How can I make iMovie use my external HD for projects instead of my Internal HD?

I only have a 250GB internal HD and using iMovie can take up a lot of space. I moved all my movie files to an external HD, but when I start up iMovie none of them show up. I have to import them back which places it on my internal HD and I really don't have much space so I can't do anymore projects. Can anyone help me? I am using version 7.1.4 .

With version 7.1.4 of iMovie, you must keep your projects on the startup drive. However, the Events contain the large files, and can be moved to the external drive.
You must move the Events from within iMovie. Click VIEW/EVENTS BY VOLUME. This will show you alll your properly formatted drives that are available. (The external drive must be formatted as Mac OS Extended (journaled). Then, in the Event Library, you can drag and drop the small icons for the Events to the small icon for the drive in the Event Library List along the left side.
If you need to move Projects also, you should upgrade to iMovie 11. It is available in the Mac App Store for about $15.
Another note: In iMovie 7.1.4, you can move Events by dragging. However, in iMovie 8.06 (iMovie 09) and iMovie 9.0.4 (iMovie 11), drag and drop will copy. You have to hold down the Command Key while dragging to move rather than copy.

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