iMovie: can't zoom timeline, can't trim beginning of clip

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iMovie: can't zoom timeline, can't trim beginning of clip

Hi,

just tried to edit a videoclip in iMovie on the iPhone. It seems I can't pinch to zoom in/out the timeline.

Also, I can't trim clips at the beginning of the video. When the marker appears and try to drag it, tye whole timeline moves as opposed to the trim marker.

Trimming works fine at the end of the clip.

Anyone else experiencing this? Bug? Feature? What should I do?

MacBook Pro Core Duo 2.16, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Jun 26, 2010 6:27 PM

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Answer 1

IpVeS

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Jul 6, 2010 1:22 PM in response to scottm_iphone

Are you pinching the timeline or the movie itself. Pinching the movie is how you zoom in and out of the timeline.

I'm also unable to trim the beginning, which makes the editor almost worthless. I've been making the edits in the photo gallery first and them bringing them into iMovie.

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Jun 27, 2010 5:13 PM in response to scottm_iphone

Ok well that is how it happens I guess. I try pinching a jillion times, post a question, then it works. Never mind I guess. I would share what I did but I have no clue, I just tried the same thing I have been trying. It is possible I was trying to pinch in landscape the whole time, and when I switched to portrait it worked. Then when I went back to landscape it worked there too. Is only thing I can think of.

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marcbyron Author

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Jul 6, 2010 3:26 PM in response to IpVeS

I was able to figure it out. Apparently the pinching only works until a certain zoom level..

And trimming at the beginning of the clip actually works, but it doesn't look like it does. If you are trimming a clip at the beginning, the whole clip moves to the right, so it appears as if it wasn't trimmed, but it actually does. Not very intuitive.

It looks like iMovie for the iPhone will need some updates, after all, it's the first release, so we should be a little patient. Early adopters always get screwed.

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Answer 4

Jun 27, 2010 5:07 PM in response to marcbyron

No answer, just me too: I can't get timeline pinching to work either. It just wiggles as if I am trying to move it in 2 directions at the same time.

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