Editing super 8 film transfers with imovie

Hi,

The editing box shouldn't be snapping back to the whole clip. You might try deleting/resetting preferences by opening 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. Possibly you may need to reboot to set the changes. Deleting preferences is a safe procedure that will not cause data loss or disruption to your project.

Otherwise, the easier way is to do a Modify/Split Clip at the in-point and the out-point, and then edit the segment thus created. You can also split the clip by control-clicking on it and selecting Split Clip from the pop up menu.

-- Rich

O.K. Sorry I misunderstood your initial post. I just tried the r-drag feature and, yes, the yellow box will indeed snap back to embrace the entire clip when edits are attempted in the box other than deleting the outlined segment, or changing the sound volume, or copy and pasting it. Otherwise the edits will apply to the entire clip., which is why the box snaps back to embrace the entire longer clip. In other words, only very limited editing can be done and confined to the yellow box.

The best way separately to edit segments of a longer clip is to do the Modify/Split procedure at the in-point and out-point to create separately editable segments, as described in my initial post.

-- Rich