Mac Video Magic
Create professional-looking content without expensive software!
Here's your resource for creating high-quality videos on your Mac using iMovie, Keynote, QuickTime Player, and more!
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· imovie editing tutorials
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I'm Michael Kinney - former award-winning broadcaster, freelance video producer, and occasional actor, who's been creating professional video of all kinds for 30+ years. I'm constantly blown away by the quality of video you can create with iMovie, Keynote, QuickTime Player, and other free, or inexpensive video creation tools for the Mac.
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New iMovie vertical video tutorial is LIVE! 🎉
If you’ve ever watched my older “how to make vertical video in iMovie” tutorial, there’s now a 2025 updated version that fixes the export method and gets you true 1080×1920 vertical video.
In this new video, I walk you through:
• How to set up native vertical video editing in iMovie on your Mac
• How to get proper 1080×1920 export (not that weird cropped resolution)
• What to do if you don’t even have vertical footage yet (dummy clip trick)
• A smarter way to handle titles using Keynote
If you’re making Shorts, Reels, TikToks, or any vertical video from your Mac, start using this updated method – it’s much more accurate for 2025 and beyond.
Watch it here: https://youtu.be/kdf786mQe8Y
If you came from my older vertical iMovie video, let me know in the comments on the new one – I’m curious how many of you upgraded your workflow. 🙌
3 weeks ago | [YT] | 11
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If you were upgrading from iMovie, which editing software would you choose?
3 weeks ago | [YT] | 12
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🔴 NEW VIDEO: Turn Keynote into your motion graphics studio 🎨
I just uploaded a step‑by‑step tutorial showing how to create PRO animated lower thirds in Keynote and use them in iMovie — with a transparent background and NO extra software.
If you edit on a Mac and want your videos to look more “YouTube‑pro,” this one’s for you.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/4Tw5PIq1GOw
3 weeks ago | [YT] | 7
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Just dropped a game-changing iMovie hack 🔥
Learn how to remove fades and animations from iMovie titles without using Keynote or external apps.
https://youtu.be/AkULnm6ZziU
1 month ago | [YT] | 9
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🎬 New tutorial just dropped!
If you’ve ever made a screen recording or tutorial in iMovie and wished you could point to, circle, or highlight something on screen — this video is for you.
I’ll show you how to use Apple Keynote shapes as custom annotations inside iMovie.
Circles, arrows, callouts, highlights — whatever you need.
👉 Watch here: https://youtu.be/gL7l7t0LJtI
1 month ago | [YT] | 10
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🎨 New Keynote tutorial is live! Did you know you can animate anything along a custom path in Apple Keynote?
This is a fantastic trick for:• Explainer videos• Tutorials• Motion graphics• UI demos• Simple storytelling
I’ll show you how to draw your own path and make an object follow it smoothly — no fancy software needed.
👉 Watch now: https://youtu.be/LQi3aC3GhOk
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🎞 New tutorial is live!
If your edits in iMovie ever feel choppy or disconnected, your transitions might be the missing piece.
In this video, I’ll show you how to:
• Apply transitions the right way
• Decide when and why to use them
• Fine-tune them with iMovie’s Precision Editor
It’s all built into iMovie — no extra software, just better storytelling.
🎬 Watch here → https://youtu.be/6xyIuAoGFmk
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Apologies, gang. Canceling today's livestream on recording pro voiceovers with built-in Mac apps. Looking at feedback from the community, I think this topic will be better served as a detailed, standalone video. I can certainly answer follow-up questions about the topic in the next livestream. Best, MK
2 months ago | [YT] | 29
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🎥 New tutorial is live!
If you’ve ever wanted that clean, circular, talking-head effect for your videos this one’s for you!
I show you how to use Apple Keynote to create a picture-in-picture circle frame talking-head video — perfect for dropping into iMovie for tutorials, online classes, or reaction videos.
👉 Watch here: https://youtu.be/7-aceTh-kUE
2 months ago | [YT] | 10
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🎬 The new tutorial is live!
If your iMovie audio has ever sounded muddy, uneven, or just… amateur, this fix will change everything.
I walk through the simple mixing technique I use in every video to get clear voice + balanced music right inside iMovie.
👉 Watch here: https://youtu.be/oOI5-1TCd4w
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