[MacDV] Still... Sound Effects Where?!

[Thubten Kunga]

Dear David,
The Sound Effects Folder is already there. It is not IN the Plug-Ins 
folder. It is at the same level as and NEXT TO the Plug Ins folder. 
Didn't you see one there? Here let me write the path to where the Sound 
Effects Folder belongs.

10.2.3 volume->Users->your account name->Library->iMovie->Sound 
Effects->

Inside that folder must be only folders (you name it) with the aiff and 
mp3 files inside those. Then they will all show up in iMovie 3's audio 
section at the bottom of all your iTunes sets in the choice called 
"iMovie Sound Effects"

Move what you set up out of the plug-ins folder to it's same level. I'm 
a bit concerned that you didn't already find a "Sound Effects" folder 
at the same level as the "Plug-ins" folder. Never downloaded Apple's 
bonus sound effects stuff? Are you using column view? It is the only 
way to understand where you are you know. IMHO.

Download all of these and put them in different appropriate folders.

http://www.apple.com/imovie/audio_effects.html

My Sound Effects folder names are
Animals
Bells and Chirps
Cartoon Sounds
Doors
Drama and Action
Laugher
Loud Noises
Media Sounds
Music
Music and Drums
Nature
People
Planes, Trains and Cars
Sirens, Whistles and Horns
Space Ships
Water
Whoosh and Sproing
WindyRainyWeather

Everything must be in folders. You can add any you like. Anything loose 
will not show up in iMovie. Good luck.

k

>> On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 05:12  PM, Pwadams at aol.com wrote:

>> You know, you could add them to your home folder for direct from 
>> iMovie, right? Go to your home folder-library-iMovie.  There should 
>> already be plug-ins folder there assuming you downloaded the iMovie 
>> Plugin Pack. You just make another folder entitled Sound Effects and 
>> put the sound files in there.  The next time you open iMovie, they 
>> should be there.
>> Pam

On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 10:35  AM, David wrote:

> Sorry to be thick...
>
> But I can't make my own sound effects folder show up in iMovie 3 (dual 
> USB iBook, Jaguar). I created a "Sound Effects" folder in the Library 
> for iMovie and placed it in the "Plug-ins" folder. No luck. Can 
> someone post the recipe for this struggling newbie? And I was hoping 
> to make one folder with all my sound effects to be used by all users 
> on this computer, not duplicating folders for each user or importing 
> all sound effects into iTunes (a workaround).
>
> Thanks,
> -DC
>
> On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 01:32 AM, Kunga wrote:
>
>> Thank you Pam. I was wondering where they were too. I found the 
>> "Sound=20=
>>
>> Effects" folder just where you told us to look. But I noticed that 
>> what=20=
>>
>> was in it didn't all appear in the "iMovie Sound Effects" list. 
>> What=20
>> wasn't showing up were all the ones not nested in a folder.
>>
>> Turns out you have to have all of your sounds inside folders in 
>> that=20
>> "Sound Effects" folder for them to show up. You can even create new=20
>> folders for new effects categories. So that's the rule everyone. 
>> Follow=20=
>>
>> Pam's lead to the "Sound Effects" folder, then put all you want in=20
>> there but in folders =97 nothing loose. And both aiff and mp3 files =
>> work.
>>
>> Anyone know where the "Skywalker Sound Effects" and the "Standard 
>> Sound=20=
>>
>> Effects" are? Not in the "Sound Effects" folder.
>>
>> Now can anyone tell us where the Visual Effects are? How do we add=20
>> those? I tried the import command. But the effects I want to import=20
>> (samples from the Apple effects page) remain grey.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> k
>>
>> On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 05:12  PM, Pwadams at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> You know, you could add them to your home folder for direct access=20
>>> from iMovie, right?
>>> Go to your home folder-library-iMovie.  There should already be a=20
>>> plug-ins folder there assuming you downloaded the iMovie Plugin 
>>> Pack. =20=
>>
>>> You just make another folder entitled Sound Effects and put the 
>>> sound=20=
>>
>>> files in there.  The next time you open iMovie, they should be there.
>>> Pam=
>
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