How to import clips from iPhoto

Hi
is there a way to bring in short avi clips from my iPhoto library to iMovie?
I am using drag & drop as a work around, which is fine, but would be nice not to have to open iPhoto.
Steve.

Hi Adam, thanks for your reply.
Issues of quality aside, yeah. I have some short .avi movie clips that were shot on my Casio Exlim stills camera. Since iPhoto 5 (I think) the import and management of the clips is dealt with automatically through iPhoto just as if they were stills (albums, keywords etc) and are viewed/edited externally via QT.
Unless I am missing something obvious, I cannot see how to import a clip from the iPhoto library via the iMovie interface as you do with regular stills?
If I have iPhoto open alongside iMovie and drag clip thumbnails from the library to iMovie's clip 'wells' the import runs as expected.
Cheers, Steve.

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