Events vs projects files---am i using twice the hard drive space?

If i have a movie in events file...then move it to projects file, does it utilize twice as much hard drive space becuase there are two movies--one in each file?

An iMovie project is a text file in hexadecimal that contains instructions for creating your edited movie. The movie is created when you use the SHARE menu by running the instructions in the project.
The project instructions will reference the actual video files which are contained in the Events. So if you delete your Event files, your projects will no longer have anything to reference, and they will no longer work.
So the answer is, no, there is not a duplicate created when you drag a clip to a project.
This has several advantages. You can use an Event in multiple projects without duplicating space. You can make edits, color correction, etc, and none of this is destructive to the original footage.

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