Scripting iMovie '08?

Folks -
I would like to be able to use Automator or AppleScript to automate some tasks within iMovie '08. I do not seem to be able to do it, however, since IM08 does not seem to be AppleScript enabled. Is there a plugin or tool that would let me do this?
Why do I want to use scripting? I have made several updates to projects, and want to re-publish them, all-at-once, to the gallery pages. Since it takes me 5x real time just to upload the video, it would be nice to do overnight. (2x to render, 5x to upload)

To the best of my knowledge, iMovie 08 is not enabled to work with Automator.

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Date/Time: 2008-03-02 19:28:03.479 -0500
OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S2167)
Report Version: 4
Command: iMovie HD
Path: /Applications/iMovie HD.app/Contents/MacOS/iMovie HD
Parent: WindowServer [9061]
Version: 6.0.3 (6.0.3)
Build Version: 14
Project Name: iMovieApp
Source Version: 2670200
PID: 9220
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x98f168fb Sound3STAddSampleReferencesS64 + 61
1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90cd0c66 CallComponentFunctionCommon + 1048
2 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x98f11ce2 Sound3ComponentDispatch + 210
3 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90cd0734 CallComponentDispatch + 34
4 com.apple.QuickTime 0x94474a61 MediaSTAddSampleReferencesS64 + 86
5 com.apple.QuickTime 0x94492139 AddMediaSampleReferences64_priv + 98
6 com.apple.QuickTime 0x944920cd AddMediaSampleReferences64 + 50
7 ...i.christoph.ffaviimporter 0x15e95ee6 import_avi + 524
8 ...i.christoph.ffaviimporter 0x15e957a4 FFAvi_MovieImportDataRef + 738
9 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90cd0c66 CallComponentFunctionCommon + 1048
10 ...i.christoph.ffaviimporter 0x15e95a2a FFAvi_MovieImportComponentDispatch + 127
11 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90cd0734 CallComponentDispatch + 34
12 com.apple.QuickTime 0x94352374 MovieImportDataRef + 91
13 com.apple.QuickTime 0x94491bb5 newMovieFromFileFromComponent + 873
14 com.apple.QuickTime 0x94437e39 getNewMovieFromFileUsingImporters + 1110
15 com.apple.QuickTime 0x94437555 NewMovieFromFilePriv + 811
16 com.apple.QuickTime 0x9433b4d9 NewMovieFromDataRefPriv_priv + 3356
17 com.apple.QuickTime 0x9436e8ff NewMovieFromDataRef_priv + 54
18 com.apple.QuickTime 0x9436e8b5 NewMovieFromDataRef + 52
19 com.apple.iMovie 0x00014b24 0x1000 + 80676
20 com.apple.iMovie 0x001257db 0x1000 + 1198043
21 com.apple.iMovie 0x00064675 0x1000 + 407157
22 com.apple.iMovie 0x00065958 0x1000 + 411992
23 com.apple.iMovie 0x00063c66 0x1000 + 404582
24 com.apple.iMovie 0x000630d9 0x1000 + 401625
25 com.apple.iMovie 0x00063283 0x1000 + 402051
26 com.apple.Foundation 0x9280e01b __NSFireDelayedPerform + 403
27 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082d76a CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 3341
28 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082ca56 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 61
29 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92df0878 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 285
30 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92deff82 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 385
31 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92defdd9 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 81
32 com.apple.AppKit 0x93296485 _DPSNextEvent + 572
33 com.apple.AppKit 0x93296076 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 137
34 com.apple.AppKit 0x9328fdfb -[NSApplication run] + 512
35 com.apple.AppKit 0x93283d4f NSApplicationMain + 573
36 com.apple.iMovie 0x00040d71 0x1000 + 261489
37 com.apple.iMovie 0x0000af3a 0x1000 + 40762
38 com.apple.iMovie 0x0000ae55 0x1000 + 40533
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90009cd7 machmsgtrap + 7
1 com.unsanity.ape 0xc0001d48 _apeagent + 307
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90009cd7 machmsgtrap + 7
1 ...lagutin.audio_hijack.server 0x005183ca ahservloop + 108
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90009cd7 machmsgtrap + 7
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082d23b CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2014
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9083e118 CFRunLoopRun + 60
3 com.apple.AVCVideoServices 0x6848f319 AVS::AVCVideoServicesThreadStart(AVS::AVCVideoServicesThreadParams*) + 149
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 4:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9003f6cf syscallthreadswitch + 7
1 com.apple.AppKit 0x9336d6a2 -[NSUIHeartBeat _heartBeatThread:] + 1399
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f82c0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 5:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90009cd7 machmsgtrap + 7
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082d23b CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2014
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9083e118 CFRunLoopRun + 60
3 com.apple.iMovie 0x001262b7 0x1000 + 1200823
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f82c0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 6:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90009cd7 machmsgtrap + 7
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082d23b CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2014
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082ca56 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 61
3 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x91469356 HALRunLoop::OwnThread(void*) + 158
4 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x91469171 CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*) + 93
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 7:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90047dd7 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 7
1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90ce1da5 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 163
2 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x98e9837e ReadSchedulerThreadEntryPoint + 4723
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 8:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90047dd7 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 7
1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90ce1da5 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 163
2 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90cebcd8 AIOFileThread(void*) + 1068
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00004000 ebx: 0x90cd085f ecx: 0x00000006 edx: 0x00000000
edi: 0x00000000 esi: 0x00000000 ebp: 0xbfffd918 esp: 0xbfffd8f4
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00210292 eip: 0x98f168fb cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
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Wow, and welcome to the forums.
Sounds like your Mac needs a bit of a tune-up (I saw "kernal panic" somewhere in the very complete documentation). My routine is to run MacJanitor (free download via VersionTracker) so it triggers all the Mac's maintenance scripts. Then use Apple's Disk Utility (in Applications) to repair permissions.
John

Importing from iMovie 06, lose capture dates

When I import old iMovie 06 movies, the capture dates gets lost. Here is one of the original clips in iMovie 06:
However, after importing in iMovie 11, the capture dates are lost. I tried many variations, like import the iMovie 06 project, or cd to the *.iMovieProject directory and import the actual clips, etc.
Now, good iMovie11 clips have the capture date imbedded in the file name (as in clip-2010-03-14 hh;mm;ss.dv). However, the ones imported from iMovie 06 end up in iMovie 11 with simple names such as clip55.dv. So it's not surprising I cannot see the capture dates in iMovie 11.
So I looked inside the *.iMovieProject directory hoping to find the capture dates either in the file name or in a plist, but I couldn't (nothing in the plists below)
... Jan 23 2010 Cache/Thumbnails.plist
... Jan 23 2010 Cache/Timeline Movie Data.plist
... Jan 23 2010 Cache/Timeline Movie.mov
... Nov 8 2009 Media/Clip55.dv
etc
Finally, I opened Clip55.dv in QuickTime and looked at MovieInspector, but I could not see any capture date (similar to exif in jpegs).
So obviously I missed them. My question is where in the iMovie 06 project can I find them? If accessible, I can write a script to fix the clips imported in iMovie11 by changing their names. I tried it manually, and it worked.
Thanks in advance

Hi - Couple of things.
Click on the offending clip that you imported from iMovie in your FCP Bin and type Command + 9 to see the item properties. Either report those item properties, or if easier, take a screen shot of the item properties and post that.
Then click any where on the timeline you are having trouble with and type Command + 0 (Zero) to see the sequence settings. Either report those settings or take a screen shot of the Sequence Settings window and post that.
In order for FCP to use the video without rendering, both the items properties of the source clip, and the sequence settings must match - and both must be within standard production parameters.
Also, you can click on the source clip in the FCP Bin, then control-click on the clip and select Reveal in Finder from the drop down menu. Once that file is revealed, open it in Quicktime 7 and see if if plays correctly there.
Hope this helps.
MtD

Help! Can't update iwork and imovie because "You have updates available for other accounts".

I recently purchased Macbook Pro with iMovie, iwork keynotes, pages and numbers preloaded in the machine. Now the App Store icon indicates that I have updates available. So when I open up app store and click update, I got an warning stating " You have updates avaialbe for other accounts - to update this application, sing in to the account you used to purchase it".
I called tech support. I was told that I must have had another account. But clearly I don't have another account. I'm not alzheimer. If I had another account, I would have remembered it. I used the same account for ipod, iphone, itune for many many years. So I went on the support communities for help. I read some post saying I should add my hard drive to spotlight privacy, then remove it. I tried it, it didn't work. Some said I need to enable something by entering a script to the terminal. I followed the steps, it didn't work. Then some other post said that I should delete the apps, then reinstall it. So stupidly enough, I deleted keynotes to "TEST" if it works. Guess what? I completed removed keynotes from my macbook. I can't even recover it?! At least before I deleted it, I had the old version of keynotes although obsolete, still functional. Now I removed it, I don't even know how to reinstall it.
So, I'm so update and dying for help. Can someone please teach me how to make my Macbook understand that I only have one account and let me update iMovie and iwork? Also, how to restore the accidentally deleted Keynotes?
Thank you!!!

You're just going to have to get back to the support folks with your Apple ID problem - http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/.
They should be able to rectify the problem.
Clinton

How can I record narration with no video or beyond the end of my video in iMovie?

I have a question about recording narration in iMovie.
I wrote a script to read as the narration for a movie I'm making. My thought was I could record the narration first, then add video to match the spoken words.
I've done this before in Sony Vegas on my PC and it worked out well, better than trying to speak to what was going on in the video after I record the video.
Unfortunately, if I try to record narration in iMovie without any video being there yet, it won't record. It appears I need to put a video clip on the timeline first.
If I put a short clip in and try to record narration beyond the end of it, iMovie quits recording at the end of the video clip.
So I went to quicktime and recorded my narration there and have 10 audio files (since I just don't seem to be able to read this whole script without making mistakes).
I then tried to add all 10 to my movie and I think it made me add a video clip first, but after I did, iMovie overlayed all 10 audio files on top of each other.
If I try to drag them over one at a time, I still can't get them to go sequentially unless I add more video to my movie.
There must be a way to add audio files or create narration without having to create a video file longer than your audio first. Isn't there?
I just can't seem to find a way to get the audio files layed out one after another without more video. Very frustrating.
At this point, I really want to know how to add audio files beyond the end of my video since I have them all recorded.
But I'd also like to know how to record narration beyond the end of the video too for future projects.
Thanks!
Brad

You could insert a bunch of placeholders in the timeline before doing the voiceover.
You can find a range of placeholders (they are actually templates used in iMovie Trailers) in the Maps, Backgrounds & Animatics browser. This is the last browser at the end of the centre toolbar, after the Titles and Transitions browsers. Click on it and scroll down to see all the animatics (aka placholders or templates). Drag a number of these into your project timeline - as many as you think you need to cover your audio.
When you've finished the voiceover, drag photos directly onto the animatics and select Replace from the pop-up menu. Adjust the timing by using the Inspector (double-click a photo to open the Inspector, then change the duration).
John
EDIT: Sorry, beaten by Bengt (again)!
Message was edited by: John Cogdell

How can i get an MP4 video file to work in iMovie 08'?

I'm currently editing a wedding video i recorded on my Sony DV camcorder in iMovie 08' and want to splice a MP4 video file (from a mobile phone- make unknown) of the married couple on their first dance into the footage but can't
How do i go about acheiving this?

Autoplay is not universally supported by all devices. Many smatphone data plans can't handle the burden of preloaded and auto playing media. There's nothing you can do to change this b/c mobile devices simply ignore the parameter.   All that said, why are you still using player plugins? You don't need them with HTML5 video.
Copy & paste this code into a new, blank document. Change video files to your own.
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML5 with Video</title>


</head>
<style>
video {
    max-width:100%;
    display:block;
    margin:0 auto;
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Use 3 File Types to support all browsers & mobile devices: MP4, WEBM and OGV.</h2>
<h3>Online Video Converter
http://video.online-convert.com/</h3>

<video controls poster="Your_poster_image.jpg">

<source src="http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.webm" type="video/webm">
<source src="http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.ogv" type="video/ogg">
<source src="http://techslides.com/demos/sample-videos/small.mp4" type="video/mp4">
If you're seeing this, you're using an
outdated browser that doesn't support
the video tag. </video>

</body>
</html>
EDIT: I forgot to move the closing </head> tag in my original post.
Nancy O.

My experiences of importing different formats into IMovie...!!

I’ve been through a lot of pain with IMovie for the last 6 months, and cracked it a couple of days ago. I therefore feel the need to write about my experiences.
I have lots of old footage on:-
1. DV tape
2. HI8 tapes
3. Sony mini-DVDs
4. DVDs
5. Sony standard def hard disk camcorder files.
1. DV tape
This was a joy to import. OK, so I had to invest a small amount of cash to buy a new cheapie DV camcorder (as my old one broke years ago), but the import itself was easy. Just connect the camcorder, the import window appears, and away to go. Events are imported with the correct date and time, and it even creates a new event for different days imported.
2. HI8 tapes
As I’ve only got a few of these, I decided to ‘cheat’, so I’ve recorded them onto DVDs using my domestic DVD recorder sitting under my TV. So the problem is shifted from HI8 tapes onto DVDs.
3. Sony mini-DVDs
I’ve been trying to crack this issue for months. Clips are imported in random order, even though they are shown in the correct order in the preview. Hopefully it will get sorted. See the following thread:-
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9404421&tstart=0
4. DVDs
Haven’t tried this yet, until the mini-DVD issue is sorted. I might go down the road of converting the VIDEO_TS folders into DV files using MPEG Streamclip from squared5.com but I’d rather wait and import them ‘properly’ as the software intended.
5. Sony standard def hard disk camcorder files.
Now this is the biggie…..
I had about 1,000 MPEG2 files on my hard disk, that I’ve moved from my camcorder over the years. To my annoyance, when I switched from a PC to the Mac, I needed to buy the MPEG add-on to Quicktime. OK, so no big deal, but even then, all I could get was the video with no sound. After weeks of digging about, I found out that the reason there was no sound is because apparently Quicktime can’t handle MPEG files with AC3 dolby digital sound. As all of my files are recorded in this format, this was a major hurdle.
I then dug around and discovered that on the Sony CD that comes with the camcorder, there is a utility to down mix the AC3 audio to stereo. But it can only do one file at a time – no good for 1,000 files.
Even so, I tried a few files, and yes – they now played under Quicktime WITH audio.
But when doing an import into IMovie 09, the files are greyed out and cannot be selected. So back to the drawing board...
I then looked into various bits of software, finally deciding to get MPEG Streamclip, in order to convert the files in something more Apple friendly.
I did lots of experiments over many weeks in converting files to different formats for import into IMovie, and even though some of them looked excellent, when exporting to different sized export files (e.g. IPod, AppleTV), some of them had artifacts and shimmering all over the place.
Reluctantly I took the helpful advice of someone to convert them into DV files. I say ‘reluctantly’ because the files are HUGE. So much so, I then shelled out (even) more cash on a Drobo to store all the converted DV files.
Next problem...
Because MPEG Streamclip converts the files into DV files, the original date and time information is lost. This is a real pain and means IMovie thinks all the files are 2009.
I then purchased the excellent ‘A better finder renamer’ and ‘A better finder attributes’, to see if I could rename the files. Unfortunately there is no easy way to say ‘change the date/time on the new DV file to be the same as the old MPEG file’ a thousand times over.
I then approached a company about writing a bespoke automator script to do this for me. But it was going to be expensive.
I then set about manually changing some of the dates of the files.
Even then, IMovie was getting confused during the import, and putting some of the scenes in the wrong order. Looks like because MPEG Streamclip is so quick at doing the conversion to DV, that some of the files have the same time stamp, so IMovie gets confused.
I then looked into software to slow my Mac down, so that MPEG Streamclip would run slower (I wanted to guarantee that each file out of the thousand that it created was created in a different MINUTE to the last file). This was proving fruitless however.
I then had useful discussions with Appleman1958 - see thread -
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1979095&tstart=0
who suggested that I could rename the files with the IMovie notation, i.e.
clip-yyyy-mm-dd hh;mm;ss.ext
I even worked out how to do this automatically using ‘a better finder renamer’.
But there was still one more issue.
When the files were imported into IMovie, the thousand files would just come in as one event (unlike importing DV tape where it splits into days).
Being unhappy with this, I had a brain wave and decided to try something else. AppleMan1958 helpfully suggested putting the files into different folders “behind IMovie’s back”, something I was open to doing, but wanted to try something else first...
I resurrected my old camcorder from my attic, and filmed a few minutes of footage.
I then plugged the camcorder into my Mac. To my AMAZEMENT, the import window appeared in IMovie (just like it does for DV tapes), AND the audio played as well as the video. I was absolutely staggered.
I then noticed an ‘archive’ button within the import window, so decided to press it. It then copied the MPEG file from the camcorder onto the hard disk. But it did so in the structure of the original camcorder (i.e. it creates a series of specially named folders, just like on the camcorder).
I then decided to copy all 1,000 of my MPEG2 files into the new special structure that had just been created.
All 1,000 files were then accessible using the standard import function!!!!
(By the way – I’m sure people already know this information – and I’m in no way taking credit for any of it, as it’s probably been suggested by other people in the past).
I’ve now happily imported all of the files.
(Interestingly, a couple of times it said ‘Error!’ on importing some of the files. The third time I tried it, it worked. How random!!)
What amazes me is that now the Mac CAN seemingly handle MPEG video AND ac3 audio, whereas it can’t handle it by double-clicking the files in the finder. I can’t see why this should be the case. Also, it’s really annoying that when importing the files from hard disk, the files are totally greyed out – but it CAN import them by fooling IMovie into thinking it’s a camera archive.
Ofcourse now I’ve spent all this extra money, it’s time to dust off the old camcorder and use that for a few more years, until I pluck up the courage to go hi-def...
Hope you enjoyed reading – thought I’d share my experiences incase there are any newbies out there with similar issues. It’s annoying that Apple make it seem like childsplay to connect your new shiny camcorder to IMovie, but seem give little help in the more technical issues.
Now, if only they’ll fix the mini-DVD import bug too...!
Brad

Hi Brad,
when you use Streamclip to convert media, use the same name for the exported file (only with different extension). Then make a shell script calling
touch -r origFileName.mp2 newFileName.mov
This will copy the exact time and date from origFileName.mp2 to newFileName.mov
The script may look like this (save the file, give an exec permission to it and call it in the right directory):
#!/bin/bash
for i in `ls *.mp2`; do
NEWNAME=$(ls "$i" | sed -e 's/mp2/mov/')
touch -r $i $NEWNAME
done
You may need to adapt the extension names used (in the example above .mp2 is input file to get the date/time stamp from and .mov is the output file to stamp.
Have fun and cheers

There's a bug on the new iMovie 1.2

Sorry for bad English. If you have problems with my writing, please let me know that part.
I don't know these '' things in correct English. I translated in into Korean->English.
Hello, It's about location things in editing the movie.
1) Select the theme 'simple' thing.
2) Double-tap a clip and select 'subject style'thing.
3) Tap 'opening' and insert the subject.
4) Tap twice and tap 'location'.
5) Edit the location name. e.g., '2011.3.13'
6) Then, split a clip into two clips.
7) Tap twice on second, behind, or splited clip. (what the **** is the correct language in this thing? I don't know it in my mother language either. I just named it 'the second clip'.)
8) Then, edit the location to another name. e.g., 'When she laughs,'
9) Then, see the first clip. It's also changed with the second clip. It's same when I edit the first clip, it changes the second clip, too.
10) You can prevent this bug through, when edit the location name on second clip, tap 'locate button'(a button which can tell where here is), and change the location name.
11) Then, you can see the first clip and second clip have different location name.
When I make my movie, I use the 'opening style subject' on two clips. Both of the big subject have a name of that video, or characters. Usually I take the character's name on big subject.
And for the small subject, on the first one, I put the date when I took it. On the second clip, I put the location or tell the content of the movie, like 'sub-subject'.
You can see my videos on this: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=franceskisrevolution&aq=f
and find the 4 things start with '코코먼지샤넬, ~~~하다', see the very first part of that subjects.
It can tell better than my bad English.
And, the conclusion is, FIX THAT BUG ASAP. It really annoyed me and two movies are already made with that bug before I solve the problem.
Or, can you tell me how I don't caught on that bug no more, please?
To tell this bug report for you, I needed to write these in my rough second language!
And, I want PRECISION EDITOR RIGHT ON MY iPHONE. I promise, to buy the new iPad and I can use that function on my iPad, as soon as it ships? shipped? in my country. I loved the iPad but it's too old when it shipped on my country. iPad 2 is new, as you very well know.
But I'll not use the iPad on my way to get around. For 20~60 seconds of video, I don't need that 4x big iPhone without phone. Okay? It's too much and I love apple's things because they are absolutely not 'too much', it's easy to use. Why you just disabled that very best cool thing on really cool app of iMovie, on that very smart phone? I really disappointed on it. Don't do that stupid thing again.
Thanks.
This is Korean version. If you have some Korean engineers, use this script and tell that iMovie makers. It'll be better than that rough English.
테마 '심플함'으로 선택해서, 제목 넣을 때 오프닝으로 선택하고, 위치에 바로 내 맘대로 이름을 넣습니다. 그러고 나서 클립을 자르고, 뒷쪽 또는 두번째 클립을 선택합니다. 그러고 다른 이름을 바로 적어 넣으면, 앞의 잘려서 따로 있어야 할 클립의 위치 이름 또한 바뀝니다. 첫번째 클립의 이름을 바꿔넣어도 마찬가집니다. 이러면 제가 '위치'를 넣는 위치에 다른 것을 넣고 싶어도 계속 엉뚱한 부분이 바뀌니 미치는거죠. 그런데 '여기찍는' 버튼을 누른 다음 위치 이름을 바꾸면 또 앞의 클립과 뒤의 클립의 위치 이름이 달라질 수 있습니다. 그렇다면 같이 바뀌던 건 분명히 버그입니다.
여기서 동영상들 앞부분만 확인하면 충분히 알 수 있습니다.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=franceskisrevolution&aq=f
'코코먼지샤넬, ~~~하다' 라는 제목의 4개 영상입니다.
앞부분만 보면 됩니다. 그럼 제목의 위치를 바꾼 것이 있고, 제목을 바꾼 것이 있습니다. 위치를 쉽게 바꾼 것은 아마도 무슨 버튼인지 보려고 먼저 눌러봤기 때문에 그리 된 것 같네요. 이미 제목을 바꾼 영상은 프로젝트와 원본 영상을 아이폰에서 삭제했기 때문에 이 방법을 알아챈 지금은 이미 새로 편집하기는 어려운 상황입니다. 그래서 이게 제대로 버그임을 확인한 순간 대학교에서도 아직 안 써본 영.어. 리포트를 여기에 쓰고 있습니다.
반드시 이 버그를 다음 업데이트에서 고쳐주시고, 또, '정밀편집'기능도 빼지 말고 아이폰에도 넣어주세요. 아이패드 살거라서 아이폰에 바로 있어야 할 필요까진 없을지도 모르지만, 한국 출시까지 1달은 더 걸릴것같고, 그 전에 편집해서 올릴 영상은 100개가 넘습니다. 타이밍 맞추는 게 보통 일이 아닙니다. 프레시젼 에디터만 넣어줬어도 타이밍에 고생할 일이 없고 그래서 아이무비 업데이트를 기대했는데 왜 아이폰용에선 뺐는지 정말 이해가 안 되네요. 그런 멍.청.한. 짓은 하지 말라고 담당자들에게 알려주시기 바랍니다. 애플의 성공은 '쉽게 쓸 수 있는 어려운 기능'에도 있습니다. 그런 걸 포기해버리다니 정말 애플답지 않은 멍청한 결정이라 봅니다. 다신 그런 실수를 해선 안될겁니다.

In these forums you are only talking to other users like yourself, not Apple. Be sure to repost your info in the channel Apple has set up for it:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/imovie_iOS.html

Can I script the changing of creation date, using the file name?

Normally people are doing this in reverse, but let me paint the picture.
I pulled 204 video files from an old HDD based JVC camera. JVC records in .MOD format which iPhoto won't import. I imported them into iMovie just fine, and iMovie even set the file name to clip-2007-11-04 04;42;29.mov which is great, but it now has a new creation date of whatever date I imported it. Which then causes problem when I want the videos stored in iPhoto and sorted appropriately by creation date.
I've used the application "A Better Finder Attributes 5" to individually edit the creation and modify, but I'm sure I don't want to do this 203 more times, as you can't just type in the date and time, you have to type in each part of the date/time, or select it on a calendar.
I've used the application "Name Changer" to batch convert the file names to the format YYYYMMDDhhmm which would be helpful if I were going to use the terminal command touch -t, but again I don't want to have to type it in 203 more times, plus drag and drop the file into finder to populate the location.
Now, if I were more handy with automator, or maybe some (any) scripting language this would be easy peasy. I'd batch rename all the files to the YYYYMMDDhhmm.mov and then have a script that just took the file name, passed that to touch -t along with the file location, and a few seconds later, they would all be done!
Anybody have any suggestions to how I can do this, and tips to what commands to use or ANY advice? I'm more than happy to RTFM, but I have no idea which manual to read!
Thanks

If your file names are precisely as you have written, this script will do what you want.
Copy the script into an AppleScript Editor document, select one or more files in a Finder window, return to the AS Editor and press Run. Note: you will need to provide your password when the script runs.
Make sure you have a backup of any files you are working on (try using duplicates first, perhaps). The script has no error handling.
tell application "Finder"
          set FileList to selection
          repeat with theFile in FileList
                    set fileName to name of theFile
                    set filePath to quoted form of (POSIX path of (theFile as alias))
                    set crYear to text 6 thru 9 of fileName
                    set crMonth to text 11 thru 12 of fileName
                    set crDay to text 14 thru 15 of fileName
                    set crHour to text 17 thru 18 of fileName
                    set crMins to text 20 thru 21 of fileName
                    set crDate to crYear & crMonth & crDay & crHour & crMins
                    set shellString to "touch -t " & crDate & " " & filePath
do shell script shellString with administrator privileges
          end repeat
end tell

Seeking a Bridge scripter

Hi All:
I'm currently looking for a freelancer to write a quick Bridge script for me. If you could handle the job--or know someone who could--could you please shoot me a quote at [email protected]? I have some budget, and want to pay fairly.
If you're interested, here's what I'm after. Many thanks for your consideration!
Adam
Adam O'Hern
Industrial Designer / Spitwad Marksman
[email protected]
cadjunkie.com
solidsmack.com
engineervsdesigner.com
Script: Stack Frame
Language: Javascript
Version: CS6
Description:
When doing product renderings, I often render out animations as image sequences, each frame consisting of several layers. Each layer is output as a separate file. For example:
image_finalColor_0001.jpg
image_finalColor_0002.jpg
image_finalColor_0003.jpg
image_Alpha_0001.jpg
image_Alpha_0002.jpg
image_Alpha_0003.jpg
image_SurfID_0001.jpg
image_SurfID_0002.jpg
image_SurfID_0003.jpg
etc.
This script would 'stack' each frame in Bridge, and also create a separate layered PSD file for each, so that the result, in bridge, looks like this:
image_finalColor_0001.jpg [stack]
image_finalColor_0002.jpg [stack]
image_finalColor_0003.jpg [stack]
image_0001.psd
image_0002.psd
image_0003.psd
Requirements:
Two ways to start run the script:
Right-click any file and select 'stack frame' from the drop-down to analyze a single frame
Menubar > Stacks > 'stack frames' to analyze all frames in folder
Beginning with the end of the filename, script loops backward through each character until it finds a number. It then continues back until it finds a non-number, and stops, storing the last number in the filename as the 'frame number'. Examples:
file_0001.jpg => '0001'
file_0001_backplate.jpg => '0001'
file_02_backplate_0001.jpg => '0001'
file_0001_backplate_02.jpg => '02'
Script then searches other files in the folder using the same method, looking for other files with the same frame number. For example, when looking for frame 0001:
file_0001_foreground.jpg => match
file_foreground_0001.jpg => match
file_02_foreground_0001.jpg => match
file_0001_foreground_02.jpg => no match
Script selects all files containing the same frame number, and assigns them to a 'stack' in Bridge.
With the same files selected, script runs the Photoshop 'Load Files into Photoshop Layers' command
Saves resulting layered file as PSD named with the common elements of the filenames (trimming non-alphanumeric chars):
file_0001_background.jpg + file_0001_foreground.jpg = file_0001.psd
file_background_0001.jpg + file_foreground_0001.jpg = file_0001.psd
file_02_background_0001.jpg + file_02_foreground_0001.jpg = file_02_0001.jpg
file_02_background_0001.jpg + file_foreground_0001.jpg = file_0001.jpg
foobar_file_0002_0001.jpg + file_0001_foreground.jpg = file_0001.jpg
Must exit gracefully on error and provide dialog hints where possible (e.g. 'found no matching frames' etc)
Must ignore non-image file formats (to avoid errors in the Photoshop script)
Resulting PSD layers must be in the same order for every frame where possible (so future Batch operations will work across all PSD files). Obviously this only applies if all layers are present for every frame.
Must ROCK MAJORLY HARD!!
Thanks again!

I use Final Cut Pro; keyframing the motion, scaling, etc as needed.
But there's also many other programs available, to name a few:
iMovie
Still Life
Photo to Movie
Motion Pictures
-DH

Video-shoutbox with iMac, QT or iMovie and a DV-Cam

I want to make a Video-Shoutbox on a Party.
My idea: An iMac with a Kiosk-Software. Maybe QT-Pro can make the clips. And a DV-Cam the Videos.
What i need is a possibility to push one Button, and you can 30 seconds record on the mac. After the 30 seconds you have to push or click the button again to make a new record.
After the evening you have a folder with all the clips in it and can now edit this clips in imovie or elsewhere.
How can i do that?

One way is with an Applescript script written to run in QuickTime Player. Here's such a script. It would be called from the kiosk screen.
Be sure to read the notes in the script.
Karl
-- Script by: Karl D. Petersen
-- 7/20/2006
-- This script records a 30 second movie, or whatever duration you set.
-- Copy this script and Paste into a new document in Script Editor, the
-- Applescript editor.
-- WARNING: This script requires that the checkbox "Enable access for assistive devices" in
-- Universal Access control panel of System Preferences be turned ON.
-- Otherwise an error will occur.
-- To prevent a timeout failure with some cameras, remove tape from camera.
-- Set camera to record mode.
-- If QuickTime Player fails to see camera, re-launch QT Player.
-- Before the recording begins, the script will play a "5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Action!" movie that
-- you've recorded. (The Action! movie must be open in QuickTime Player.) Enter the name of your
-- Action! movie in the property below.
-- When the recording ends, it will also play a "Cut!" movie that you've recorded.
-- (The Cut! movie must be open in QuickTime Player.) Enter the name of your
-- Cut! movie in the property below.
-- To control how this script behaves, use Script Editor to set these five properties:
property recordingTime : 30 -- set this to the desired recording time, in seconds
property ActionMovieName : "Action!.mov" -- optional. The name of your Action movie. Must be open.
property CutMovieName : "Cut! That's a wrap.mov" -- optional. The name of your Cut movie. Must be open.
property countdownBeeps : 5 -- set this to the desired countdown beeps before recording begins. Optional
property saveRecordingWhenDone : true -- save & close recording when done?
property savePlayFrontSoundOnly : "" -- Not set by user. Will be set by script.
tell application "QuickTime Player"
try
set weClickedRecordButton to false
-- save the user's QuickTime preference to play sound of front movie ONLY.
-- It will be restored later.
set savePlayFrontSoundOnly to only front movie plays sound
set only front movie plays sound to false -- so we can hear Action/Cut
activate
-- open recording window...
new movie recording
-- do countdown beeps, or play your own "5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Action!" movie
if ActionMovieName is not "" then
-- activate your own "Action!" movie window and play it
if exists window ActionMovieName then
rewind movie ActionMovieName -- so plays from beginning
play movie ActionMovieName
repeat while the playing of movie ActionMovieName
-- did user close recording window?
if name of window 1 is not "Movie Recording" then
stop movie ActionMovieName
error "Recording canceled."
end if
end repeat
end if
else -- play beeps instead
repeat countdownBeeps times
beep
delay 1
end repeat
end if
-- did user close recording window?
if name of window 1 is not "Movie recording" then error "Recording canceled."
-- use System Events to click Record button in window
tell application "System Events" -- see WARNING above if doesn't work
tell process "QuickTime Player"
tell window "Movie Recording"
click UI element 4
set weClickedRecordButton to true
end tell
end tell
end tell
-- limit the recording to <recordingTime> seconds
repeat recordingTime times
delay 1 -- one second
-- did user close recording window?
if name of window 1 is not "Movie recording" then error "Recording canceled."
end repeat
-- stop the recording
tell application "System Events"
tell process "QuickTime Player"
tell window 1
click UI element 4
end tell
end tell
delay 1
end tell
-- beep, or play your own Cut! movie
if CutMovieName is not "" then
if exists window CutMovieName then
play movie CutMovieName
repeat while the playing of movie CutMovieName
end repeat
end if
else
beep
end if
-- save the recording and close?
if saveRecordingWhenDone then
set tDefaultName to the name of window 1
set tPath to choose file name with prompt "Name movie" default name tDefaultName
-- if user cancels, error is returned here.
save window tDefaultName in tPath
close window tDefaultName without saving
end if
return "successful"
on error errMsg
-- restore QuickTime Player preference
if savePlayFrontSoundOnly is not "" then set only front movie plays sound to savePlayFrontSoundOnly
if exists window "Movie Recording" then
with timeout of 2 seconds
close window "Movie Recording" without saving
end timeout
end if
-- ignore canceled recordings
if "cancel" is not in errMsg then
if not weClickedRecordButton then set errMsg to "Unable to record movie. Check camera."
display dialog "Script Error: " & errMsg
end if
return errMsg
end try
end tell

A tip how to make iMovie '08 rescan the iPhoto library for video clips

I could not figure out how to easily force iMovie '08 to rescan all iPhoto library video clips. My problem was that my Casio S880 videos had the audio format DVI ADPCM which is not supported by iMovie '08. I made a script which transcoded all my iPhoto library videos' audio track to AAC. But after this was done, the iMovie didn't still show them in iPhoto videos. iMovie checks only for NEW entries in iPhoto Library after last scan.
One simple workaround is to duplicate the transcoded video in iPhoto and then delete the original. But if you have a lot of clips here is a better way to do this:
NOTE: This trick does not reimport already imported clips. This trick is useful only if you want to force iMovie '08 to recheck old iPhoto movie clips if they are now valid for iMovie '08 or not.
1. Close iMovie '08
2. Open file HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iMovie7.plist with the Property List Editor application (I think the application is part of Apple Developer Tools, I'm not sure if included in default installation). You may want to take a backup of the property file before opening it!
3. Find "lastiPhotoXMLDate" property and change the date value to be some older date, for example if you want to scan all files just change the year part to 1980 or similar.
4. Save the property file
5. Open iMovie '08, it should now check all iPhoto movie clips again if they are valid for iMovie '08.
The same thing can be achieved by just deleting the HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iMovie7.plist file, but then you lose all your other settings.

I apologize for my confusion on your question. I find that depending on the principal of each photo and my target audience to determine the time frame for each photo. It seems most people get impatient with viewing one photo for more than 1-2 seconds if the photo is not complex.
If there are several things that interests the viewers in any one image, they want to look at it a second or two longer. If the movie of images is a training aid, the images may need to be more than 3 seconds. For intro's, or a trailer for a training movie, no longer than 1-2 seconds.
That was a long answer to say, generally speaking, I find 3 seconds to be an average time length.

Issues with still photos (size/cropping) in IMovie

Hi,
I been searching and despite trying to solve this issue myself and through taking the advice given in similar posts, I still have not been able to resolve this issue.
When making a video/movie, my still pictures get cut up. The tops are noticeably cut and I didn't crop anything. I played with the widescreen vs. normal options, and still, tops are definitely cut off. There are several portrait or people pictures that are taken vertically instead of the "normal" horizontally for size or angle reasons. Another thing to note is that I do have a WIDE ANGLE camera. Some pictures it is absolutely essential that I have the FULL photo in, so what do I do?????? I been here for HOURS trying "trial and error" and I am getting soooo frustrated. ANd who is this Ken Burns guy?
I am learning here but need some assistance. Thanks!

You can disable Ken Burns by going to the Rotate, Crop, Ken Burns Tab in the Inspector and choosing FIT or CROP. FIT will force your photo to fit the aspect ratio of the movie by adding black space.
CROP will chop off the top or bottom to make it fit. You will want to FIT.
Unless you would like to use the Ken Burns effect.....read on.
As you have observed, neither of these are ideal for portrait-oriented photos.
In iPhoto, the Ken Burns effect will automatically add black space so that portrait photos will work. However, in iMovie, there is no way to automatically add black space for Ken burns.
You can go into a photo editor like photoshop and add black bars to the side so that Ken Burns will work properly.
There is a way to do this automatically, and without using Photoshop, if you take the time to learn how to use Automator, which is a workflow tool that comes with your Mac.
(You can find Automator by clicking the spotlight magnifying lass at the top right of your screen. Then type in Automator.)
Set up an Automator Workflow to
1. Ask for Photos (You must select one or more photos and hit Select - you can make this easier by putting them in an album beforehand)
2. Copy Finder Items (give it a folder to copy to- so you can find them easily)
3. Pad Images. (put a check mark in "scale image before padding" and set for dimensions of your project.
Hit Run and a dialog box will come up asking you to select photos. When you are finished, press SELECT and the Automator script will keep running.
Then at the end you should have padded images in the folder you created in step 2.
Before you try Automator, take a look at [this website for some tutorials and videos.|http://automator.us/leopard>
There is a [Good Website here that includes Automator and Services for Snow Leopard|http://www.macosxautomation.com/index.html]
Here is the [Apple Discussions group for Automator|http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1261]
If you create an Automator Workflow that you like, and you have Snow Leopard, you can create a SERVICE so that when you select a Photo in iPhoto or the Finder and right-click, your Workflow will be available on the contextual menu.

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