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I didn't realise it was low res (bit of a beginner), and hoping I don't need to start from scratch, any help much appreciated!
MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.11
Hi Rich thanK you for this. We can try to do that, but what actually happened was we were sent low res files and worked on those. We’ve just been told that we should have been sent hi res. So the source files are too small. What I wanted to do was recreate the edits on the new, high res, files. I wondered if there was an easy way to start again with the correct HD files, and somehow use the edits already done? Or do we just need to manually redo everything?
Hi Rich thanK you for this. We can try to do that, but what actually happened was we were sent low res files and worked on those. We’ve just been told that we should have been sent hi res. So the source files are too small. What I wanted to do was recreate the edits on the new, high res, files. I wondered if there was an easy way to start again with the correct HD files, and somehow use the edits already done? Or do we just need to manually redo everything?
You can export (share out) an iMovie project as many times as you want, choosing different settings each time. Therefore you can export your project again, only this time choose different, higher quality, settings. If, for example, you imported into iMovie a 540p resolution clip, iMovie will give you an option to export at, say 720p resolution, that is the next resolution level up. You might get a 1080p option as well, but exporting at more than one level higher than the original resolution sometimes does not yield good results.
-- Rich
O.K. I misunderstood your situation. As muguy's post says, you will need to make new edits on the new HD source files. You may need to start from scratch.
However, you might be able to carry over some of your edits. The basic scheme would be to create a new project and import one of the high def clips into it as the first clip added to the project. That will set the project as a high def project. Then go back to your original project and Edit/Copy the corresponding edited low res clip. Next, Edit/Paste the edited low res clip into the newly created project. Your edits will carry over. In the new project, do an Edit/Copy on the edited low res clip, and then select the unedited high res clip and do Edit/Paste Adjustments. A side menu will appear that will give you some options to select as to which adjustments (edits) can be carried over. Click on one and that should paste the adjustment into the high res clip. Then you can delete the previously edited low res clip.
A time saver may be first to paste all of the high res clips into a new project, and then Edit/Paste, Edit/Copy as a batch all of the previously edited clips from the original project timeline into the newly created project. All edits will carry over. Then you can work with the Paste/Adjustments procedure having all of the clips in front of you. Do a Paste/Adjust on each clip one at a time. After you finish, you can delete the previously edited low res clips. That should leave you with high res clips in your time line with most of the edits carried over from the low res clips.
Possibly not all edits will be able to be pasted into the high res clips, but some may work. You will need to experiment and see.
Sounds complicated, but actually should be pretty easy to do after your first try. If you find it not to be feasible, then your only option would be to manually edit the high res clips.
-- Rich
If you mean you have new source files, then no. You'll need to incorporate those into your project as new and make new edits.
Thank you! I'll give this a try!
You are welcome.
Let us know how it worked.
-- Rich
Someone sent me low res files that I edited on iMovie... is there an easy way to put the same edits on the high res?
