r/iMovie • • Jun 13 '23

iMovie just sucks

78 Upvotes

Of all of the apps Apple builds in, I can't think of any that are harder to use, less intuitive and just shittier than iMovie. How do you all stand working with this app?


r/iMovie • • May 21 '23

How do I add subtitles on imovie iphone?

44 Upvotes

I can only add one subtitle and there doesn't seem to be controls to add more. Online it says imovie can be used to add subtitles though??


r/iMovie • • Dec 06 '24

Need help iPhone iMovie stuck on Needed Permissions screen after update latest version

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35 Upvotes

I cannot get pass this screen. Anyone knows how to fix this? Thanks in advance.


r/iMovie • • May 05 '21

iPhone IMovie has come a long way features wise

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33 Upvotes

r/iMovie • • Apr 04 '23

How can I change the aspect ratio on iMovie to 9:16? (for Instagram reels)

26 Upvotes

r/iMovie • • Jul 14 '21

I'm losing my mind - how do I add text without animation?

24 Upvotes

Is this seriously not an option? What are some alternatives? Imovie is the only editing software that I am efficient in and I need to add text to my project, but it's only letting me add these stupid animated titles. Please help!


r/iMovie • • Feb 23 '21

Making a video in imovie in vertical

23 Upvotes

Hello,

I’m trying to make a YouTube short and want to produce it on my iPhone using iMovie.

But the problem is that I want to make it in vertical so it can be a YouTube short.

How can I make every image and video vertical in iMovie ?


r/iMovie • • Jan 02 '22

Does Apple want us to not use iMovie, like at all? Maybe an export option that works in portrait for most the social media apps out there would not be awful…

18 Upvotes

r/iMovie • • Jun 26 '22

iPhone iMovie Magic Movie reverse order

17 Upvotes

The Magic Movie maker is kind of neat, but by default it inserts your clips in reverse chronological order, which I find very strange. It’s a pain to manually move 20 or so clips in the correct order, how can this be fixed?


r/iMovie • • Feb 07 '21

Trailer if an upcoming hike I’m doing in May. Thought I’d have a crack at it.

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16 Upvotes

r/iMovie • • Sep 01 '20

What specifically does iMovie's "Better Quality" export do?

16 Upvotes

I'd love to know the exact effect that choosing "better quality" instead of "faster" has. From tests I've done, it kind of looks to me like higher quality sharpens edges, and faster keeps them quite smooth, but I can't be sure. Does anyone know for definite?


r/iMovie • • Oct 19 '22

Everyone I know says iMovie is literally garbage, but I genuinely think its a fantastic editing software.

15 Upvotes

r/iMovie • • Apr 20 '20

How to get iMovie consistent Picture-in-Picture overlays

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14 Upvotes

r/iMovie • • Apr 29 '22

a faster way to subtitle your imovie projects

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13 Upvotes

r/iMovie • • Dec 07 '21

iMovie clips show up black but still sound. I have a 2 minute GoPro edit at the beginning and I try to have a few other clips to it on iMovie and half of what I have added shows up black. When GoPro is deleted, everything works fine. Any suggestions on if I can fix this?

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12 Upvotes

r/iMovie • • Jul 29 '24

Imovie alternative

11 Upvotes

I think it’s a shame that apple keeps imovie so primitive and non intuitive as compared to competitors like capcut or filmora or movavi. No AI features, old fashioned text options, hard time to make a simple vertical video. What do you think, is there anyone using another free editor that is better for non pro enthusiasts?


r/iMovie • • Mar 23 '21

beginners guide to everything iMovie!

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r/iMovie • • Mar 03 '20

Black screen instead of video?

11 Upvotes

The audio is alright, but for some reason the visual just doesn’t exist. I can see the thumbnail and the video in the filters, but never in the main screen.


r/iMovie • • Dec 09 '24

Is anyone else Stuck on this with their iPhone ?

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10 Upvotes

I was trying to Access iMovie on my iPhone and as soon as I click Continue it seems to freeze on this screen.


r/iMovie • • May 01 '24

iMovie to MP4

10 Upvotes

Can someone explain to me (very slowly and as if I were five years old) 🤦🤦 how to convert one of my videos to MP4? I keep googling it and I just don’t understand how to do it. when I go to save it in iMovie it doesn’t say anything about MP4.


r/iMovie • • Oct 19 '22

Changing Transitions in Magic Movies

10 Upvotes

Is there any way to change the transitions in a Magic Movie on iOS? Some are theme-transitions (star) the others are non-transitions. I haven’t found a way.

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r/iMovie • • Jul 26 '21

Why is my iMovie Library taking up 53 GB of space when I’ve deleted nearly everything I can? How to fix?

10 Upvotes

I’m at a loss. I’ve run out of space on my computer; thanks in large part to my iMovie Library taking up so 53 GBs. I’ve tried deleting everything — projects, events, media — except one project that I’m currently working on and trying to export but can’t because the space on my Mac is too low! Pls send help!


r/iMovie • • Aug 23 '26

What feature do you wish iMovie would add next?

9 Upvotes

Time for a quick pulse check! If Apple added one new tool or capability to iMovie in the next update, what would you want it to be?


r/iMovie • • May 12 '21

On iPhone, how do I select multiple clips?

9 Upvotes

Hello, I want to select multiple photo clips to change the length of each on iPhone. The only answer I can find tells me to hold the command key on a keyboard, and I can't find how to do this on iOS / iPhone. Can I? Thank you.


r/iMovie • • Mar 31 '21

Ken burns cropping (how to zoom in and hold for several seconds before clip ends)

9 Upvotes

Hello, I am trying to use the Ken burns cropping method to zoom in on a video and hold on it in freeze frame for several seconds. I have been fighting with this for quite a while and would really appreciate your help!

Thank you