I have never used iMovie before.  I would like to connect many videos together and edit them.  I would also like to learn how to add transitions between scenes and add music.  Help!

Hey Everyone!
I want to learn how to create a video in iMovie.  My goal is to be able to take many vidoes and place them into one.  I would also like to delete scenes and and add transitions.  I am also hoping to add music to the video I create.
Please help or direct me to an area that will help me! =)

Here is some extra information (which I intended to include in my previous aborted post):
iLife '11 Video Showcase (scroll down to see iMovie '11) -
http://www.apple.com/ilife/video-showcase/
iMovie '11 Help (can also be accessed from iMovie's menu item Help>iMovie Help) -
http://help.apple.com/imovie/#button-0
(the same link that Karsten provided above)
Ken Stone's iMovie '09 Tutorial (still mostly relevant to iMovie '11) -
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/imovie_09_stone.html
In addition, the following links will be useful (relating to iMovie '08 and iMovie '09, but still mostly relevant to iMovie '11) -
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/movies/imovie08.html
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/movies/
Note that some of the above links contain video tutorials. It's well worth watching all that you come across!
Have fun with iMovie '11 and don't hesitate to seek further help here in this forum.
John

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