2 Ways to Burn DVD from iMovie on Mac with/without iDVD

Part1: Steps to Burn iMovie to DVD without iDVD

What is the iMovie?

Definition: iMovie is video editing software which is available on Mac and iOS. Since 2003, iMovie is free with all new Mac computers.

Advantages:

1. Edit video footage.
2. Create your own footage to edit.
3. Bring items from other programs such as iPhoto, iTunes, GarageBand, and iLife.
4. Create an interactive and fun learning environment.
5. Increase student buy-in to a project.
6. Create individuality among an assignment using all the effects that iMovie holds.

Disadvantages:

1. We must work on the same computer for the entire time they are creating their project. Once the movie is exported, it can no longer be changed.
2. iMovie is very movement sensitive. Users should have full attention on their project when editing a movie.
3. Learning iMovie can be challenging. The layout is not "beginning user-friendly."
4. The longer your iMovie project is, the longer, it will take to export into a format that can be viewed by other users.

So, we may have the desire to convert iMovie to DVD. On the one hand, we can share our happy stories with family and friends without worries about media players’ compatibility. On the other hand, we can avoid losing videos if iMovie suddenly stopped working…

How to burn iMovie videos to DVD?

When it comes to making DVD from iMovie, we need to know that iMovie can edit video, but it can’t support creating DVD directly.

First, we need to transfer videos from iMovie to the computer. If you want to know how to export iMovie video to computer, move to Part3.

Second, we burn videos to DVD on a computer with f2fsoft DVD Creator.

f2fsoft DVD Creator also has editing function, including add templates, background pictures, and audio...

What’s more, it can support a wider range of input formats, such as MKV, MP4, MOV, MPEG, FLV, WMV, AVI and more. Buring these videos to DVD as its duty.

In other words, it’s an all-in-one tool which can edit and burn videos to DVD with simple clicks.

Here is the detailed tutorial of burning DVD on Mac.

Step1 Install DVD Creator software on the computer and run it.

Step2 Add iMovie video from computer.

First click the round torch button in the upper right corner or the +Import button to load videos. Or you can simply drag and drop the videos into DVD Creator.

Tips:

• In the bottom of the interface, D5 4.70G or D9 8.5G options are designed for videos' size, Standard/High Quality/Fit to Disc options are designed for adjusting videos' output effect.

• The colored bar indicates the final output quality – the greener the better basically. If the bar is red towards the end, it may mean that the quality of your movie is degraded.

Step3 Click Menu button on the top of the interface.

You will see the Menu Structure on the left and Template on the right.

You can click Customize Background, Background Music and Add Text buttons to edit videos one by one.

You can choose 4:3 for Standard TV and 16:9 for Widescreen TV (4:3 to 16:9) on the bottom of the interface.

Step4 Click Burn button, there will have a window.

And there will have a window asking you to insert a blank and re-writable DVD with enough storage space into your DVD drive. Please do it.