iMovie for Mac: Add clips

In the Libraries list, select an event containing footage you want to add to your movie.

Event clips appear in the browser to the right of the Libraries list.

Drag a clip from the browser to the timeline.

To split a clip in your movie and insert the video between the two segments, drag the clip on top of an existing clip in the timeline, and choose Insert from the menu that appears.

In the Libraries list, select an event containing footage you want to add to your movie.

Event clips appear in the browser to the right of the Libraries list.

Hold down the R key, and drag across a clip to select the range you want.

Drag the selected range to the timeline.

To split a clip in your movie and insert the video between the two segments, drag the selection on top of an existing clip in the timeline, and choose Insert from the menu that appears.

In the Libraries list, select an event containing footage you want to add to your movie.

Event clips appear in the browser to the right of the Libraries list.

In the browser, do one of the following:

• Select part of a clip: Hold down the R key and drag across the part of the clip you want to select.

• Select an entire clip: Click the clip.

Do one of the following:

• Choose Edit > Add to Movie.

• Click the Add button (+) that appears on the clip in the browser.

  The selection is added to the movie at the end of the timeline.

In the Libraries list, select an event containing footage you want to add to your movie.

Event clips appear in the browser to the right of the Libraries list.

In the browser, do one of the following:

• Select part of a clip: Hold down the R key and drag across the part of the clip you want to select.

• Select an entire clip: Click the clip.

Drag your selection on top of the clip you want to replace in the timeline.

In the menu that appears, do one of the following:

• Replace the clip, keeping the new clip’s duration: Choose Replace.

  

• Replace the clip, keeping the original clip’s duration and using the new clip’s start point as the beginning: Choose Replace from Start.

• Replace the clip, keeping the original clip’s duration and using the new clip’s end point as the end: Choose Replace from End.

In the Libraries list, select an event containing footage you want to add to your movie.

Event clips appear in the browser to the right of the Libraries list.

In the timeline, position the playhead where you want to insert the clip.

In the browser, do one of the following:

• Select part of a clip: Hold down the R key and drag across the part of the clip you want to select.

• Select an entire clip: Click the clip.

Choose Edit > Insert.

If the playhead is positioned on top of a clip, the clip in the timeline is split into two segments, and the new clip is inserted between the two segments.