Creating iMovie Titles With Keynote (MacMost Now 134)

[macmostvideo]

@MacMaster121 Why not just use one of the default settings? Try "Full Quality" for instance.

[macmostvideo]

@MacMaster121 What settings did you use to export it from Keynote? What steps are you taking to import into iMovie?

[macmostvideo]

@MacMaster121 Not sure what you are trying to accomplish. You wouldn't drag and drop onto iTunes to allow you to import into iMovie. Just import directly into iMovie.

[trevorm1]

I loved the old computer behind you, and it still works I see. Very sweet!

[spinsaver1]

This is so cool! I love Apple.

[h3adshotnation]

hey how do you import the quick time video into imovie? thanks

[macmostvideo]

@h3adshotnation Drag and drop it into iTunes.

[h3adshotnation]

@macmostvideo thanks a bunch!

[BigBoizSkank]

cheers for helping me get here gary. your a life savour :)

[photographyconcepts]

Thanks, very helpful...

[thebob7255]

lol that is great thanks sooooo much sooooooo helpful

thanks thanks thanks thanks

[oualaskabud]

Well done! I'm going to get to work now familiarizing myself with keynote. Thank you Gary!

[BlackWidowLuger]

Hey Gary Rosenzweig with MacMost Now, I have a question! You see in iMovie the small titles can actually appear OVER a video clip, meaning it has no background. Is there a way to duplicate this effect with the Keynote program? I just made a small title box that appears and can't figure a way to make it backgroundless...THANKS! I've seen every one of the MacMost podcasts!

[macmostvideo]

Well, you can't do it with video-over-video, I don't think. But if it is just a static (non-animated) title box, then you can build it in a graphics editor like Photoshop and make it semi-transparent. Then use picture-in-picture to bring it in and the transparency will be retained. See episode 130, which is iMovie 08, but gives you a general idea. It is even easier in 09 with the picture-in-picture function.

[BlackWidowLuger]

Thanks much! *searches through iTunes library*

[PASymphony]

This is a really great post! I just started using iMovie and needed better options for my smaller projects.

[stevensonrf]

Yo Gary, one more question for You! Is that a "Mac Museum" i see behind You in this video? :)

[macmostvideo]

Just a few old computers.

[stevensonrf]

Thanks Gary! Very Helpful! Question? will i be able to keep the same resolution that i have in Key note when i export to iMovie? Thanks

[macmostvideo]

You can select from almost any resolution, yes.

[stevensonrf]

Thanks Gary for getting back to me. Really like you videos very helpful! So i really won't lose ant screen resolution quality if i go from Keynote to iMovie? The reason i want to have this quality is because I think i will need to export my Keynote to iMovie or FCP in order to add multiple sound tracks... Make sense? Thanks again.

[macmostvideo]

Yes. Just try it with something simple. Look at the export options. Do a test run with a simple project before working on something big.

[ampowermktg]

@macmostvideo Why not try to build your text titles in KN with a green background, then do the green screen overlay in iMovie? As long as you keep with non-green text colors, should do all you want. Of course, you can export multiple KN clips and place them into your iMove timeline. Do a KBurns of only the text, or use KN animation of text elements and graphics like the annoying TV kirons these days. Lots of graphic overlay power with iMovie green screen.

[Nia9ll]

here i made a movie showing you my problem chceck it out

[macmostvideo]

I see what the problem is. You are exporting for a QuickTime movie using "Manual Advance" -- that creates a special QuickTime file that is interactive media -- you play it back in QT Player and advanced from frame to frame by clicking. It is not a video file. Instead, change Manual Advance to "Fixed Timing" and it will export a real QuickTime video file.

[Nia9ll]

thank you you rock

[Nia9ll]

i cant import my keynote presentations into imovie , it doesnt let me

[macmostvideo]

You can't import a presentation. You need to export from Keynote as a QuickTime movie and import that.

[Nia9ll]

ya i did that but it doesnt let me

[macmostvideo]

How did you export, exactly? How are you trying to import? What happens (error message)?

[Nia9ll]

well first i export to quicktime then i go to imovie then i click import movies and then find the file and it wont let me import it

ill makin a movie showing you the problem

[KEDDY53]

you can also use live type

[yecheskelt]

Thnx great tut! Did u make ur titles like this?

[macmostvideo]

The closing titles, yes.

[yecheskelt]

So how did u make the opening titles.

[macmostvideo]

A combination of things + Final Cut Studio Pro. Too hard to explain. Will probably remake them in Keynote or something else at some point.

[TomNLoganMovies]

Thats so helpful!

[vegasrenie]

Fabulous. Perfect for my needs and answers a million frustrations I had!

[pelicanstorm]

Excellent! Thank you.

[chamillionairerox13]

that's a great thing to do, but you lost me on how to create the transitions. where do I get that transitions box from?

[macmostvideo]

Search for transitions in the Keynote help to get more info on them.

[chamillionairerox13]

thanks alot

i never thought of doing that

[beforethecubicle]

Great tip, thanks very much.

[BYoshi19]

u made the macmost thing on top of the gray box of ure vids.can u make a vid that teaches how to put that there???

[macmostvideo]

I use an application called Wirecast.

[BYoshi19]

oh,cause i have no idea how people do that!!:P

[tennisaddict77]

thanx a lot tht was a huge answer tht i had and you just answered it

[macmostvideo]

Huh? Link for the Web site? This is a tutorial about using Keynote to make video titles. There is no Web site.

[macmostvideo]

Which part?

[biochemist8]

This is a solid technique. I love these technique videos that show me cool tricks I can do with my mac. When people ask me "how do you do that?" I tell them I do it with my mac and I learned from macmost now, so I guess this happens with other people too and you can get more subscribers that way.

[ThatGuyyyyy]

hey Gary, if you remember me from my comment in a related video, I asked how long it takes for youtube to upload video from iMovie 08. Well, I dunno what's wrong, but I can't make iMovie to upload directly to youTube. it says published to youTube above the video, but I tried 3-4 times and the video is still not up in youtube after few days. So I was wondering if you could tell me how to save iMovie files in a format that I can manually upload to youtube or facebook to share with friends. Thanks

[macmostvideo]

YouTube will except lots of different formats. I would just export from iMovie using the Share menu option and a "Medium"-sized movie (640 pixels across). That works fine for YouTube.

[Grancie48]

Great job. Thanks for posting.

[killer1snoop]

thanks. i know it helped me out

[saintlavin]

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