Imovie '11 change home directory

iOwn iMove '11.
My older MacPro was getting slow, so I used a SSD as the boot drive and houses only the applications.
How can I make my old internal RAID array with lots of space the home directory for iMovie and NOT the internal SSD which does not have sufficient space.
thank you.
-andrew
(MacPro early 2008)
(16g RAM)
(latest 10.8.x. software, alwasy updated)

First, move all your projects and events to the internal Raid. All moves must be done within iMovie.
See this post for directions.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4141
When you import new footage from a Camera, you can set the Raid as the target on the import screen. That will remain the default until you change it.
For imports from a file, you can choose the drive before you import. Highlight it in the Event Library.
By the way, if you really want to change your Home Directory for all purposes, see this web page from frequent contributor Pondini.
http://pondini.org/OSX/SetupOther.html
I have mine set up this way, with my SSD handling OSX and Apps, and all of my iTunes, Aperture, documents, etc. on the internal hard drive of my iMac. Imovie and FCPX stuff is on a series of external drives.

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