Whether you’re on holiday or in the back garden at home, sometimes you’ll want to capture events with your camcorder, and other times you’ll want to take pictures with your digital camera. And sometimes you’ll want to do both. Wouldn’t it be great if you could combine your best video and your favorite digital pictures? With iMovie, you can.

Steps

Add photos to your iMovie project

1. In iMovie, click the Media button to open the iLife Media Browser. Choose Photos to see your iPhoto Library and click Show Photo Settings to see the Photo Settings window. The Photo Settings window allows you to set the Ken Burns Effect. For now, disable the Ken Burns effect using the checkbox in the Photo Settings window.
2. Use the arrows to scroll through all the pictures in your library.
3. Drag a photo from your iPhoto Library to the clip viewer. Notice the photo will be imported into your iMovie project and placed on the timeline. Look at the top of the new clip in the timeline to see the duration associated with your photo.
4. Double-click on the photo in the timeline to see information about it. Give your photo a new name and change the duration to 4 seconds. Click Set to see the changes take effect in the timeline.
5. Select another photo in your iPhoto Library. From the Photo Settings window, turn the Ken Burns effect on to apply motion to the next photo you’ll import. To make setting the motion easier, click the icon with two arrows to deselect the loop option in the Preview window.
6. In the Photo Settings window, click in the Start area. Move the Zoom slider to the left until it reads 1.00. Next, click the End area and set the Zoom slider to the middle. Use the bottom slider to adjust the time associated with your image. Click the loop arrows to see a preview of the motion that will be applied to your photo.
7. Click Apply to have your photo imported to the timeline with the Ken Burns effect applied.
8. Select your photo in the timeline and change the duration and direction using the Photo Settings window. Click Apply to update your photo.
9. Click the Rewind button, then press the Space bar to see the new photos play in your movie.