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How do I move video in iPhoto to iMovie

All video take with my camera usually downloads into Iphoto an not into imovie. How do I get those videos out off iPhoto and into iMovie


Bob

iPhone 3GS, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Jul 6, 2012 11:23 AM

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Posted on Jul 6, 2012 11:30 AM

In your iMovie event library do you not have "iPhoto Videos?" That's where they should show up.

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Jul 18, 2012 10:50 AM in response to gatorbobpa

I recommend importing directly into iMovie instead of going through iPhoto. Open iMovie first. Connect your camera (or phone) to the computer, and if iPhoto opens, close it. In iMovie click the "import" button (looks like a camera).


I'm suspicious of iPhoto's video importing in any case, because I am not sure what format it's following. I've imported movies from my iPhone into iPhoto in much less time than it takes iMovie to import the same clip. Plus, iMovie offers the option of importing "Large" or "Full".

Jul 18, 2012 3:39 PM in response to gatorbobpa42

Did you ever get a message saying something like "generating thumbnails" and click "cancel"? iMovie has to look into your iPhoto library and generate thumbnail pictures to represent the video before they'll appear there. I suspect that's why nothing is showing up under "iPhoto videos" in your Event Library. Generating thumbnails can take a long time if you have a lot of video in iPhoto.

Jul 27, 2012 9:00 AM in response to gatorbobpa42

Something's unusual. Let's find out what kind of videos those are.


  1. Open iPhoto.
  2. Select the Event the videos you want are in.
  3. Select one video you want by clicking on it. Its border will turn yellow.
  4. Press COMMAND-I. An info window on the right will show up with information about what the camera was, the aspect ratio, and the video format and the size in MB (also, faces, keywords if you've entered any).



What does your info say? H.264? DV? Frame rate, etc.?


If the video is no longer on your camera, it may be because you checked the option "delete from camera after uploading". But it's still there on your computer, you just need to get it into a format that iMovie can recognize.

How do I move video in iPhoto to iMovie

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