Importing videos to iMovie

Hello-

Thanks in advance for the help.

Attempting to use iMovie.

In my Photos app on my MacBook Air.

In my Photos app


(Taken with my iPhone ) when I attempt to import these videos they get converted to JPEG still images.

It is also somehow rewritten to the Photos app and converted the videos to still images ..

MacBook Air

Posted on Jun 27, 2020 11:29 AM

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Jul 1, 2020 11:48 AM in response to ericfromnorth vancouver

Hello ericfromnorth vancouver,


Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. It's our understanding that your videos appear as a still image when importing from Photos to an iMovie project. We're happy to help.


It is expected behavior for videos to appear as a still image for 3 to 6 seconds after dragging the video directly from Photos. We recommend that you drag the video from Photos to your Desktop first, then drag the video from the Desktop to the iMovie project. Please review the resource below to make sure you've followed all appropriate steps:

Add photos and videos to your iMovie project


Let us know the results. Please include any troubleshooting steps that you may have tried.


Have a nice day!

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