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Although the tasteful use of select transitions can make your show
look more professional, overusing such effects or, worse, mixing many dif-
ferent types, tends to have the opposite effect.
Adding Audio
Music and sound effects are incredibly powerful tools for improving your movie.
Simply putting the right song behind a collection of clips transforms it, uniting
the shots and giving the whole movie a consistent tone. Of course, choosing the
wrong music can do an equal amount of damage, so choose wisely.
In iMovie, you can access all the music in your iTunes library, as well as any
music you may have created in GarageBand. Furthermore, iLife ’09 comes with
a large collection of music and sound effects ready to be added to your project
quickly and easily. Adding sound effects can be your secret weapon to make
your movies feel realistic and professional.
1 Click the Audio Browser button in the toolbar.
Show Audio Browser button
The Audio Browser appears. In the top half of the window you’ll see the
available libraries.
2 Poke around in the libraries to see the variety of sounds available to you.
To sample any sound, select it in the list and click the Play button.
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You can also search for specific sounds.
3 Select the iMovie Sound Effects folder in the top of the window, and in the
search field in the bottom of the window, type Sleigh Bell.
A single file is listed in the bottom of the window.
4 Select Sleigh Bell Percussion.mp3 and click the Play button.
5 Drag the audio file into the Project Browser.
If you position your pointer over the gray background area, it lights up
green.
6 Drop the audio in the gray area to add it as a background track.
The clip is added to the project, starting at the beginning of the movie.
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