[MacDV] Re: Newbie Question "iMovie editing"

[Jim Heid]

> Subject: [MacDV] Re: Newbie Question  "iMovie editing"
> From: Shawn King <shawn at yourmaclife.com>
> Message-ID: <BA635BCF.66459%shawn at yourmaclife.com>
> 
> On 2/2/03 7:22 PM, "Eddie H.  Reed" <mac_ed at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
>> They are all .AVI's but I have yet to find a way to import them
>> into iMovie ?
> 
> With varying degrees of success, QT Pro will turn them into DV Stream files
> which is the file type iMovie wants.
> 
>> Is iMovie limited to clips only brought fresh in from the camera/device ?
> 
> No - It's limited to clips in DV Stream format.

Actually, iMovie 3 can import just about any kind of movie. (No QuickTime
VR, of course, and nothing with weird sprites and the like.)

Just drag and drop a movie into iMovie 3's clips pane.

I just tried it with an .AVI shot by my digital still camera, and it worked
-- most cool!

- Jim Heid

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