Save even edited clips not initially used in an iMovie Project
I'm editing musical performances, long videos. I am slicing up portions of the long video to be used to make a shorter promo video, short clips of various songs etc. OFTEN I will look at what I've done and want to try some alternate arranging of clips and want to even USE clips that I originally did not keep in the Timeline. BUT with iMovie 10.x (unlike my favorite old version iMovie HD 6.0.3) I see no option to SAVE the clips I chose not to use at first and removed them from my project timeline. They apparently have to be deleted I guess and they are just GONE. It's a waste to be so limited to use ONLY my first initial cuts and edits. I want to save many of these other initially rejected clips. Though not used at first I MAY want or need them to use those instead at a later updated edit of this movie, to make it better.
Q. HOW can I save these edited out clips, the initially unused ones, and put them into the Clips Browser or put them somewhere, anywhere so I can use them later if I want to or even have them saved and available for another project? That's a lot of work to just throw so much of it in the trash and have to redo all over again. Sorry for all the words but I want to be very clear on what I'm needing here. I've searched the net for this and I get every kind of answer about clips and saving etc, other than this specific one. Is it possible to do?
I can't use it anymore, BUT iMovie HD 6.0.3 routinely stored all the clips you cut in any project into a bin of some kind and made it super easy to locate and get them back to rearrange a project if you wanted to. Now it seems that user friendliness is gone. Or is it? Thanks, if you can set me on course.
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