Movie track magnified

The essential workspace elements for scoring soundtracks

File > movie

This fly-out menu from Garageband’s top menu adds a file to the project Movie track initially. With a movie already open it can also be used to either remove it or export the audio to the movie.

Movie audio

The original movie audio is added to a track below within a region spanning the video. To ensure synchronicity the movie and audio are locked together, although this track can be muted or removed totally.

Movie track

This track displays the movie above the project as a sequence of frame thumbnails aligned to the timeline. The zoom level of the tracks area dictates the amount shown, with the first and last always visible.

Movie window

Shown via the Movie track header thumbnail, this popout viewer floats above the workspace and displays the video playback. It features a slider control for scrubbing forward or back and can be resized as necessary.