Creating Indiana Jones-Style Travel Maps in iMovie

macmost.com/e-3007 There are animated travel maps built right into iMovie on your Mac. You can choose a single location or a route between two locations or even more. Beyond the basics, you can use cropping, color adjustments, and filters to create a unique animated travel map for your new iMovie project.
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00:00 Intro
00:45 Where To Find the Maps
01:41 Adding a Globe With a Single Location
02:33 Showing a Route Between Two Locations
03:32 Adjust the Route Speed
03:56 Color Adjustments and Color Matching
04:38 Zoom In With Cropping
05:23 Routes With Multiple Stops
06:58 Multiple Stops With Zooming
08:07 Adding Aged Film and Other Filters
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[@thiagolf7]

Ohh man! Thank you for help me with all informations! Greetings from Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

[@SHYAMFER]

Thank you. Super tutorial

[@user-mf2gf3vj6v]

I was resigned having to develop lots routes like this via a really complicated method, and then you showed this... too easy! Thanks!

[@kerrykikker]

Everyone needs a nice map animation at some time in their creative storytelling... this tutorial is just the quick '9 minute ticket' to success... Thanks again, Gary... spot on!

[@Image_X]

Facts!

[@electricalron]

Always great stuff Gary!

[@arghyachakraborty]

I never knew there're maps above those backgrounds! 😮

[@bobcubsfan]

Incredibly cool! I would incorporate individual clips in a keynote project. for example.

[@MartinBradyRallyCoDriver]

Excellent thank you

[@dansklrvids7303]

Very helpful!

[@djr3386]

Absolutely loved this tutorial. Always wanted to know how to do this. Thanks a lot, Gary. 🙏

[@thesplinteredfinger]

Thanks Gary! I’m just getting ready to edit a vacation with a few friends and this will definitely enhance my video.

[@peterc2248]

Perfect timing for a littleproject I'm working on soon! Thanks Gary

[@user-ol3wf4bw2x]

OMG, who knew I had this power? Thank-you!

[@VickiBowers]

Oooh, neat trick with the multiple destinations! Thank you!

[@CMETraveling]

That was so interesting, love this for our travel channel... Thank you so much. 🤗👏

[@SarahJonestoo]

Fabulous, Thank you. . . and just what I needed!

[@cindyrodriguez166]

Oh my gosh ... never knew this. Thank you so much. Great video

[@All-the-gear-no-idea-uk]

It is very useful thank you for your information as usual you are very informative.

[@garynagle3093]

Wow. Nice tutorial. Thank you

[@jq5596]

Tops!!!! Many thanks.

[@loisskiathitis8926]

A very useful and informative and excellent video tutorial today! Thank you, Gary! 👏❤️

[@lgude]

Good feature I never would have dreamt was in there. Thanks!

[@ruibatista155]

Excellent Gary! Thanks!😄

[@dsbennett]

Awesome! What fun this can be.

[@marke2401]

Gary, this is the coolest thing I never knew.

[@unboxingwithmarty]

This was really interesting and helpful, thank you for the video.

[@Coatsey007]

Brilliant Gary, thank you.

But what a great and useful feature of iMovie that I didn't know about and that will come in handy, Gary. Thank you very much for the lesson and for sharing.

[@alsimplicio]

Thank you for the hint and crash course 🎉

[@SoNowWhat]

Well that was fun! Thanks!

[@cruiseqe2]

Brilliant. Thanks.

[@MsLadyL]

Found your channel tonight and subscribed same day! 😍

[@jmcgilvary]

Ok, that is about the coolest trick yet! Thanks

[@DonGurugay]

Very useful, thanks so much🤟

[@franksamet]

This will be extremely useful - you’ve now got me wondering if this is in Final Cut Pro and I’ve somehow missed it! Thank you for this.

[@macmost]

Nope. An odd case of when you may need to use iMovie to make something to then import into FCP.

[@Bouncy_penguin]

I love this!!!

[@TheCornucopiaProject-bd5jk]

You just blew my mind. Probably not a iPhone feature but still amazing.

[@christinebryant9143]

This is great fun Gary. Thanks so much and love the hat.

[@Erin-Thor]

Thank you for this Gary! ❤ Once again you’ve taught an old 🐶 a new trick! 👍🏼🥰

[@desertpatient]

Thanks bunches

[@pdlagasse]

By the final animation, I had the music from the Raiders of the Lost Ark map scene stuck in my head! 😂 Thanks for this great tip, I’m going to have a lot of fun with this for sure.

[@utah62]

Thanks. Was wondering how to add more stop overs.

[@LJ-jq8og]

AWESOME TOPIC 💪❤

[@gurlerium]

awesome

[@kguyur9734]

Wow, what a great idea! Thanks Gary, this is really useful and FUN. Too bad there's not a way to automatically use the actual location of a photo or video to generate a point on the map. By using the media data though I'll be able to pinpoint the location more closely on the map. Thanks!!

[@MaiElizabeth]

Awesome!!! But I just realized I havent opened iMovie for ages. I hope it will receive more features, assets and configurations.

[@barryporter6993]

Gary, you need to change your cap. The Fedora is much nicer :):)

[@macmost]

Already ordered one with a MacMost logo! (nah, JK)

[@randallyons8745]

going to use this on my next trip. Going to New Orleans on a multi stop trip. Are you going to do any videos on the new Final Cut Pro for iPad? I am really loving using it

[@macmost]

No plans to cover FCP for iPad yet. My iPad mini isn't compatible ☹️ I'll see how many requests I get for tutorials on it (this is the first).

[@miranahly]

Great job 🙂👍. I love Indiana Jones movies and this feature is just so cool!

[@TrogART]

Thanks, I always thought the maps only covered the US, was always a bit peeved that you could not use Europe and the UK, so thanks.

[@jeety13]

Hi Gary, very interesting! I am. I learned so much with all your videos. Do you’ll covered how doing a number spreadsheet for yearly personal budget. I did one but want increase my skills. Have a great one!

[@macmost]

I have a couple that may help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eabHoqtunJyri7M kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKaogmiaj5p-mKc

[@andrewmack4830]

Very clever! How do you discover these “hidden” features ! Thank you

[@gbsailing9436]

Thanks Gary. That is Excellent! I will certainly be using this from now on. Who would have thought to scroll up to find these elements in iMovie?

[@jz4492]

Thanks Gary - Great as usual. I prefer using Keynote to create travel maps. Much more flexibility. You can create simple maps like these or much more complex ones with line draw and Magic Move.

[@macmost]

Keynote is great for this. Also, coming soon: How to do it in Apple Motion.

[@jz4492]

@@macmost looking forward to it!

[@davidis7]

Do you ever use Final Cut Pro for your videos?

[@macmost]

@@davidis7 Do you mean for THESE videos? I use ScreenFlow, which specializes in screen tutorials like these. But for other projects I sometimes use FCP and sometimes uses iMovie. Love FCP though.

[@nanwithabackpack]

Thanks so much for this. Is there a way to change the arrow to a car 🚗 or boat ⛴️ or plane ✈️ depending on your mode of transport when travelling?

[@macmost]

No way to use your own symbol.

[@nanwithabackpack]

@@macmost oh ok thanks 🙏

[@Image_X]

Awesome feature to teach us Gary! Love iMovie when I can stay within the features so thank you for an effective 10 minutes 🎉

[@raymakara]

That's awesome Gary! Thanks for finding that! Is there a way to change the pointer, like from an arrow to an airplane or automobile or horse? Just curious. Thanks!

[@macmost]

No, not with this technique.

[@raymakara]

@@macmost okay, thanks.

[@shutterbug49]

I've played with this before but didn't know you could do all that you have shown. Great tips!!!

[@kelticguy]

Hi Gary, My travel map route is only in Europe so I would be closer in than your global example which means my line is very fat and doesn't look great. Is there some way to edit the line thickness to make it appropriate for different maps? Thanks. Great videos by the way, keep em coming....

[@macmost]

No way to edit the thickness. If you want something else you'll need to check out my more recent tutorial on doing this in Motion or the one coming soon (next week) on doing it in Keynote.

[@alanwelty9991]

Great tutorial. I am on an iPad and there are no maps on my background

[@macmost]

This is a feature in iMovie for Mac.

[@Doleary1]

Great stuff as ever Gary. It's a pity it doesn't allow you to configure it to show one country only allowing you to show a few hundred mile journey on an expanded map of a given country.

[@xsleep1]

Yeah, cute trick for flying but not much else. Years ago I created moving map transitions between scene locations in FCP for traveling through Kenya and Tanzania. Even used a clip art Land Rover as the thing that traveled along the roads.

[@theyaghu]

Oh my goodness, since the update was added to iMovie...

[@PaulM_aka_4c21]

Great video, ! Major problem however on macos Sonoma beta when I share to create an mp4 file the globe animations are not exported and seem stuck on the default animation. EDIT: Works now but only after selecting the reverse route button twice.

[@macmost]

Just tried it in Sonoma and it worked fine for me.

[@PaulM_aka_4c21]

@@macmostWorks but only after selecting the reverse route button twice which seems to make the start and end locations stick.

[@reh0119]

It would be nicer if I could use exact addresses or gps coordinates. Since not mentioned I am assuming it’s not possible?

[@macmost]

It doesn't make sense to use addresses since the level of detail is "global" here. You wouldn't see a different between an address in NYC vs just a big dot over NYC. But you can always change the label as I show in the video.

[@davidpatrick1813]

Does this only do straight lines to a location or can one use a road map for making one's camp trip?

[@macmost]

Only straight lines. If you want to do something different, it will take a lot more effort and some animation skills.

[@Frizzy140]

Does anyone know if I can do this in premiere pro?

[@mzphotosgeelong]

Hi Gary I’m using iMovie on a iPad Pro maps don’t show is there a work around for this .

[@macmost]

I'm pretty sure this is for Mac iMovie only.

[@johnvender]

Cool feature. It would be amazing if it could do street view of the trips :)

[@RaihanJamil]

I want to show the whole route, A - B - C - D. But the moment B-C appears, A-B is no longer on the screen. How do I accomplish that?

[@macmost]

You'll need to use another app as iMovie just does it one at a time. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHTYi3WuhKtjgas

[@RaihanJamil]

@@macmost Thank you for a prompt reply Gary. It means a lot. I have watched that other clip even before watching this one.

[@rubingeorge]

Can I export to FCP? George Rubin

[@dougway7186]

Interesting. It's a shame that the same features don't exist natively in Keynote.

[@RoopamRana]

is this also possible in FCP?

[@macmost]

No, this is a special function of iMovie. But you can always do it in iMovie, export, and then use the results as a clip in FCP.

[@RoopamRana]

@@macmost Thank You

[@rajarsheeroy]

can't find maps in iMovies? how you got it?

[@macmost]

Make sure you scroll up in the Background section. Also, there are reports that it doesn't work with some System region settings.

[@Sailingsandgrownun]

pity it doesn’t work on ipad

[@walkwithpapier]

There's no globe icon on my imovie. Why

[@macmost]

Perhaps you have an older version of iMovie? Perhaps you are in a region that doesn't support this feature?

[@blissas7261]

i don't have map in my imovie. how did you get it tho?

[@macmost]

Which version of iMovie for Mac are you using? Also which region is your macOS set to?

[@blissas7261]

@@macmost i am using m2 my region is set to India why?

[@macmost]

@@blissas7261 "M2" is your hardware, not the version of iMovie. But if your region is India that would explain it. I don't know why, but only some regions have iMovie Maps available.

[@siamodyssey]

This only works on Mac iMovie, not iPhone app 😢

[@macmost]

Right.

[@tribaluxe]

For those of us who have never used iMovie: you did not show how to COPY and then PASTE the first part of the map journey (CMD C & CMD VV) did not work on my Mac Studio and then you did not show how to save the video to a file (no 'SAVE' verbage shows up when I have my finished map!)

[@macmost]

Just select the element in the timeline at the bottom and copy, then paste. This video is just about a specific technique, so I'm not going to go over the basics. But I do have a video for that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaWxfKF3oruZi68 and a whole course at courses.macmost.com if you like.

[@patrickdesouza904]

Maps in Other regions: I live in India and I cannot get this feature .. plz. guide how to get it ?

[@macmost]

You probably can get it if you set your Region to something else, like U.S.

[@patrickdesouza904]

@@macmost Thank you.

[@ranveerbadhan]

maps are not showing in mine it only says backgrounds not maps and background

[@macmost]

Did you scroll up?

[@ranveerbadhan]

@@macmost yeah

[@macmost]

@@ranveerbadhan What are your language and region settings in System Settings? It has been reported by some that the iMovie maps may not be available in some languages. You can try going to your Mac's System Settings and changing your language and/or region to see if that helps.

[@ranveerbadhan]

@@macmost language is english(us) and region is India

[@macmost]

@@ranveerbadhan So, try changing the region to the U.S., restarting, and see if that makes a difference. Worth a try, right?