
Creating a musical score for a movie in GarageBand
You can send an iMovie project to GarageBand, or import a video file, and create a musical score. You can view the video as you work, edit the video's audio track, and add markers. You can add URLs to markers so viewers can open webpages, and add chapter titles to give viewers quick access to different parts of the video.
When you are finished creating the score in GarageBand, you can send the project to iDVD or export it as a QuickTime movie.
To create a musical score for an iMovie project:
- In iMovie, choose Share > GarageBand.
- You can add loops, record Real and Software Instruments, and arrange and mix them to create the score. You can view the video in the video preview pane, and edit the video's audio track. If you plan to export your video as a video podcast, you can add markers for chapters and other important points in time, and add URLs and URL titles to markers.
- When you are finished, choose Share > Send Movie to iDVD to send the project to iDVD, choose Share > Export as QuickTime Movie to export it to disk, or choose Share > Send Podcast to iWeb to send it to iWeb as a video podcast.
GarageBand opens and a new project is created, containing the iMovie project. The video appears above the Track Info pane and in the video track at the top of the timeline. A new Real Instrument track is created, containing the video's audio track.
When you export a project as a QuickTime movie, the exported movie uses the current video compression settings. You can change the video compression settings in the Export pane of GarageBand Preferences.
For information about importing a video file into a project, see Related Topics below.
Related Topics
Importing a video file into a project
