Professional and easy-to-use nature of iMovie
It is important to note that professional-grade tools like Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut can be expensive. Since iMovie is free, it's an excellent place for beginners to start. Its intuitive design makes it the best video editing for all users, from beginners to professionals. It is a widely used and favored software among them. But, the biggest drawback with iMovie is that it works only with Apple products. Nevertheless, if you have an iPhone or an iPad, you can download iMovie from the AppStore and enjoy editing videos on a mobile device. Before we jump into the voiceover part, we must start by importing individual clips into the software. Step 1: Create a project and select Movie
Step 2: Click on the import button or use the shortcut ⌘ + I
Step 3: Select your video clips and click "import selected."
Step 4: Add video clips to the timeline
So now we come to the main question, how to add voiceover to iMovie?
Well, without further ado, let us get started.
Here are 3 Ways to add voiceover to iMovie
Inbuilt recorder
To record your voiceover, once you have imported the video and trimmed it accordingly, it comes down to adding a voiceover. Select the microphone button below the preview screen, and you will notice a red button below. Click the button to start recording your audio. Once you have finished recording on iMovie, click the record button again (which is now a stop record button). The sound clip will be added automatically to iMovie, and your voiceover is ready for editing.
Pre-recorded voiceover
Here is another way to add voiceover to iMovie, a pre-recorded voiceover. If you have a professional microphone and a quiet place to record to work, it's more than enough to get a professional recording of yourself. But surely it will take much time and effort to do the same. After you have saved your recording, you can upload the voiceover in the video clips. By simply dragging, it can be fine-tuned as per your needs.
TTS voiceover with Listen2It
The most cost-effective and quickest way of adding voiceover to iMovie is by using Listen2It. With Listen2It, you can edit the voice by adjusting the style, pitch, volume & speed. Furthermore, you can also modify the voice, emphasis, and pronunciation of certain words. Follow these easy steps to generate voiceover with Listen2It: Sign up for an account with Listen2It
Create a new Listen2It project
Once signed up, create a new project by adding a project name, and select language and voice according to your requirements. You can also preview the selection before you hit create project.
Once you have arrived at the Listen2It dashboard, create audio by clicking on "using text editor."
Here's where the magic happens, in the editor, add the script of the audio, and you can adjust the volume, pitch, speed, and style. Additionally, you can change the pronunciation and emphasis of certain words and add them to the pronunciation library for future reference.
As shown earlier, once you download your audio, add the file in iMovie and trim it with the video clips. This way, you have a very human-like AI voiceover for your video.
