Can iMovie import footage from new Canon 5D Mark11

Hi all,
I've just purchased a Canon 5D mark11 and being just a still photographer I know very little about movie footage and how to handle it. Does anyone know if iMovie 08 can import movie footage from this new camera?
Regards,
Scott

I was also wondering whether iMovie might be usable for editing the footage off the Canon 5D mark11.
iMovie '08 may be able to edit the footage natively (i.e., again assuming the profiles are QT compatible). iMovie HD, on the other hand, will have to convert the files to your designated project type as part of the import process. In either case, I assume the files will automatically be stored in/be managed by iPhoto and be directly available to either application.
That depends on what you want to do in your edits. GarageBand (if you have or purchase iLife) will allow you to perform conversions, limited filters, and/or scale content as part of the re-compression process. MPEG Streamclip (free) offers most of the more advanced editing features (trimming; merging; converting; scaling; changing frame rates; adjusting brightness, contrast, saturation, and/or volume; etc.) of QT Pro (without spending the $30) but does not give you the audio/video layering, track level video scaling, masking, setting of poster frames, extractions/deletions at the track level, the adding of logos and/or watermarks, and other advanced features of QT Pro or Final Cut. My personal choice is to use both MPEG Streamclip, QT Pro and iMovie/Final Cut for their complementary capabilities. Again, what you need depends on what you need/want to do with your files.

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