How to Edit a Recipe Video in iMovie & Photoshop
on Mar 17, 2017, Updated Jul 22, 2017
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This one is for my fellow food bloggers! I have loved creating recipe videos to demonstrate how recipes come together and wanted to share how to edit a recipe video in iMovie & photoshop! There is no need to get any special video editing software, all you need to do is get creative with what you have! I put the step by step into a handy video for you below. This is how I put together the video for these Paleo Blueberry Lemon Donuts.
Tripod I use: Manfrotto MT055XPRO3 055 Aluminium 3-Section Tripod with Horizontal Column (Black)
Ball Head:Manfrotto 324RC2 light duty grip ball head
Camera I have: Nikon D3000 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX VR Nikkor Zoom Lens
Top tips for How to Edit a Recipe Video in iMovie & Photoshop:
Splitting Clips in iMovie:
Speeding clips up:
I always try to keep my videos under 1 minute for instagram and facebook so speeding clips up is vital for that! You can make custom speeds in iMovie and it helps show viewers how quick and easy recipes can be!
Cropping in Photoshop:
Adding text in Photoshop:
Check out the final video HERE! I hope this video showing you How to Edit a Recipe Video in iMovie & Photoshop was helpful!! Pin the image below to remember this for later!
Kels, that was really interesting, knowing the back story on how you do such wonderful pics on your site.
Thanks Bahai!! You’ll have to come down and see my set up soon!! 🙂
This is so helpful!! Thank you for making this!
Ahhh awesome Brooke!! So glad it helped you out!
Thanks so much for this! I have been struggling with video editing lately and it’s so nice to know that I can make a great video without having to spend hours trying to figure out some of the more complicated video editing software.
So glad it could help!
Each and every step clearly explore no any confusion to follow it.. Thanks!!
I have tried photoshop work but I did not succeed hee, can you help e about this work?
There are lots of photoshop tutorials online!