How do i drag a video into imovie 0'9 from a camera

okay so i have my canon camera SX40 HS, and it's already on my desktop so how do i drag it to imovie?

Hey,
You just need to import the file through file - import movie inside iMovie. It will then import it to an event and you can start editing with it. You could also plug the camera into the computer and import from camera inside iMovie as well.
The iMovie Guy

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