Create a slideshow in iMovie. Quick and Easy

Creating a slideshow for end of the year activities is super simple in iMovie and totally free on your Mac! If you're looking for more music you can use, I use Audioblocks.com.

[@victorcrispin3779]

the first time someone knows how to explain perfect

[@d.r.martin6301]

Straightforward, clear, effective. A rare thing for You Tube how to's! Thank you.

[@peppertheclumsyterrapin]

Oh gosh, finally someone straight to the point, no bs around and with clear explanations!

[@boyboyphx]

Thank you for a simple and very well explained tutorial. Your explanations and instructions were very easy to follow and I didn’t get lost once. I’m certain that there are many other of your viewers that appreciate your approach as much as I did. Kudos!

[@fazgalaxy8949]

Easy to understand, clear, short, and at the same time complete tutorial. Thank you Scott.

[@ellieallbon8096]

Honestly it's these unfancy videos that actually tell you how to do it! Thanks so much Scott. God Bless!

[@bucsr.6106]

Just found this for a Science Olympiad slide show I was tasked with. Your voice, first of all, is so pleasant to listen to. Thanks for all the tips. I appreciate it!

[@travelandtalkstory]

The very first time I was able to follow instructions because you explained it thoroughly and slowly. Appreciate it:)

[@yv3652]

Thanks Scott.Putting a slideshow together for my dad's funeral and vid has been a great help.

[@monikadutt2504]

Sorry to hear about your dad. My dad passed away a week ago and still in shock and in denial.

[@grammysusu]

I just finished my very first iMovie, thanks in large part to this tutorial. I tried watching quite a few before finding yours and none really helped me, most made me feel more hopeless. Yours was very clear and straight to the point, and I will refer to it even if I ever become good at this: Thank you!

[@belmarstudiophotography]

Very good explained. Thank you.

[@eliya3424]

You are so concise, I love it. You give us only pertinent information, you don't leave any useful tips out, and you don't have long pauses with "er"s & "um"s because you know the content well and are prepared to speak about it. Thanks!

[@charsands3562]

I think you did a great job explaining how to create a slideshow in iMovie. Thank you.

[@monicalillya9685]

Thank you! So well explained and helpful! I appreciate how you give each tip, direction and show the steps to take with your cursor and on the program. Well done. I have subscribed!

[@walterfahmy4907]

Very methodical explanation. Excellent tutorial; thank you!

[@minhtridang9244]

Thank you for very good directions -so far this you tube is the best in my opinion

[@39exposures]

that's a nice video guide. thanks!

[@gerrydamacion9731]

Thank you very informative, especially I'm a new beginner

[@salimaraoui8621]

thank you Scott! , this is very clearly explained and visually easy to understand! great job! very helpful for me trying to make a video slideshow for my son upcoming Bday!

[@CaptainDonTheToucanBand-mz9kd]

Thank You for posting this video. I was pulling my hair out trying to accomplish what you made so easy for me. great video!

[@Judettelabelle]

This is one of theee most helpful videos on KZbin University

[@Ozzie4Para]

Thank you for your video. My ex mother-in-law died a few days ago and I want to create a slideshow for her funeral service.

[@truenatureblog]

THANK YOU!! short, sweet and to the point, so grateful!

[@gradenetaylor4636]

that was great Scott, to the point with all the meat needed to do the job - thanks.

[@Kalina1982]

Wow! This is so helpful! Thank you for explaining it so easily!!!

[@patriciabridges3341]

Thank you! This is exactly what I needed to start my adventure with IMovie!

[@Bogartboginty]

Amazing video! So glad you go slowly which allows people to follow along. Wish everyone did videos like yours. Thanks so much so helpful.

[@lillysutton2870]

Thank you, Scott! You gave lots of important details

[@llazare]

Well done! Thanks for posting

[@VanessaKittredge]

Thank you so much! I watched four other tutorials and they didn’t show how to fix the ken burn to crop correctly and didn’t show where the zoom button was or how to shorten the length of time the image stays up.. this is great. Now I can finally get to work on my first video. Was about to scrap the idea! 😅

[@nanimh9022]

Just found you! Needed to make an urgent video for a pet go fund me! Didn’t think I could and you made it so easy. Great teacher! Thanks for your awesome tutorial!

[@MrScottPanfil]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@jessicabennett7795]

Wow you explained everything so well!! Thank you sooooo much!!!

[@Tonytrekdax]

Great simple tutorial! Thank you!

[@barbcrawford7721]

Thank you for this, you are a life saver & excellent teacher!!! I was finally able to make a celebration of life slide show!

[@billyanowsky8736]

Ditto Barb!! Thanks a lot Scott. You answered several of my questions very concisely.

[@katiewilliams6238]

Awesome video! Thank you so much for taking the time to create this.

[@thanhngo4697]

Thanks, this is best tutorial for slice shows using IMovie

[@grannydeem9572]

You are an amazing teacher. Thank you very much for this video. 🥰

[@Agora346]

Easy to listen to and understand. Thank you.

[@ashleys867]

Thank you, easy and super easy to follow.

[@thewaterfalltime]

Love your video, slow and visual. It did take me an hour to realize I needed to hit enter to get the frame time to change Just bought my m2 pro after 4 years on iphone.

[@chikalee517]

Easy to follow and very helpful. It was my first time and I was able to create a beautiful birthday slide show. Thank you!!

[@claramedinapereira106]

Ffppfff

[@dnslong]

Great tutorial! Very helpful!

[@mantiebea6134]

Really easy to understand. Thank you.

[@bran70]

Great video. Very informative. Thank you!!

[@axlent123]

Great video! Great tutorial! I’m away from my desktop and I want to create a slideshow… I’ve got iMovie and final cut on it… but I do have iMovie on my phone here… so I’ll give it a go. I have several slideshow projects that I want to do and time this weekend to do it..although, one project is, seemingly, continually in creation mode, as I still need more photos. So, I suppose, i can start the project, use all the photos I currently have , save it as a project, but then come back and add more photos, as I get them. Once again, great tutorial! Done well!

[@mariaguerrero-duenas6576]

Thank you very much. Strategic explanation. Thank you.

[@isobelfindlay1095]

Thank you, very helpful and easy to follow for one who is technically challenged.

[@gregheaney4034]

Thanks Scott very helpful👍

[@charlesdam134]

thanks mate very helpful

[@paulahiltz370]

You made this very easy . Still took hours have questions but it is done . Thanks again

[@irenesorto6881]

Thank you I was about to uninstall iMovie but this give me some hope to give it a new try

[@adnanerdem5924]

Resourceful and a sincere content, thanks.

[@J7Vang]

Love this tutorial thank you

[@guynouri]

Nicely presented. Better than most

[@deirdrehartz2800]

This was very helpful. Thank you!

[@earthangel6858]

This was soo awesome and helpful. Thank you soo much!

[@wjweaver63]

Very helpful thank you!

[@earthurgeer]

great video sc ott soave presentation and clear as a bell thanks for doing the work for me

[@abenaa6781]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@ankitmodivlogs]

Simply the Best sir, its really helpful to me.when my project done, i will sent u link.

[@haileybelshe8203]

so helpful! thanks

[@Ando351]

Nice tutorial - thank you.

[@shishirjirge]

Very well explained

[@ztzhong5998]

THANKS FOR YOUR NICE COMPREHENSIVE VIDEO . THE BEST OUT OF 4 SIMILAR VIDEOS BY OTHERS

[@francescaardino7375]

amazing thank you so much :)

[@NicoleMiller-hh7ml]

Your tutorial made things so easy! Can you please share how to put photos on a continuous loop? Thanks!

[@nmartin5551]

Thanks for the video. I’m just starting to try to do some KZbin how to slide shows.

[@fjdpmakurdi215]

Wow thank you very much I am a 12 year old and I really like making EDM soft I used to use GarageBand and once I opened up soft

[@JohnHenrySheridan]

Thanks 👍

[@7136749070]

thank you!!!!!!

[@ninahuang7047]

Well done

[@VanessaKittredge]

Oh! I do have to bring in a voiceover but I should be able to figure it out. I subscribed!

[@robertprovost1536]

Thank you

[@bratinc]

Thanks.

[@kanishkawijayananda6957]

Great one thanks

[@x4gaming888]

Ks

[@whymyheadwouldsquash]

Great informative video my friend. Just one question... Do the photo's need to be in a certain format in order to work with imovie? For example JPEG

[@_hb6181]

Hello my friend, thank you for this beautiful video, can you tell me how you put the transparent mask while explaining to focus on a specific part of the video? Did you do this with Imovie or did you use another program?

[@soulwisdom82]

This is so helpful! However, I'm unable to change the transition between my slideshow. ? Any suggestions?

[@AmbersTurd]

Awesome I’m not a fan of the ken burns effect. I was trying to figure out how to get rid of that thank you so much.

[@ChristopherSmith-mw9qc]

Hi, Scott- Can you burn this to a DVD and play it on a DVD player?

[@veronicathesheep4190]

Do you know if there is any quick way to get rid of that ken burn effect from all the photos I uploaded?

[@sassypants6005]

when you go to the "i" and change the seconds, how does this save? when I do it to 8, it just keeps doing 10 s . thanks!

[@scottkb2000]

What is the easiest way to clear the movie you have created from the iMovie screen so that you can start another one, please?

[@krislape1700]

This is all so helpful. Maybe you can help me, since I can't get the slide duration to move past 3 seconds. When I set it to 8 seconds, it defaults to 3 each time. Any suggestions?

[@Ddmcleodd8]

Do you know how to get them to go from left to right? When I press play they seem to go up and down after each picture..

[@rickyyoungster]

how do i use just one (1) photo for a music video on imovie?

[@user-pm8nc3ts7m]

how I can delete the zoom in and zoom out effect?

[@feedbackbuddy2007]

I am not able to drag and drop music horizontally on time line, suppose i wants to start my music clip from 15 seconds later but when I import music clip it start from beginning, is there any option to drag and drop little right side the whole clip?

[@MrScottPanfil]

It sounds as if your music is on the main timeline? If so, you wouldn't be able to move it. It has to be below the main timeline and then should be able to be moved.

[@nohphd]

Thanks for an informative and useful video. So I’m creating a slide show using photographs, many of which are headshots of people, naturally in ‘portrait’ orientation. There are black bars of either side of the photographs in iMovie. The social problem with this is that in many cultures, the black bars on either side of a photo are indicative that the person is deceased. Anything other than black is fine; red, yellow, green, etc. Any suggestions on how to avoid this societal faux pas?

[@Spanfil]

There is. There is a free plug in called M-Vertical. Although, if you use the Ken Burns effect, it will zoom in on it and the bars will be gone.

[@robwin0072]

Super video. Questions - what if the music is part of the recording for *.mov files? and Can iMovie Flip a *.mov file, not Rotate, Flip?

[@SitaraKhanam]

could you please let med have your software, programme?

[@shepsbarbershop9720]

how do you remove the ken burns effect?

[@shepsbarbershop9720]

Never mind,I should have waited till the end, Thanks so much for the great tutorial!!!! I lef the comment up so others do not repeat my mistake!

[@malvikadixit9662]

How to remove ken burn effect..

[@MrScottPanfil]

at 8:50 you can see the crop icon. Click that and select Fill or Fit instead of Ken Burns

[@vqtrxst6219]

0:45

[@Lucas_34]

He’ll

[@emilydstam]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you!

[@jerrymullins9758]

Very understandable tutorial. Thanks!