I’m editing a football highlight video and I want to add in a special character like an arrow to show a certain player on the field. How do I do that? thanks
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Adding special characters to video in imovie
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Sounds like you want to add a graphic overlay, not a character. You can do that with the picture-in-picture option. You just need to know how to make a semi-transparent image with something like Photoshop.
In episode 328 I show the technique for picture-in-picture but using custom titles as an example. http://macmost.com/custom-titles-in-imovie-09.html
You could use an arrow in the same way.
i just want to add an arrow from special character film. How do i do this
You can use the character viewer to add a special character, like an arrow, to most of the titles in iMovie (or anything on your Mac). See episode 78: http://macmost.com/typing-special-characters.html
Check out episode 423 for an example of how to do this:
http://macmost.com/creating-semi-transparent-overlays-for-imovie.html
I tried this using inserting PNG objects but it kept crashing. I found another solution. Insert a title and delete the text...add a symbol or character instead of text.
1. Insert Title
2. Click "Show Fonts" Click left justify
3. Click "Font Panel Actions" button (on left - looks like gear symbol)
4. Select from a variety of arrow symbols.
5. Use return and space bar to position the symbol where you want it.