What eventually worked for me is “picture in picture”, where you can resize and position the top clip more freely.Īll in all, these are the awkward steps I took to create the above layout from 5 clips: (3) iMovie does have a “split screen” mode for video overlay, but that’s a trap! It doesn’t allow you to change the size of each side and you are stuck with 1:1 split.
So thinking about creating the vertical avatar strip first? Nope, cannot do that. I tried to find the project setting to change that, but it doesn’t exist for my version. (2) iMovie only allows me to crop/resize the clips in a particular aspect ratio. Finally, use the Wipe transitions in iMovie to create the "animation".(1) I can only create one video overlay layer in a project, which means to overlay multiple videos, I have to add one layer a time, export to file, import the file, overlay another, and repeat. Save As a new file after each part of the route is marked. NOTE: Another way, rather than marking and taking extra photos, is to simply use the unmarked photo in an image editing program and add the marked route there, using the appropriate paint tool.
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A little bit of trial and error may be involved - but believe me - it will work with perseverance! Repeat the process until you've covered the whole route. On playback, the red line you've drawn will magically move along the route, as if animated. Use the most appropriate Wipe transition between the 2 clips - you may need to also adjust the duration of the clips. Now in iMovie, position the 2 photos next to each other, with the first being the unmarked map. Of course, you will need to keep everything in exactly the same position when taking the photos - and use a tripod! So it's best to pin the map in a fixed position and not move the camera.
Without working through the whole process, it involves taking a photo of the map then very carefully drawing in the route between 2 locations, say with a red marker pen, then taking another photo. There are 4 different Wipes in iMovie '11 - Wipe Left, Wipe Right, Wipe Up and Wipe Down. In the earlier post elikness also mentioned drawing your own animated map, by creating a large number of stills (as in Disney cartoons).Ī simpler way of achieving the animation is to make use of the Wipe transitions in iMovie. Also, to use the process outlined in the Macworld article (whether using iMovie '09 or '11), and/or use CityListBuilder, you will probably have to change the privileges for the WorldLocations.txt file to Read and Write, as its default is now Read Only. NOTE: The CityListBuilder app may not work with iMovie '11 - haven't tried it. The Macworld article by Rob Griffiths (mentioned on the CityListBuilder site) provides information on adding cities by manually updating the WorldLocations.txt file- it can be viewed here:
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It's brilliant and simple - download it here: If you continue to drag in extra copies of the Map and drop immediately after the preceding Map, you can build up a continuous route showing the complete journey - it will all play quite seamlessly, with the animated red line appearing between cities (although the line appears only between each city, and disappears for earlier parts of the route, but still very effective).Īn app named CityListBuilder for iMovie '09 (free) will enable you to easily add extra cities that don't appear in the Apple provided list. From here you can select the starting City and destination City. Now drag a Map of your choice to the project timeline. In iMovie click on the last icon in the centre toolbar - labelled "Maps and Backgrounds" (or the like). The Maps feature in iMovie '11 that elikness referred to is also available in iMovie '09.
IMovie 8.0.6 is actually known as iMovie '09. I am using iMovie 8.0.6 and Snow Leopard 10.6.8 on a desktpop iMac with Intel Core Dou and 3 GB RAM.
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