[MacDV] IMovie Project Info

[Erica Sadun]

At 5:21 PM -0400 12/8/02, Chuck Kay wrote:
>Hey guys and gals;
>
>a longtime reader of the DV list but rarely do I post. I need some info.
>
>I am getting ready to start an iMovie project over the holidays. The
>hardware I will be using is possibly my old trusty Wallstreet (has worked
>great for me on several projects) or a borrowed G4 Titanium from my local
>school. I don't know if the Titanium has the SuperDrive or not. There are
>some new media personnel at the local school who knows NOTHING about Macs
>and their Titanium is sitting in the corner gathering dust. Who better to
>rescue this machine than me, right?? ;-) I am a local school teacher as well
>but I digress.
>
>I intend to upgrade all of my Mac equipment the first of the year when Apple
>introduces new hardware specs (they will, particulary iMacs). The main
>reason I want to use the Titanium is of course speed. Much faster than my G3
>Wallstreet. When I get my new equipment, I feel I can just drop my project
>files from iMovie into the new machine and burn some DVD's.
>
>Question. Assuming the Titanium does not have a SuperDrive. Is it possible
>to do this: Create an iMovie project (approx. 30 minutes final project/lots
>of raw video footage) on my existing equipment and then drop the finished
>iMovie files into my new equipment (iMovie) and then use the SuperDrive to
>burn some DVD's in iDVD? In other words can I network the Titanium (or
>Wallstreet) machines to my new future equipment and copy over all the iMovie
>project files? If the Titanium has the SuperDrive it's a moot point and
>question. Thanks for all help and replies. Feel free to email me off list.

You can export from iMovie to "iDVD format" (not compressed)
and then import that into iDVD on whatever machine you wish.

-- Erica