trim video but leave audio?

When you detach audio from a clip iMovie makes the audio a connected clip under the video. The default connection point is at the beginning of the video clip, but you can change that by holding down the command and option keys and clicking on the audio where you want the connection to be. This will allow you to trim the video clip without affecting the audio synch with the video. The fade to command under modify can also then be used without synch issues.

Jim has the right answer. Unless you want the audio lead-in before the video clip commences, you could also trim the video clip before detaching the audio.

-- Rich

If you keep fiddling with this I am sure that you will get the final product that you want. iMovie 10 does not have a fade in transition like iMovie 6 did, so it is a bit more difficult. As for the error message, you can make that go away by trimming off a little of the video clip. The part of a clip that is trimmed off, the "residual", still remains in the project even though you can't see it. Transitions attach to the residual., that are like handles. The error message is telling you that you do not have enough available residual. A 2-second transition will attach (one second on the clip on each side of the transition) but if you want a longer duration transition you will need to trim off some of the video clip on each side so that the transition has sufficient available residual to attach to.

Hope this helps.

Best,

-- Rich

Yes, and you can also do it by dragging in a background instead of a picture. Only thing is that you can't add transitions in the upper video track.

Have fun experimenting.

-- Rich