IMovie 6 to show in iMovie 5

I am running a MacBook using 10.4.8 and have created a small movie in iMovie 6. I want to share this iMovie with someone who wants to show the editing of clips and such on an eMac running 10.4.6 with iMovie 5. There is no way to get iMovie 6 on that computer at this time. Is there anyway to take the imovie 6 file and get it to show and work in iMovie 5?
Any help is appreciated.

Welcome to the forum, Tom.
As far as I know, the project file format of iMovie 6 is identical to iMovie 5, so it's often possible to edit the same project in both versions. Problems can occur so it's not recommended, but it may work fine.
Two possible problems:
1) iMovie 5 won't understand all the features you may have created unique to iMovie 6. 5 won't understand 6's themes, for example.
But if the project is relatively simple, there may be no problems with that. The only way to know is to try. Don't plan on moving the project back to iMovie 6, however, and editing it there. Share a copy.
2) You might encounter user permissions problems after moving the project from your Mac to his. It may be a good idea to print a copy of these instructions, which explain how to change the permissions inside the project.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2811543&#2811543
Karl

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I do not no how things are handled when using HDV and technical documentation is hard to find on this topic of how photo are handled using HDV but in iMovie and most non HDV video editing software the picture is always 72ppi regardless of what is was/is on the outside and the images that appear the worst are the ones with less.
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iMovie (2013): Tips For iMovie ’11 Users
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In iMovie ’11 a toolbar button allowed you to to swap the Project and Event areas. to do this in iMovie (2013):
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iMovie ’11 included a Finalize feature which created a “master” copy of your project. With iMovie (2013), sharing a project to iMovie Theater serves a similar purpose. You can also share your project to iTunes or as a File to archive a master copy.Sorting Events in the Sidebar
In iMovie, events are organized by date in the sidebar with the newest events on top. To adjust how events are organized in the sidebar:
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Work with External Hard Drives
Your projects and events are stored inside of an iMovie library. You can store this file on your Mac or an external hard drive. You can even have multiple library files open at once.
To create a new iMovie library:
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In the window that appears, enter a name for your library and select where you would like to save it, such as an external hard drive.
Click Save.
In the sidebar, the new library will appear. You can now import media into this library, or copy existing projects and events to it.
To copy an event to a different library:
Select the event.
Drag it to another library in the sidebar. A progress indicator will appear in the toolbar.
To copy a project to a different library:
Select the project.
Drag the project to an event in a different library in the sidebar. A progress indicator will appear in the toolbar. iMovie will copy the project and all of its media (video clips, photos, and audio files) to the new library.
Learn more
Learn about updating projects and events from previous versions of iMovie.
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