Clip Filter controls appearing above the viewer]

Add video effects

Customize the look of your movie even further by adding filters to clips and photos.

Add a clip filter

Timeline showing thumbnails of video clips and an audio clip below the video clips [Timeline showing thumbnails of video clips and an audio clip below the video clips]

Add background music

Create a mood with background music from your music library, or add one of the included sound effects.

Add background music

Create window showing thumbnails of trailer templates [Create window showing thumbnails of trailer templates]

Create a Hollywood-style trailer

Choose from a range of Apple-designed templates in almost any genre, then add your own photos and videos to the storyboard.

Create a trailer

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