Imported files are  greyed out.....help please

Hi,
I have recently got my 1st camera a cannon digital ixus 55..... after taking a short movie with it and eventually being able to import it ( see my recent post in iPhoto) I found that when I opened iMovie the file name is greyed out and I'm unable to use it .
the file type is .AVI ( don't know if this helps)
also wondered if it possible to convert the .AVI file to another type?
I appreciate any help given
kindest ,becca
Message was edited by: becca jnr

Hi, thanks for responding to my query.
I heard in another thread it may be because I'm running iMovie 3 , do you think this is possible?
kindest,becca

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