PE2_iMovie: Puttin' on the Ritz!

Well, here I am again to show you a little more about what I've been up to with my new best friend Lynda (dot com, that is) and her lovely iMovie tutorials. I discovered while I was away that I although I can use the "e" shortcut to add content from the event library, I cannot, however, use my beloved shortcut to move photos from the iPhoto section that you can access from the right hand corner of the iMovie platform. You just have to use the good ol' drag and drop if you want to move your pics (unless I just haven't gotten to that part yet. . . Anyway, here's more of my commercial that I'm creating in iMovie:

As you can see, I've already added clips and text to my movie. In the next few shots I'll show you some special effects that I'm adding to give my movie flair:

I don't know if you can see the small icon under my editing section between a still frame  and some of my text, but that little gray square is an transition icon that gives a ripple effect. You can add different types of transitions between slides and frames to enhance your movie. Transitions are great for moving the audience's attention from one frame to another, and also gives the audience a diversion from just watching frame after frame. I like to mix text and pictures and video in my presentations.