Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
I have exported some movies taken on an iPhone 6 in iOS 8.3 from my Mac Mini's Photos app to the Movies folder, then added them as clips to a project in iMovie on the Mini.
But when trying to edit, most of the basic menu functions like Trim to Selection, Detach Audio, Clip Trimmer, Join Clips, etc. are grayed out! How can I get these enabled?
OS 10.10.4, iMovie 10.0.9, both updated yesterday.
Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)
Sorry if this is trivial but have you actually created a new project or are you trying to edit in the event pane (when editing functions are unavailable)?
Geoff.
For me, definitely not trivial!
So started over trying to recreate. I started a new event default-named 7-3-15. On that event I selected New Movie. Imported 7 clips. So now I have an upper pane which is a large viewer. a middle pane with a bigger Clapper icon and to the right of that My Movie, Jul 3, 2015, 10:27 AM, and small film strip icon saying 0s.
Under that is another pane with all the clips. When I click and drag in one of the clips, the menu items I mentioned like Trim to Selection or Detach Audio are grayed out.
Although ironically I can go to the row of icons in the top pain and change the audio level a selected clip, crop it, video effect, white balance, etc. Only those important menu items are unavailable.
I previously have worked with earlier versions of iMovie (last fall) so maybe there have been changes? Kinda stumped!
Could you post a screenshot? I'm not quite clear what you are seeing.
Geoff.
Here's what I was trying to describe ...
It is as I suspected. Below the viewer is the event pane, not a project timeline. This just shows the imported clips, you can't edit in it. You have to do this in a project. If you click on 'All projects" under libraries you will see your projects. Double click on one to open it. If you have no projects you have to create one. See: http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0.8/#/move6ccb3330 for details.
Geoff.
Thanks that worked just fine. It does seem a little different than the version of iMovie I was using last summer.
iMovie 10 is a complete rewrite and there are many differences compared to iMovie 9.
Geoff.
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