Create Chapter Markers in iMovie HD
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Don Schechter
Adding chapters to your movie is great because your audience can go right to their favorite scenes. Learn how to add chapter markers in iMovie HD.
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Transcript: Create Chapter Markers in iMovie HD
Hi, I am Don Schechter for About.com Computing. Today I will show you how to create chapter markers in iMovie HD.If you plan to burn your movie to a DVD or create a Quicktime movie file, you can create chapter markers so viewers can select different scenes.
Decide on Your Chapters
First, open up your iMovie project. Move your playhead to where you want to add a new chapter.Keep in mind that you cannot add a marker to the very beginning or end of your movie. You will see that when we export to iDVD, there will be an initial marker automatically set up.
iMovie recommends that you also do not add chapter markers within a transition or within one second of a transition.
Add and Name Chapter Markers
Now, I will go to Chapters and click on 'Add Marker.' The marker will appear on top, and I can give it a name. I'll create a few more markers.If you want to delete a marker, just click it and press 'Delete.' Or you can click it and press 'Remove Marker.'
Share Your Movie in iDVD
Once you finish editing your movie and adding markers, you are ready to share your movie. I will go up to share and click on 'iDVD.' Now, I will click 'Share.'This will automatically launch iDVD with my movie in a template. I will ignore the template for now and click 'Play Movie.' I can skip between my scenes using the arrows on the remote.
Select a Chapter to Watch
If I go back to the menu and go to Scene Selection, you will see that iDVD took those chapter markers and made what is called a chapter index.From here, I can choose any scene to jump to. Also notice that a marker was placed at the beginning, and it is called 'Beginning.' If I stop playback of the simulated DVD, I can click on that first marker and rename it.
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