Hopefully, future versions will improve upon the automated edits to sync better with the music and offer more options when editing Magic Movie and Storyboards videos. After choosing a style, it's a simple matter of filling in the blanks to create a well laid-out video with minimal effort.

iMovie's Storyboards offer great starting points for making a biography, celebrating an event, demonstrating cooking techniques, and more, with a total of 20 storyboard types, including a very fun Trailer style that guides the user through creating a movie trailer. In truth, scenes can be shot hours or even days apart in different locations, then blended together for the best effect. This can be quite helpful when getting started with editing, since a good movie requires a seamless view of events. It's possible to choose from existing items in the iPhone's library or to record new clips that the template calls for. Storyboards is somewhat similar, but rather than selecting several clips and leaving it to iMovie to piece these together into a video, this option gives suggestions for common shots when editing a project and several templates are offered to get the user started. This is a super fast and easy way to assemble some clips, but much more is possible. The title is taken from the Album name but can be changed by tapping the title on the Magic Movie. The soundtrack can be changed, the length of videos trimmed, along with some basic title adjustments and filter options.

Within seconds, depending on the number of clips selected and the speed of the iPhone, a complete video appears, ready to play. After choosing this mode, the user's library of photos and videos is shown, and after selecting two or more videos or photos, the user only has to tap Create Magic Movie to set the iPhone to work. Magic Movie is about as easy as it can get. The new features provide three basic options for creating a video, ranging from the most automatic Magic Movie to a guided experience with Storyboards, or for the most freeform use, the Movie timeline option that continues to be available in this version. Related: How To Turn iPhone Videos Into Photos With & Without An AppĪpple's iMovie 3.0 app is designed to run on an iPad and Mac but also works on an iPhone without any restrictions beyond formatting the app to fit on the smaller screen.

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