

“iMovie has empowered millions of people around the world to create and share their stories through video,” said Bob Borchers, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. Honestly, these sound a lot like the movies automatically created for users within the Photos app. Styles can also be added to switch up the motif completely.

It doesn’t seem like like there’s much artistry involved in the Magic Movie process, but Apple does say you can rearrange or delete clips and edit the project further. The video is rounded out with titles, transitions, and music, and it only takes a few taps.

“Magic Movie instantly identifies the best parts of the footage and creates the project,” Apple says in a press release. Apple says users can select any group of photos or images from the library and conjure up a movie automatically. There’s also plenty of automation with the new Magic Movie tool introduced with iMovie 3.0. The music also dynamically adjusts depending on the length of the clip, meaning there’s no awkward blunt endings to contend with. The Storyboards can be re-ordered, added, or deleted, but Apple says the placeholder thumbnails are accompanied with tips and questions, or a suggestion that could make the video more interesting.īeyond that, iMovie users can play around with different styles, titles and transitions, as well as the music.
