> my second question: how do I then get those clips into FCE? and here's my question: Why not just use FCE from the beginning? You're really just making more work for yourself by capturing with iMovie first. I'm not even sure if FCE can work with DV Stream files (which is what iMovie creates), so you may even have to convert to a standard QuickTime file using the DV codec -- even MORE of a pain... 2 cents. - Mark