Images in iMovie - Importing Photos and Image Settings

[@groovecat7]

Awesome tutorial! Your work here is really helping me get up to speed with some basic video production capability. Thank you, sir!

[@SimonMordue]

Absolutely Amazing Nate! Clear, concise... straight to the point...Thank you so much for producing this incredible tutorial!

[@JOHNDEYOUNGFITNESSLA]

Thank you !! Was looking for Picture in Picture!!

[@rescuelegacy6669]

Nate, you saved my bacon! Watched dozens of other convoluted instruction; yours was by far the most straightforward and accessible. Thanks so much!

[@TechTeacherNate]

Thanks for that! Happy editing.

[@Vincentianbeauty]

Great video that even this 59 year old can understand and interesting. Thank you

[@meganwojnicki8652]

This really helped me with a surprise birthday video I was doing. Thank you! :)

[@griefonline4139]

Thanks so much. I couldn't figure out how to get my individual photos into iMovie..

[@stillnotalive]

thank you so much! this is a really easy tutorial and it’s amazing! this is so underrated.

[@DawnCoppock-j9g]

Very helpful and clear. Thank you!

[@NdubisiOnuora]

Just what I needed. Thanks!

[@waltdelevich9732]

I have retouched photos on my MacBook using the edit function but when I drag them into my iMovie they revert to the original file. How did I bring the edited file into my project?

[@simplymeditations]

super helpful! thank you!!

[@adiamondintheraw]

Thank you! Great tutorial!

[@grace_rose3264]

hi, thank you for your tutorial, i am hoping you can help me. i have dragged an image onto a section of my project and it is visable as i want it in my project and i can hear the audio but in the viewing box above right the screen is black when i play, do you know what is needed? thank you

[@JeffyG]

Whenever I open ‘Photos’ from iMovie, the sort order is oldest first. I have 28,000+ photos so it takes a while to load. Is there any way to change the default sort order to newest first?

[@juancarlosguzman2827]

Thank you for sharing, it was trying to add some pictures to my project but once I added it it already have this zoom in effect that I don’t wanted, you just answer my question how to disable it that, thanks once again

[@mabelstarot888]

thank you very helpful

[@abhishekkalkhnday6492]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@TechTeacherNate]

No problem!

[@HoodGuruWorldWide]

GREAT Info Thanks!!

[@phillybalboa4928]

HELLO I AM wondering do you know if there is a way to change the default time from 4 seconds when importing pics on timeline???? I have a hell of a lot of pics im trying to edit but when I import them all on my timeline I have to tediously go thru each picture and adjust the time from 4 seconds to my desired 0.3 seconds... This seems like an easy thing that iMovie doesn't cover or give guidance I haven't been ABLE TO find an answer anywhere but please if you or anybody knows how to fix this issue please comment.. thanks

[@jamesforemangraffitipodcas7892]

Greetings, did you ever figure it out? I’m having the same issue…

[@vinzillavideos7859]

@@jamesforemangraffitipodcas7892 I just figured it out a few days ago actually is super easy lol.. on the top bar, click iMovie, go to preferences, then you’ll photo duration.. there ya go

[@Marharsab88]

Excellent tutorial

[@TechTeacherNate]

Glad you think so!

[@AshKMagicianSanFrancisco]

Needed to know how to change ALL of the still photos in a movie to the same setting. I assume highlighting them, yes?

[@johanfjellstrom1913]

Hi great tutorial- I would like to know how to best prepare pictures for movie in Photoshop. Adobe RGB or S-rgb, resolution etc.

[@JMarmd]

Is it possible to click on PHOTOS and drag an entire folder into the media storage area? I seem to only be able to drag photos into the timeline, not the media storage area.

[@michaelf1935]

How do you add a transition in between a “video” clip and a still “image”? I can’t to get one to drag down.

[@mgmaier75]

Can you import HEIC or NEF Files and then export project?

[@kimmitchell3139]

I scanned 4 photos per page and then cropped them to individual photos in my album . When I drag the individual images to the iMovie project it reverts to the original 4 photos scanned on the page before I cropped them. Can you help?

[@Oddpistachio1]

If you're having trouble adding photos to your project, start a new project and you should be able to add them. If you don't see your photos from the import screen, they might be in your Relocated Items. Mine were.

[@royalrampagenews9179]

So you have to add the 2nd pic first to get picture in picture? I got it. This still works in iMovie 10.1.14 right?

[@TechTeacherNate]

Yes

[@saulskate100]

You forgot to mention how to select your default image as the cover for the video. My video must’ve auto selected an image that I do not want to show as the cover for the video, I’d like to select a different image

[@woodwormporchblues3611]

Very helpful but you don't say how you can get an image to remain static. I've made an audio track with one image covering the whole track, like an LP cover. However, the image floats up and down and doesn't remain stable. How can I change that so that the image remains static? Thanks

[@TechTeacherNate]

3:48 it’s the first method I show. Called cutaway.

[@DrinkingWithDrewShow]

I cannot get my image to stay without cutting away. I just want it to show the image. Is there a sitting that I am missing?

[@Flightscurryshoes]

Sorry I might have missed it in the vid, but do you know how to prevent the image from moving?

[@TechTeacherNate]

Crop options, change from Ken Burns to some other method. It is in the vid.

[@Flightscurryshoes]

@@TechTeacherNate thanks yeah I noticed when i watched the rest of the video, just jumped the gun on it my bad

[@lt49451]

I have spent a lot of time putting a 600 photo slideshow together in IPHOTO. NOW, I want to import that in to IMOVIE so I have more flexibility. I need the ORDER of these photos to remain as they are in my IPHOTO project, but when I import into IMOVIE, the photos change order. HELP!

[@zwillscoopchannel9689]

I know this is late but thanks ever since the update I had no clue how to add photos on I movie

[@ronniemacdonald7813]

Hoping someone can help. After inserting a normal, horizontal image into iMovie, there seems to be no way to show the image without it being letterboxed/black stripes down the side. When selecting the photo and choosing "Fit" - it does show the whole image but does not fit it to the full screen and still has black bars down the side. How on earth can this be achieved?

[@kolo923]

When I import a image onto imovie and then another image the images dont show at all and I want the images to go like a one image one by one but it isn't working (I use IMOVIE 11)

[@karenvalencic]

This was great! Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you.

[@George_SG]

Great tutorial, thank you. Do you have any tips on how to maintain the quality of an image once you've imported it to iMovie? I've found that super sharp pdf's & jpeg's are becoming blurry / granular once imported, especially when it comes to an image that contains text. Many thanks

[@TechTeacherNate]

A) make sure it’s a hi res image. At least 1900 pixels wide. B) it may actually look fine once you export it. Sometimes things look a bit worse in editing, and you can see the ACTUAL quality in the final export.

[@George_SG]

@@TechTeacherNate Thank you sir. The biggest difference in the end was exporting the slides from Powerpoint/Keynote in the TIFF format.

[@multipl3]

Can you add a stutter effect to images?

[@jazzzzy4444]

Can you add pictures inside the backgrounds?

[@nilubrandon2867]

thank you

[@stephaniedcflores]

Mine says I can’t add a photo because it overlaps an existing audio clip ? Help 😭😭

[@GoodVibesLTD]

How do I stop iMovie from blowing up the photo when added

[@TechTeacherNate]

Hmm, try the ‘crop to fit’ option I show in the video.

[@OssielKicks]

Can you import a screenshot?

[@OssielKicks]

From your iPhone?

[@TechTeacherNate]

Yep. Just airdrop it to your computer or email it to yourself. Then take it from your computer and import it into iMovie.

[@OssielKicks]

@@TechTeacherNate thank you 🙏🏽

[@OssielKicks]

@@TechTeacherNate you just helped me out on my new upload 🔥🙏🏽

[@lowkeykhloe3783]

When i press on the photo it doesn’t show anything

[@simplymeditations]

super helpful! thank you!!