Moving and Trimming Clips

Not only does iMovie give you the ability to add audio and video clips to iMovie projects, it also lets you trim the clips. For example, you have the great video clip of your cousin catching an into-the-bleachers flyball hit by Roger Clemens; however, before you could turn off the video, your cousin turns around and gets slammed into by a guy holding a soft drink. You don't want that part in the video, and neither does your brother, so you simply use iMovie to trim out that video footage. When you place a clip onto the Timeline, its position is relative to all the other clips. You could have five different movie clips on the Timeline, and you want clip five to be the second clip. When you trim a clip, you're removing ...

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