video importing to My Media as photo
When I import a 90 second video clip from my iPhotos library into my iMovie Project via the "My Media" box, the video clip is showing up as 4 second photo. And this is happening--why?
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15
When I import a 90 second video clip from my iPhotos library into my iMovie Project via the "My Media" box, the video clip is showing up as 4 second photo. And this is happening--why?
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15
Hi, BrandiJo18,
When you place your videos in the Photos app and then access them from within iMovie via the Photos sidebar item, the video should import as a video and not a photo. If you are doing it that way and getting a photo instead of a video, then try deleting preferences.
To delete preferences open iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys and select to delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie will open in a new library. Reopen your old library to get back to your projects. Now see if you can import the video.
-- Rich
Hi, BrandiJo18,
When you place your videos in the Photos app and then access them from within iMovie via the Photos sidebar item, the video should import as a video and not a photo. If you are doing it that way and getting a photo instead of a video, then try deleting preferences.
To delete preferences open iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys and select to delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie will open in a new library. Reopen your old library to get back to your projects. Now see if you can import the video.
-- Rich
Hello BrandiJo18!
Looks like you are having some trouble with your projects from iMovie being imported as short clips instead of the full file. We can see how that would be a problem! Try following the steps shown in this article to make sure you are importing the project how you intend to: iMovie for Mac: Import media from your Mac
Hope that helps! Take care.
video importing to My Media as photo