How to transfer movies to a new mac?

I was able to drag entire iPhoto library to same spot on new Mac. Then I opened iPhoto and it converted and resolved everything automatically. Does iMovie work the same way? If so, do I drag the entire "Movies" folder, which on my machine has a whole bunch of stuff in it, unlike iPhoto library which is locked.

When I did this, I attached a SuperDuper! bootable backup of my old system. You could also connect your old Mac directly in Target Mode. Then I ran Migration Assistant, and it brought everything over.
An alternate way to accomplish this would be to use iMovie to move all Projects and all Events to the external drive. I would suggest first moving the Projects with Command-Drag (see iMovie help). Then use the FILE/CONSOLIDATE MEDIA command to bring over events, photos, and music. Then go back and check to see if you have any Events that were not moved. This would be the case if they were not used in any project. You would move these by Command-Dragging to the external hard disk in iMovie.
Then you can use the media on the external drive on your new Mac, or move it to your new Mac as you prefer.

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Software application, and photos, etc.

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The previous user of the G5 I am using was a "Genius" and I don't know how he created these "preset" choices.
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