How do I export my video in 1080p? I really do not want to start over my entire video it took me hours. I tried putting an HD picture at the beginning of my video and it still did not work! Please help me!!!!

Hi,

It is the very first clip that you add to a newly created project that sets the resolution. (You can later delete or move the first clip without changing the project setting.) Placing at clip at the beginning of an already populated project won't change the setting. Here's an excerpt from the help menu:

"The resolution and frame rate of your movie project are determined by the first clip you add to the timeline. iMovie now supports 4K video and frame rates higher than 30 frames per second (fps). If you want your project to be set to 4K resolution, the first clip you add to the timeline must be a 4K clip. If you want your project to be set to 60 fps, the first clip you add to the timeline must be a 60 fps clip."

Try creating a new project and then adding your 1080 pic as the first clip added. That should set the project at 1080. Then Edit/Select All, Edit/Copy, the media from your original project and paste it in to the new project. You will then be able to select 1080 as a share option.

If the above doesn't work, try opening iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys, and selecting to delete preferences in the box that appears. Sometimes that cures glitches.

-- Rich

I have 2 related questions that I can't find answered online, so I'll ask it here. I didn't discover until yesterday that the first clip one places into a movie is the resolution for the whole movie. (If would be helpful if iMovie would give a LARGE CAUTION OR WARNING STATEMENT!) I had to learn it from a non-Apple video tutorial!

In one of the tutorials the person showed us how to get info on a clip within iMovie. It must have been an older version of iMovie, b/c when I select a clip and click the "Info" symbol, all I get is the length of the clip, the name of the source file, and how long the event was from which the clip was taken. Not particularly helpful if one doesn't have info about frame rate & resolution in the file name!

Questions: Am I missing something? Was this feature removed? How can I get more details about resolution, frame rate, and any other truly helpful information about a given clip?

THANK YOU for suggesting that if we don't know the resolution of a project and want to insure that the whole project has the highest resolution possible, that we could start a new project with a 1080p click and simply copy the entire original project and paste it into the new one. I honestly would not have thought of that, and was thinking I'd have to copy and paste each item separately, which would have been a nightmare. It sometimes takes me months to finish a video project and there's no way I can remember the very first clip that was added to each of them. So THANK YOU for a very helpful answer!

Questions: However, I would like to know what happens if I delete the first clip I entered into a project after pasting the old project in? Does it retain the 1080p resolution or does a 1080p resolution clip have to STAY at the beginning of the project?

Questions: However, I would like to know what happens if I delete the first clip I entered into a project after pasting the old project in? Does it retain the 1080p resolution or does a 1080p resolution clip have to STAY at the beginning of the project?

You can delete the first clip. The project will retain its resolution.

Questions: Am I missing something? Was this feature removed? How can I get more details about resolution, frame rate, and any other truly helpful information about a given clip?

You are correct that iMovie 10 shows limited clip information when you select the "i" button. To get more info you can select the clip and then do File/Reveal in Finder. A folder will open showing the selected clip highlighted. Copy-drag (not move) it to your desktop, open in Quicktme Player, and select Window/Show Movie Inspector. The resulting information box will display the resolution, frame rate, and format, among other things.

-- Rich