Making the most of iMovie's lesser-known features

In past iMovie lessons we?ve talked about working with the application?s interface, importing media, constructing a basic movie project, creating trailers, and dealing with iMovie?s more persnickety editing features. It?s time to put a bow on the series by taking note of a few remaining features that you?ll find helpful in your moviemaking.

Adding a time stamp to your movies

Senior contributor Jeff Carlson explained how this was done in the previous version of iMovie. The technique has changed very little. To add a time stamp to your clips, follow along.

Place a clip you wish to time-stamp in the timeline and then select it. At the bottom of the Libraries pane select Titles under the Content Library heading. In the Titles area that appears, drag the Date/Time title on top of the clip you want to time-stamp. By default an 8-second time stamp will appear in the bottom-left portion of the clip. To increase its length, just drag the edge of the title bar away from the center. You can also reposition it so that it appears elsewhere in the clip.

Regrettably you still can?t change the format of the time stamp?it continues to look like something created for The X Files.

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