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If you own a Mac, then you can start video editing with no fear as soon as you open the laptop.

If you are new to video editing but own a Mac, learning how to use iMovie for beginners through tutorials and other means of research may allow you to build film stills and commercial content while you are still in major startup mode.

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Here is our guide to using iMovie for Mac, including our best iMovie for Mac tips for getting the most out of Apples video editing software.

But you can play a video created in iMovie on Windows PCs - is there is no need to worry that your Windows using friends and family wont be able to view the video.

Just follow our advice below for how to save and export your iMovie for sharing.

We also have a guide to making a video slideshow on your iPhone using Photos Memories.

The newer your iPhone the better the camera features it will offer you.

But not that the quality may not be as good as what you would get with a new iPhone.

If you are heading to a friends wedding, off on an outing, or going to a childs birthday party and you want to be able to capture some video of the occasion then it goes without saying: make sure your iPhone (or camcorder) is fully charged and if possible bring a spare battery pack (or you might not get through the day).

But we still advise that when you are recording video you keep the camera relatively still, panning around slowly, rather than sweeping from one thing to the other.

In fact, if you are recording one thing and then something else, stop recording and make the second thing a new clip.

Most iPhones since the 6s Plus have offered an optical zoom for video recording, but beyond a point, this will switch to digital zoom.

Other phones will only offer digital zoom and the quality will be poor.

Wed recommend starting a new clip after zooming in and use the editing features in iMovie to create a nice transition.

Youll probably get the best results shooting outside on a sunny day, but if you are shooting indoors, avoid shooting your subject in front of a window, for example, if you actually want to be able to see them.

And if you are indoors, turn on the lights and open the curtains.

Its good to get a few shots that you can use to flesh out your movie and set the scene.

For example, taking some video of the outside of the church where the wedding is taking place, or filming people arriving at the reception.

If its a party get some video of people talking and kids playing.

Then confirm that your Trust the computer on your iPhone (you should see a message pop up on the device).

This could take a while the first time you connect if you have a lot of footage on your iPhone.

If you want to import a random selection of clips, press Command (cmd) as you select them, if you are selecting all the clips from one day, click on the first then last clips of that day while pressing Shift, and if you are selecting a group of clips click with your mouse and draw a marquee around them.

Once the clips you want to use are selected, choose where you wish to Import to by clicking on the dropdown beside Import To: and then click on Import Selected.

To avoid importing the same clips twice, make sure there is a tick beside Hide Imported.

By default iMovie shows clips in a Show Separate Days in Events view, but this meant that our clips were shown newest to oldest, and we wanted to see them in date order.

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