2 video tracks?

Is there any way possible to put 2 video tracks and one audio track in imovie HD? OR is there any easy way to edit between two separate videos footage. I've been pulling my hair out for 3 days now.. and I can't get final cut express to import my footage, or I'd be using that.
PLEASE HELP, i'm on a deadline!
thanks!
cyndi

Nope. iMovie is a consumer program that only has one video track. So you can't do overlays and some other Hollywood type video effects. But you can still do quite a lot.
As work arounds, you could move one separate set of video clips farther down the time line and edit it there. Or, you could open a second iMovie project for the second video set, and then drag it into the initial project after you have edited it.
You also might consider posting on the FCE board to find out why FCE won't import your footage. That's the main issue.
Good luck with this.

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Users
Owner
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Adobe
Premiere Elements
10.0
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