Chapter . Create an Online Movie Theater

Digital video is becoming much easier to produce, thanks to better camcorders and software like iMovie HD. You can share your digital videos with your Web site visitors by converting the videos to a Web-friendly, low-bandwidth format, then exporting them to iWeb. The process is extremely easy, once you’ve created the digital video.

Warning—first frames count!

The first frame of your movie will show on your iWeb movie page, so be sure to use an image for the first frame and not a blank black screen (do as I say, not as I do—my vacation video on the example site starts with a black screen).

Here’s how to publish your movie:

  1. With your edited movie open in iMovie HD, choose Share > iWeb.

  2. Select a format for your ...

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