Sunday, March 27, 2011

Putting Keynote Projects into iMovie

Once you have completed your Keynote project, whether it is animation or a title screen, you can import it into iMovie. Once it is in iMovie, you can cut it into an existing iMovie project, or edit it in ways you cannot in Keynote - for instance, you can change the speed, add effects, etc.

Be aware that once the Keynote project is in iMovie, you won't be able to alter the animation itself, so make sure your project is really complete before exporting/importing.

Procedure:

1) Highlight Slide #1 in your project, then in Keynote's Navigator Bar, go to "Play" and then choose "Record Slideshow." Your project will play all the way through as it records.




2) In Navigator Bar, choose "Share" and then "Export."

A box will appear with a default setting for "Recorded Timing" and "Full Quality, Large" format, do not change these.


NOTE: You may wish to uncheck the box that says "Include Audio" if it is checked, as Keynote records ambient audio in the classroom when you record your slideshow. This means that you will have to take this out in iMovie later if the box is left checked.


Click the "Next" button, this will bring up the Save Options screen. Save to the Desktop where you can easily find this file.


Exporting may take some time depending on the size of your project - it is being converted to a Quicktime File.

3) Open iMovie, go "File" then "Import" then "Movies" in the Navigator Bar.


4) Find your Keynote project on the desktop. Ideally, you would save to "Create New Event" and give it a name if you haven't already (you should name projects when creating, or at least, when exporting).
Keep settings as Large - 960x540 for best quality.

Choose "Import" at the bottom right, and your Keynote project will import into the iMovie Event Library.

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