Movie Video advice for a newbie

Hello
I was wondering if I could get some suggestions for getting started in video with Logic Pro . I've had it for a month and I'm getting a basic feel for it and I wanted to try something with pictures .I don't have a video camera and I've never used iMovie before but I have lots of pictures in iPhoto can I put a slide show together with iMovie and use it with Logic .
thanks
iMac 2.33 GHz- Powerbook - eMac Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi
Yes you can! i personally use imovie to cut and paste bits of movies and or pictures together.
Look on the net for royalty free movies - i did that and still do when i wanna get ideas for how i would compose to different subject matters. it's really good fun. of course if you use someone else's video then don't use it commercially!
Importing the movie into logic is quite easy. try starting with a simple movie or slideshow in .mpg / .mov format. Put music to it etc etc. But be warned on logic 7.2.3 for some reason the export audio with movie is broken so you'll need to export/bounce the audio and add it in imovie or quicktime pro if you have that.
sorry, if this is too much....in one go. check out the manual chapter on video. it's cool and good fun - just a PITA about not being able to export the audio with the movie - but as mentioned there are workarounds for now.
Enjoy!
Rounik

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