(You can get away with 15 fps, maybe even 10 fps. Digital Camera: It’ll need to have a decent movie mode: It’s best if you can get 640x480 and 30 frames per second.iMovie: If you have a DVD burner, you’ll also use iDVD and Disk Utility.If you use a miniDV camera (see our notes at the end about camcorders), a one-hour video clip – just the clip! – comes in at over 13 gigs.

To give you an idea of the hard drive space you’ll need, it takes 4.7 gigs free to burn a DVD, and a simple 3 minute movie project can easily take another 2 gigs (even more if you took a lot more video than 3 minutes worth). If you don’t have one, you can still create a QuickTime movie.

Computer Stuff: You’re going to need a Mac with a fair amount of free hard drive space.

We’re going to give you the bare minimum you need to get into iMovie and make a movie, fast. If you are looking for detailed instructions, such as how to adjust sound levels or put in transitions or special effects, you better look elsewhere. We’re slanting our tutorial to those of you who have digital cameras (use the movie mode – you won’t regret it!). We’ll show you how to do it without an expensive camcorder – from start to finish, and on the cheap. It’s a great tool: Easy to use, and inexpensive! Here, in a nutshell, is how you can do it too. We’ve used iMovie for a couple of years to make movies (well, short videos).

Make a Movie with iMovie and a Digital Camera.

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