• Easy yet powerful movie maker - better than iMovie but for Windows. It's Movavi Video Editor -- a must-have program for editing video in Windows.
• Make stunning slideshows in clicks with photos, video, music and voice over.
• Directly upload to YouTube or save in formats like MP4, MOV, WMV, AVI, etc.
• Enhance your video with professional tools & 300+ built-in FREE elements.

Operating Systems:Windows 10, Windows 8/7/Vista & macOS 10.7 or later

Why You Need An iMovie Alternative for Windows?

How to use Chroma Keying effects? Both iMovie and Final Cut Pro X provide Chroma Key effect. If you have a clean key and want to simply replace the green screen with your desired background image or a video clip, you may use iMovie green screen effect. IMovie green screen effect is simple to use, but very limited in term of doing further adjustments. So let’s take a look at some of the best video editing apps for Windows 10 you can use as a replacement for iMovie. Windows 10 Photos App. Price: Free The Photos App is the only built-in app on Windows 10 that offers video editing features.

The technique of replacing a key color with a whole picture is also called 'chroma keying'. Note: There is a spcialized plug called 'chromakey static' that works with a movie and a (static) picture. The Best Video Clips Combiner (macOS & Windows) Yes, with the help of a professional video tool, everything becomes easy. Movavi Video Editor Plus is the one can deftly handle all your tasks regarding video creating, to create video from media files, to add effects, to export as different video or audio formats.

iMovie is the free video editor application for macOS and iOS. It's created by Apple and used only in its own operating system macOS and iOS. Apple hasn't released any Windows version of iMovie and it has not announced any scheduled plan to develop iMovie for PC. Actually, Apple won't earn money by selling iMovie for Windows. Instead, iMovie is currently and will only be a Mac/iOS exclusive video editing application. This is one of Apple's strategies to attract more people to buy and use their machines.

So what's the best iMovie alternative to edit videos on a PC? Our recommendation is Movavi Video Editor. Why? Read on...

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Powerful Video Editing Features Similar to iMovie

Every regular video editing tool is provided in this iMovie alternative for Windows, as well as professional tools like Green/Split Screen, Pan/Zoom, Animation, PiP......

• Split, merge, crop, rotate and enhance your video in clicks.
• Organize your video, audio and titles in tracks of the powerful Timeline.
• Enhance your video with professional tools like Stabilization, Pan/Zoom, Brightness/Contrast, Chroma Key, Color Balance, and more.
• Includes an array of free elements such as 48 free titles, 100+ filters, 100+ dazzling transitions, 100+ stickers, royalty-free music, backgrounds, etc.

Make Awesome Slideshows from Preset Themes

Put your photos, videos and music together into a stunning slideshow that will amaze everyone, using free slideshow themes or not.

• Create slideshow movies using free slideshow themes with preset music, transitions, and free elements for telling family, travel, love and sport stories.
• Every filmmaker will love Movavi's built-in free background music and images. You're also able to import your own music files without limits like in iMovie.
• Choose from various free title templates to tell an interesting story.
• Share slideshow online or continue editing in the advanced editing mode.

Your Movies, Your Ways to Share without Effort

You'll see all possible sharing ways in this movie making software.

• Save video to your Windows PC in any format you want for playing anywhere.
• Upload to YouTube, Facebook and your website without leaving the program.
• Encode video with MPEG-4, H.264, or WMV for better quality but smaller size.
• Burn your videos to DVD/Blu-ray Disc for watching on TV with your home DVD player (Movavi Video Suite required).
• Import video from DV/AVCHD camcorders, TV-tuners, web cameras and VHS and record audio from a microphone (Movavi Video Suite required).

FAQs on iMovie Alternative Video Editing Software

Keep in mind that this is NOT an official iMovie for Windows version made by Apple Inc. It's a universal video editing software for PC, with which you can edit videos on your new or old Windows computer. Below are the FAQs that many visitors have asked whether there are specific features in Movavi Video Editor - the best iMovie for PC alternative in our opinion.

• Is there a Slow Motion effect? -- Sure, over 40 effects including Slow Motion enhance your video instantly.
• Is Picture in Picture possible? -- Yes, simpler than iMovie, you just need to apply Picture in Picture effect to two pictures or two video files and resize them. View details here.
• Can I speed up/fast forward footage? -- Yes, see how to do it here.
• Is there a green screen effect/feature? -- Yes, Besides Green Screen, you also have Blue Screen and Pink Screen. See the tutorial here.
• Can I record Screencasting? -- The single Video Editor doesn't support screencasting, it requires Video Suite to do this and more, like Video Converter, Video Digitizer, Blu-ray Burner, etc.
• Is there movie trailer templates, flight map template? -- No.
• Is it free? -- It's free to try for 7 days (fully functional but outputs with watermark). When expires, you can decide to buy and activate it or uninstall it completely from your computer.

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Easy Steps to Make Movies from Photo, Video and Music

Step 2: Edit Your Video or Make a Slideshow

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Green Screen effect, also called Chroma Key effect, is an easy way to combine two clips of video into one with incredible scenes. For example, you can fly over a real high mountain (want to make this? see below). Green Screen is a pure color background, often green background. It also could be other pure color like Blue or Pink. iMovie green screen effect lets you apply a green screen video to another by dragging and dropping. It's so easy to make astonishing video with the iMovie Green Screen effect.

However, iMovie doesn't work in Windows computer. If you have switched to Windows and want to edit green screen video, you need a Windows video editor that supports green screen video. Here Movavi Video Editor is highly recommended. With it, you can easily apply Green Screen effect to your video and overlay anything perfectly on your desired backward video clip.

How to Use Green Screen Video in Windows with Movavi Video Editor

• Before using Green Screen effect in Windows with Movavi Video Editor - the best iMovie alternative for Windows and Mac, you should prepare at least two video/image clips: the pure color video and the video/image that you want to replace the pure color with. Now let's show you how to use Green Screen effect in Movavi Video Editor.
• Step 1 - Switch to the timeline mode and click + then choose Video Track to get 2 video tracks prepared.
  Step 2 - Drag the clip with the green background onto the upper video track, while the background video onto the lower track.
  Step 3 - Go to the Effect tab in the middle toolbar and locate Green Screen effect, then click it to show the setting panel.
  Step 4 - Make settings to remove the green background completely, and then click Apply to combine green screen video and your background video into an amazing clip.
• See? This is how you can use iMovie green screen effect in Windows. Get iMovie alternative for Windows editor now to create you own masterpieces with iMovie-like green screen effect.

How to Make Green Screen Video with iMovie '11 on Mac

• Don't know how to apply Green Screen effect in iMovie? Never mind. Just follow these steps to show the effect and add it to your video creation.
• 1 - Enable iMovie Green Screen effect: . Go to iMovie -> Preferences, and select 'Show Advanced Tools' to activate iMovie green screen effect and other advanced effects.
  2 - To apply Green Screen effect in iMovie, simply drag the clip onto an existing project clip.
  3 - The contextual menu will appear. There choose Green Screen (or Blue Screen). The solid color background will disappear and display your desired background.
  Easy, right? I think many people stop there because they can find the green screen effect. So just follow the step 1 to enable iMovie green screen before using it.

iMovie Alternative for Windows Green Screen Video Example

The video below is created with Green Screen effect included in the best iMovie Alternative for Windows editor - Movavi Video Editor.

How To Use Chroma Key

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Chroma Key Video