I'm not sure if this was ever asked and resolved before (if it was, I couldn't find it). I am using IMovie '08. I have a video clip (let's call this Clip 'A') whose audio I want to use, but I don't want the video. Clip 'A' currently resides in Itunes as a movie (it's the performance of one song from a live concert dvd). I'm working on a movie project, let's call that Clip 'B.' I initially tried clicking on the music icon in IMovie and dragging Clip 'A' up to Clip 'B' to use Clip 'A' audio on the Clip 'B' video. It refused to paste. So, I went into Iphoto and imported Clip 'A' into the Iphoto library. Upon re-opening IMovie, Clip A is now a video I can edit. What I would like to do now is place Clip 'A' in the project, but remove the actual images therein. I want to then take Clip 'B' and have that be the video that plays while the audio from Clip 'A.' Is this possible? How can I do this? Thanks!
MacBook,
Mac OS X (10.6.3),
IMovie '08, Iphoto '08
There are probably several ways to do this. The first that comes to mind is to drag "Clip A" into a new project. Then go to the Menu - Share>Export using QuickTime and select the export format as "Sound to AIFF". Save to your Desktop then drag that .aiff file into your "Clip B" main project. Position the audio clip appropriately. Finally, mute the audio in "Clip B" and also adjust the volume level for "Clip A" to suit your preference.
If you prefer, you can import the .aiff file to iTunes and convert it to either AAC or mp3.
There are probably several ways to do this. The first that comes to mind is to drag "Clip A" into a new project. Then go to the Menu - Share>Export using QuickTime and select the export format as "Sound to AIFF". Save to your Desktop then drag that .aiff file into your "Clip B" main project. Position the audio clip appropriately. Finally, mute the audio in "Clip B" and also adjust the volume level for "Clip A" to suit your preference.
If you prefer, you can import the .aiff file to iTunes and convert it to either AAC or mp3.
Select the frames that you want in Clip A (in the iPhoto Event) so that a Yellow Border is around them.
Then, hold down Command and Shift while dragging the selected portion of clip A to clip B in the Project.
Thanks! I'll give this a shot. Sounds like upgrading to iLife '09 may be worth it. Are there that many features/improvements in '09 that justify buying it?
By the time your next birthday rolls around, Apple may have released their next version of iLife (maybe iLife '10). It might be worth hanging out for that, rather than forking out for '09 - but we mustn't speculate. 🙂