Letterbox Effect in iMovie 09 720p HD

[Chubsterwoo]

i love that song!

[yvesyvezz]

it's not working.. it's still in black and white bars.. I'm using imovie 11.. please help :'(

[viktorvanmirr]

very nice. thank you :)

[iFABULOUSPRODUCTiONZ]

great, i totally understood. thanks :)

[Thekaratedude99]

Thanks bro

[ThisIsSoccer2010]

the picture i've made is not transparent in imovie, i can only see white can you help me please ?

[SdHdProductions]

Atleast everyone else did it till the iMovie part, I cant do the image on Photoshop lol Im such a fail.. I tried with eVideo's downloaded image but it doesnt fit :/ I use 720p, do you have the letterbox image you used?

[606sPoses]

heyy im using imovie 09 for mac...i did everything u told me to do..but when i drag the letterbox into imovie..nolthin happen..can u help me please?

[RorysCrazyAdventures]

hmm.. somehow this isn't working for me. I'm using iMovie 11 though.. maybe apple changed something. but its actually very easy to do this in final cut, you just use the mask shape filter.

[mecha890]

@RorysCrazyAdventures its even easier using Matte > Widescreen in FCP7

[virtualsoundsify]

Hi There! Thanks for upload, but i have a huge problem... when i get the letterbox "stencil" in imovie and apply "greenscreen". The videoclip just lagg and freeze and then when the "greenscreen" is over, it turns back to the videoclip :S Thanks for answer!, please Leave a PM!

[Oneshotbkreppa]

can u email a copy of the letterbox you made it photo shop to oneshotTV@yahoo.com

Thanks cause im having trouble making it

[MoonlightDreamer1]

Can You Download Photoshop For Free???????

[dannystoll84]

Is this really impossible to do in final cut pro? Because it seems like a very capable program, but I can't seem to find the letterbox effect.

[mirshaani]

@mecha890hey! i have been looking for this for a vry long time ...can u please tell....how 2 do this...

[mirshaani]

hey! i have been looking for this for a vry long time ...can u please tell....how 2 do this...

[BertieWatsonMusic]

Thank you SOOOOO much! I have been looking for a video on this for ages!

[DudeFromUkraine]

Very helpful. Thank you!

[aeroebigg]

dont work right...stays white or black.

[NoobTubez]

Hey! Great vid on how to make it work. But, when it's applied during the editing fase, it seems to remove any transitions you may have put into place. So is the only way to do it after it's been exported, and then export it again with the letterbox effect?

[mecha890]

@NoobTubez Some comments have hinted at an easier technique, Ive yet to try any, and sadly I dont use iMovie 09' as much now since I have been using Final Cut Pro :o

[harrysfunzone]

Same here lilmrdr!

[lilmrdr]

I cannot get this to work. When I pull in the jpg it does not show up at all? any ideas?

[andros1984]

I just selected Cut-away instead of greenscreen... way quicker

[onceuponatime963]

Hey Bro, i just want to thank you for this cool effect tutorial. This is a great addition to imovie09.

[ZanessaHeart778]

Or........................ you know you can just use photoshop, open a 1280 x 720 transparent image and then just but the black bar. Afterwards all you have to do is save it in png and then put it into iMovie as cutway. To me it's easier but this is just another way.

-SawBaby

[RoundTheBendMI]

this is WAYYY better than my previous attempt to letterbox hah. I just photoshopped out the video part, saved as transparent PNG and dragged it in as PIP and resize as much as possible. when you do that, you see the edges of the video lmao.

[IAMISEE]

I use png's with iMovie 09 and they work

[evzeeland]

I tried the same but when I place the jpeg over the clip as green screen it stays white and my clip does not come through like yours.

I only see the jpeg in the preview. Any idea what I do wrong?

[mecha890]

@evzeeland hmm, basic info. What are you exported the vid as? 720p? 1080p?

and as long as you are using the same image file dimensions, you should be applying negative video filter to the image in greenscreen.

tell me if that helps. email me back, i might be able to help you further over ichat or something like that.

[evzeeland]

@mecha890 I export as 720p. In Photoshop I save the image as...JPEG. Correct? You mention export but I cannot export to jpeg, only save as.

Thanks.

[evzeeland]

If I put the jpeg over the video my video does not see through like yours but stays as a black box with white top and bottom. What do I do wrong?

[loopingstaruk]

Thanks so much for this video - I can't believe Apple didn't include a built in letterbox effect in iMovie 09 ! Followed your instructions and it works perfectly , although as you said you have to be careful when filming to keep your subject centred . Cheers

[dacespace]

wait a sec where did u get green screen in imovie?

[mecha890]

to get green screen you take a selected clip/image from either the panel where all your movie clips are or image files and drag them over your project clips to make that small menu come up, are you using iMovie '09?

[dacespace]

yeah i figured it out i was not getting the menu i had to go under advanced setting or whatever so i prefer final cu anyway

[mecha890]

^^ I respect that. Its for users not so tech-savvy, or dont feel like navigating Final Cut.

[daskinsbeast2nd]

do you have your camera hooked on the guitars neck?

[CamTheRamRon]

Thanks so much haha, and for the name but I can't drag the image into imovie 09 for some reason.

[mecha890]

are you sure the file type is jpeg? are you dragging the image above your edited footage?

[CamTheRamRon]

yeah dude, I've watched this video 6 times just to make sure I'm dong it right

[xmikex]

Sweet yeah I just checked and its all '09. Thanks bro

[xmikex]

sick video. how can you tell which iLife version? I got my macbook pro in July 2009 and its just the version that came with it. Is that '09 or should I go purchase iLife '09

[mecha890]

Your version of iLife should be the 09 package, but to make sure, you wanna click on the apple in the very corner, then click on

/about this mac/, click /More Info.../, in the side panel click where it says software, then click on /Applications/, the copyright version of your Garageband, iMovie, should all be 2009.