If the playhead is situated over a clip in your timeline and not in between clips, the video is added either before or after that clip, whichever is closer to the playhead's current position. In your movie project, swipe left or right on the timeline to position the playhead (the white vertical line in the middle) to the spot where you want to add the new video clip.

Step 1: Select Where You Want to Add the VideoĪ new video can be added to any part of a movie project's timeline, then reorganized to the most appropriate spot afterward, but why not just add it to the right place when you import? Choosing the correct spot right off the bat means less work later.

More Info: How to Create a New iMovie Project on Your iPhone.

If you don't have one yet, check out the basics in the link below for making one. We'll cover these options below, but before that, make sure you have your movie project open and ready. You can add video clips to your movie project from your iPhone's built-in storage, iCloud Photo Library, iCloud Drive, or Files app, and you can always take new videos right away if you want. Unlike with photos, you can trim the length of new videos, select the audio only, and add overlay effects.

Adding additional photos to a movie project in iMovie for iPhone is relatively simple, but incorporating more videos to your timeline is a little bit more involved, only because there's more that you can do.

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