iMovie new 2.2.7 update has a lot of things in it. One of those is that you can now create a Greenscreen video in seconds. Why is this so great? a few reasons. First, most districts already use iMovie on iPads with their students. It is a cornerstone app. What we have been using, DoInk is a great app, but it is $2.99 per device. This is relatively cheap and I have had success getting the technology department to push the app out to certain teachers and shared iPads for use. It gets too expensive when the entire 6th grade would like the app. Now with iMovie, each student can write, film, edit, produce and share their own Greenscreen Movies.
I was reminded that there must be some shortcomings to the iMovie Greenscreen feature. I have not come across any that would make me change my lessons at all. That is really what you look for when speaking to an app’s limitations. A couple of things that were mentioned to me in comparison to DoInk are that you only get Green or Blue choices for the backdrop overlay. With Do Ink you can change the backdrop to other colors, but I have a Greenscreen and that is what I purchased to use to create the backgrounds. I am not going to teach a lesson on Chromakey, that is not my function in the school. I am going to help the students create something amazing and beautiful.
Check out the new 2.2.7 iMovie and all its new functions. 