Video editing & creating a presentation

[fredt]

So I want to take a video from a sporting event and use clips from it to make a demonstration. I want to talk over the video clips and use stills from the video mixed with me explaining stuff using a whiteboard.

What is the easiest way to do this? I have zero experience. It doesn't need to look professional. I will be using an iMac.

Thanks,
Fred

[AJB88]

I don't have any experience of this but iMovie will be the tool.

You can drop multiple videos into one, add audio etc.

[TheRainMaker]

PowerPoint will do that.

Edited by TheRainMaker on Wednesday 11th October 18:21

[Fordo]

Apple's equivalent of powerpoint - Keynote, will would work as well.

Id use Quicktime to open the video, and scrub through to where you want still images. Quicktime can export out a still frame from wherever you've paused the video.

Then id built my presentation in keynote, bring the video in for where i want to play the whole thing, and on subsequent slides, bring in the still frames you've exported.

[Derek Smith]

fredt said:

So I want to take a video from a sporting event and use clips from it to make a demonstration. I want to talk over the video clips and use stills from the video mixed with me explaining stuff using a whiteboard.

What is the easiest way to do this? I have zero experience. It doesn't need to look professional. I will be using an iMac.

Thanks,
Fred

Loads of stuff on YouTube. It comes for all levels. You can pick software, hardware, abilities and subject matter. I've been videoing for years and still go back to YouTube for further work.

[fredt]

Thanks! Hadn't even thought of consulting youtube..

[rich888]

Youtube is superb for providing a huge wealth of information, though the quality of it might be 'variable' - as with info provided on a forum

From what you have mentioned I would suggest you try iMovie, it's extremely intuitive in its current state, though earlier versions such as v6 can be downloaded from Apple for free which offer more professional 'stuff' but isn't so user friendly.

If you catch the video editing bug then Apple do offer a more expensive app, as in 'Final Cut Pro X', which has to be one of the best video editing packages going, but it costs a lot more money than iMovie which is bundled for free with all Apple products. I've certainly had a lot of fun with iMovie in the past so it gets my approval. Give it a try, you have little to lose except a few hours of your own time.

EDITED TO ADD, call in to your local Apple store for a demo.