PhotoBooth to iMovie importing problems

hello. I just got my iMac 2 days ago, and Photo Booth to iMovie was working fine. Recently, I made a video in Photo Booth and was trying to import it to iMovie, sadly it was highlighted gray instead of black font. I also tried importing from my desktop, this had the same problem. I really need this video up and I would really like if I could get it up! Someone please help me!

iMac 21.5" 3.06 GHZ 1TB October 2009, Mac OS X (10.6.4), ATI Radeon 4700 HD

Posted on Aug 7, 2010 1:30 AM

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Aug 7, 2010 2:13 AM in response to MacWilliamAK

You need to capture the movie using iMovie's "Import from Camera" function. If you use Photo Booth independently it records as a .gif file.

In iMovie go to File>Import from Camera. If no other camera is connected, you can select the "Built-in iSight" camera from the panel at the bottom of the capture window that opens. Click on "Capture". A panel will open allowing you to start a new event and where to store it. Continue from there.

Unfortunately, this means that you will need to re-record your movie, as I don't think there is a way to import .gif files to iMovie (could be wrong though).

John

Message was edited by: John Cogdell - added last paragraph.

Aug 7, 2010 9:40 AM in response to MacWilliamAK

MacWilliamAK wrote:
hello. I just got my iMac 2 days ago, and Photo Booth to iMovie was working fine. Recently, I made a video in Photo Booth and was trying to import it to iMovie, sadly it was highlighted gray instead of black font. I also tried importing from my desktop, this had the same problem. I really need this video up and I would really like if I could get it up! Someone please help me!


Welcome to Discussions, MacWilliamAK

If you do not already have your problem solved, post back and tell us whether you can
play the movie after using QuickTimeX's File > Open File... menu command?

EZ Jim



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