How to Burn a DVD on a Mac From IMovie?

Starting with iMovie 10 and Mac OS X Lion, Apple stopped using iDVD to burn DVD from iMovie. You may have saved many videos about birthday parties, graduation ceremonies, journeys, sports games, etc. in iMovie, and want to make DVDs for them. How to burn a DVD on a Mac from iMovie? If you follow this guide, things will get easier.

How to Export a Video from iMovie 10 or Later?

Prior to burning iMovie to DVD on Mac, you should export the iMovie video at first.

1. Open your completed iMovie project.
2. Click “File” at the top menu bar > “Share” > “File”. Alternatively, click the share icon in the upper right to bring up a dropdown menu, and choose “File”.
3. A “File” window pops out. You are entitled to edit the video name, add tags, and adjust Format/Resolution/Quality/Compress with the accompanying arrows. Once you’ve made your changes, click “Next”.
4. On the following pop-up, select a location to store your exported iMovie, and click “Save”.

How to Burn a DVD on a Mac from iMovie?

Applies to: OS X 10.10 Yosemite or higher

Cisdem DVD Burner for Mac is a professional and versatile iMovie to DVD burning software. It's specially designed to burn MP4, AVI, MKV, FLV, MPEG, etc. including iMovie format to DVD in best results. The software comes load with dozens of excellent DVD menu templates for customizing the iMovie DVD. Plus, it contains an inbuilt video editor that enables you to further editing your video before burning.

Main Features of Cisdem DVD Burner:

• User-friendly interface
• Burn iMovie to DVD disc/DVD folder/ ISO
• Support a wide range of input video formats
• Edit iMovie videos with built-in editor: Crop/Rotate/Subtitle/Effects, etc.
• Offer free exquisite menu templates in a variety of themes
• Make DVD menu more attractive by background image, music, text, etc.

Download the free version of the software and install it.

Launch the program. It lets you add many iMovie videos for DVD burning.

Directly drag and drop videos into the right grey panel. If you add a wrong video and wish to delete it, just click the video thumbnail and press “Backspace” key.

Once all iMovie clips are added, go ahead and edit the files. Double-click the video thumbnail to enter the video-editing window, in which you are allowed to rotate & crop video, add filter & watermark, adjust the brightness.

Go to set up DVD menu options. Click the "Menu" tab, and you will see various pre-made templates for your choice from on the right-hand side.

Simply select a menu style, and customize it with frame, button, and title. Click on the “DVD Previewing" button to see how the customizations look.

Click the “burn” icon, and you'll be presented with a project settings dialog. Choose burn to “DVD Disc” and configure the output settings based on your needs.

After settings up everything, insert a blank DVD into your DVD driver. Click the “OK” button to initiate the iMovie to DVD burning process on Mac.