Where is "finalize project" option on iMovie?

I have created a project on iMovie and now I'm done editing it. So, I was going to finalize it as I did with previous projects on the previous version of iMovie but the option is not there. I looked it out in the Apple site, and it says that it is under "File", but it is not there. Does anybody know if it's gone or where can I find it?

iMovie '11, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Mar 9, 2014 2:44 PM

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May 14, 2014 2:56 AM in response to HeyJanice

Share to file. You can choose resolution and where it will be saved.


Regarding the original question: if you save to Theater iMovie will create versions of your movie for different devices so this is really the equivalent of 'finalizing' an iMovie 9 movie. It takes longer and uses more disk space than sharing to file so is not worth doing if you only want a single version.


Geoff.

Mar 10, 2014 8:16 PM in response to BenZamora

I'm new to iMovie 10 myself but from what I've read I don't think there's an equivalent option. Instead of letting Finalize Project export all variations of your project for sharing and such, I think you need to do each individually using the Share option.


Just when I thought the most confusing thing about iMovie was Apple's naming scheme, along comes iMovie 10 and I'm left scratching my head at a lot of things.

May 14, 2014 12:11 AM in response to BenZamora

I'm having a similar problem. I'm confused as to which "share" option to use. I don't want to upload the finished movie to ANY social media site, so I am hesitant to select these options! I only want to have the movie available to play from my macbook and perhaps copy it across to a windows machine - so a quicktime/vlc compatable option would be best. Any advice? Thank you!

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