Force iMovie to open when camcorder connected??

Hi all
Is there anyway to force iMovie to open (instead of iPhoto) when I connect my camcorder? I guess it's not a huge deal, but I LOVE saving clicks. I thought I had read somewhere that you could set what program would open when certain devices are connected, but now I can't seem to find any information anywhere on how.....
Thanks!!

I think you can do this in Snow Leopard. Open the Image Capture application.
Connect your camera to your computer, and turn the camera on.
Select the camera in the Devices list at the left of the Image Capture window.
From the “Connecting this [device] opens” pop-up menu, choose iMovie.
If you don’t see that pop-up menu, click the “Show device settings” button in the lower-left corner.
I can't test this because my camcorder already works with iMovie.

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