To do this, drag the video clip to the timeline, then select the clip and choose Extract Audio (1-J) from the Advanced menu. For example, youвЂ™re making a documentary about your grandmotherвЂ™sД¬hildhood and youвЂ™d like to show old photographs as she talks. (Beatles fans: import some White Album songs from your iTunes library and have fun.)ДЄt times, you may want to use only the audio portion of a clip. Your audio plays back, but is slowed down. Key while slowly dragging the iMovie HD playhead. Zoom in on the timeline, then press the Option HereвЂ™s a handy way to locate the exact spot to trim or split an audio clip. As with video clips, you can reclaim audio thatвЂ™s outside of a clipвЂ™s boundaries by resizing the clip. You can trim the start and end of an audio clip using the same direct-trimming techniques described on page 232. Time, you may want to leave the waveform display turned off unless you need it for precise editing or volume adjustments. When you import an audio clip or music track, iMovie HD must render the trackвЂ™s waveform-a red progress bar appears at theД«ottom of the audio track, and the waveform appears a bit blurry until iMovie HD renders it. To make the spikes smaller, press the down-arrow key. Solution: select the audio clip and press the up-arrow key. If the audio in a track is on the quiet side, To work with more precision when viewing waveforms, zoom in on the timeline. Portions of clips (specifically, when you scroll to within three frames of silence). When youвЂ™ve used the View menu to display audio waveforms, iMovie HDвЂ™s timeline snapping feature snaps the playhead to silent

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