Change the style of a Magic Movie in iMovie on iPhone
When you create a Magic Movie project, you can choose a style, which includes preset transitions as well as a music track, title font, and title and title graphic colour.
Choose a Magic Movie style
In the iMovie app
on your iPhone, open a Magic Movie project.Tap the Styles button
at the top of the screen.Tap a style to select it.
A preview of the selected style appears in the viewer.
When you’ve selected the style that you want to use, tap Done at the top of the screen.
Choose music for your Magic Movie
In the iMovie app
on your iPhone, open a Magic Movie project.Tap the Styles button
at the top of the screen.Tap the Music button
at the bottom of the screen.Do one of the following:
Choose a soundtrack included with iMovie: Tap Soundtracks, then tap the soundtrack you want to add. If you see a Download icon
, the soundtrack is downloaded first.Choose a song from your Music library: Tap My Music, tap the location of the song you want to add (Playlists, Albums, Artists or Songs), then tap the song.
Note: To use a song you purchased from the iTunes Store in your project, you must be the copyright holder of the song or have express permission from the copyright holder. For more information, see the iMovie for iOS and iPadOS software licence agreement.
Choose a song from a file on your device: Tap Files, browse to the location of the song file using the Files browser, then tap Done.
Tap the Add Music button
.A tick appears on the left, and the name of the song and artist appears on the right.
Note: If you chose a song from a file on your device, this step is unnecessary.
Tap Done at the top of the screen.
Tap the Mute button
in the top-right corner of the viewer to preview the chosen song.
Choose a colour for the titles of your Magic Movie
In the iMovie app
on your iPhone, open a Magic Movie project.Tap the Styles button
at the top of the screen.Tap the Colour button
at the bottom of the screen.Tap a text colour option to select it.
Tap Done at the top of the screen.
The chosen colour is applied to the main titles in the Magic Movie, and secondary colours are applied to smaller titles and graphics.
Choose a font for the titles of your Magic Movie
In the iMovie app
on your iPhone, open a Magic Movie project.Tap the Styles button
at the top of the screen.Tap the Font button
at the bottom of the screen.Tap a font option to select it.
Tap Done at the top of the screen.
The chosen font is applied to all the titles in the Magic Movie.
Choose a filter for your Magic Movie
In the iMovie app
on your iPhone, open a Magic Movie project.Tap the Styles button
at the top of the screen.Tap the Filter button
at the bottom of the screen.Tap a filter to select it.
Tap Done at the top of the screen.
The chosen filter is applied to all the video clips in the Magic Movie.
Reset style changes in a Magic Movie project
In the iMovie app
on your iPhone, open a Magic Movie project.Tap the Styles button
at the top of the screen.Tap the Reset button.