
To apply the change, click the Apply button in the picture-in-picture controls. In the viewer, adjust the position of the picture-in-picture clip.Ĭontinue to skim and add keyframes until you’re finished. Reposition the playhead within the picture-in-picture clip where you want to set another position. If the Next Keyframe or Previous Keyframe button is dimmed, it means there is no keyframe in that direction in the timeline. Clicking the Delete Keyframe button removes the current keyframe. The Add Keyframe button changes to the Delete Keyframe button, indicating that there is a keyframe set at the current frame. In the viewer, click the Add Keyframe button to add a keyframe. Position the playhead within the picture-in-picture clip where you want to set a position. In the iMovie app on your Mac, select a picture-in-picture clip in the timeline. You define the path that the picture-in-picture clip follows by setting keyframes at specific points in time.
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You can animate the position of a picture-in-picture clip so that it moves as your movie plays. To apply your changes, click the Apply button in the picture-in-picture controls. Set the border color: Click the color well and select a color in the Colors window. Give the picture-in-picture clip a drop shadow: Select the Shadow checkbox. Set the duration of the effect transition: Type a value in the transition duration field to the right of the transition style pop-up menu.Īdd a border to the picture-in-picture clip: Click the button for a border type.
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Resize the picture-in-picture window: Drag any of the clip’s corners in the viewer.Īpply an effect to the picture-in-picture clip: Click the transition style pop-up menu and choose Dissolve, Zoom, or Swap.Ĭhoosing Swap makes the main clip shrink into the picture-in-picture window while the new clip plays at full size in the background. Yellow guidelines appear to help you align the clip with the vertical and horizontal center or edges of the frame. Reposition the picture-in-picture clip: Drag the picture-in-picture window in the viewer.

If the picture-in-picture controls aren’t shown, click the Video Overlay Settings button. In the iMovie app on your Mac, select a clip in the timeline with a picture-in-picture effect. You can even have the original video shrink into the picture-in-picture window while the new video plays in the background.
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You can position a picture-in-picture clip anywhere you want in the timeline, and you can resize it, add a border around it, and set it to appear with a dissolve, zoom, or swap effect.
