[MacDV] Re: importing files to iMovie

[Brian Olesky]

On 10/24/04 6:31 PM, "sb" <videovideo at mac.com> wrote:

> If your logo has no audio, you can import the mpeg2 file directly into the
> iMovie clip pane.
> 
It has no audio, but I don't have it as an MPEG2 file. When I ripped it from
the original video using DVDBackup, I ended up with 5 separate video files:
2 small .BUP, 2 small .IFO and one large 325MB .VOB file. I'm guessing the
.VOB file is the one that has my logo on it. Is there a way to import that
file to iMovie, then edit everything but the logo out?

> To resize an image in PS, open the image in PS, then go to the menu Image
> then Image Size. Make sure you have constrain proportions checked, if your
> original image is not 4:3. Otherwise, when you make it 640 x 480 it will
> distort.
> 
Sorry for my ignorance, but 640X480 what? The options PS gives me in the
image resize box are cm, mm, points, picas, etc. Can you tell me exactly
where I plug in that 640X480?

Thanks,
Brian
> 
> 
> On 10/24/2004 4:17 PM, "Brian Olesky" <brian4 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> This is a continuation of what seems to be an endless quest to put my logo
>> into an iMovie file.
>> 
>> First, I've been told to use a .tif or .eps file (I have both), but that I'd
>> have to resize it in a graphics program. The only one I have is Photoshop
>> Elements, I imported the .tif file to it, but found no way to resize it to
>> 640 X 480 (graphic programs aren't my strong point). All I saw were ways to
>> change the physical size of the graphic, measured in inches. Incidentally,
>> when I just import them straight into iMovie, they break up badly on screen.
>> Any chance this is just a screen effect and they'll burn perfectly when
>> transferred to iDVD?
>> 
>> Second, as I said previously, I have a video that was made for me by a
>> production studio with the logo exactly the way I want it, and I followed
>> previous instructions ripping it with DVDBackup, then downloading MPEG
>> Streamclip to convert the .ts files to a file I can import to iMovie (a dv
>> stream?)
>> 
>> However, now that I've downloaded these two programs, and have the .ts file
>> ripped, I now learn that I probably also need to download MPEG-2 Playback
>> Component ($20 from Apple). Is this true.
>> 
>> Just using MPEG Streamclip won't get me there?
>> 
>> I can't believe I've spent so many hours just trying to get about 3 seconds
>> of existing film into iMovie.
>> 
>> Wonderful how computers have made our lives so easy.
>> 
> 
> 
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