iMovie - Changing From NTSC To PAL & Other Way Around

I want to make a dvd in pal format and at present its only doing them in NTSC format. I've looked at the help on the site which states:

iMovie initially set all projects to PAL or NTSC video depending on the type of camcorder or device you connect to the computer, or the format of the first video you import.

To set new projects to be NTSC or PAL, follow these steps:

Update to iMovie 3.0.3 or later. It is available from the iMovie website ( http://www.apple.com/imovie/). iMovie 4 is available as part of iLife ( http://www.apple.com/ilife).
Open iMovie.
From the iMovie menu, choose Preferences.
Change "New Projects are:" to either NTSC or PAL.

Now I'm using 6.0.1 but I can't see "New Projects are" anywhere under the preferences in iMovie HD, can someone please offer me some suggestions as although this is my first mac I've had a pc for sometime so I'm not totally clueless about changing options and looking where to find these things....

1.66GHz Intel Core Duo Mac Mini, Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Posted on Mar 25, 2006 8:58 AM

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Mar 26, 2006 12:53 AM in response to Maggles

With iMovie 6.0.1 the wording has changed slightly. In preferences, under 'General', you now want 'New Project Frame Rate:'. Set to 25 fps for PAL, and 29.97 fps for NTSC.

Presumably, as you're in the UK, all your imported footage is in PAL format anyway. If you are importing NTSC footage, but want to export in PAL, I would suggest that you convert the NTSC to PAL before importing it.

iMac G5 20in 1.8 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.5) 2 GB RAM

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