iMovie question

[sb]

Yup, that's destructive editing.

 sb

On 7/24/03 2:16 PM, "Michael Winter" <winter at mac.com> wrote:

> 
> On Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 03:43 PM, sb wrote:
> 
>> Final Cut uses a completely different method of working,
>> non-destructive.
>> 
>> It only virtually cuts up clips, unlike iMovie, which is destructive
>> editing.
> 
> iMovie isn't destructive either unless you specifically tell it to
> empty the trash. At that point it does give a warning that emptying the
> trash cannot be undone. Otherwise, the original files remain untouched
> by cutting up clips.
> 
> The caveat is that if you trash an entire clip (or all parts of a clip
> that's been cut to pieces), it will be deleted completely, without
> warning, when you save the project. -Doesn't make sense to me either.
> 
> On second thought, maybe this is what you were referring to?
> 
> -Mike