IMovie, Quicktime and my desktop

How do i move an iMovie project from my desktop back into iMovie, then export it to my USB using quicktime? help please! my projects due tomorrow!! (:

First, right click on the project file on your desktop and click GET INFO. If it has an RCPROJECT file extension, you can move it back into iMovie by dragging it to the MOVIES/iMOVIE PROJECTS folder.
Then, open iMovie. You should see this project in the project library. You can use the SHARE menu to export a final movie.
If it is not an RCPROJECT file, tell us what it is.

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Hello i have used mac products for a long time and i have yet to incounter a error like this
when i use my mac normally while at university i can use nearly evry app i can think off word excell itunes skype teamspeak, ect
however when i sat down to edit a video i captured i found out that i am unable to left click in IMoive ,Quciktime and Appstore this makes things rather irritating and impossible to do i can right click however and use the richt click to navagate around but i am unable to do ANYTHING that requires a left click,
i have tried reinstalling the OS i have tried soft resets and hard resets as well as clearning the ram and nothing has worked in fixing this, i have tried going into other apps one after another while imovie is up and i am still able to click and interact with the other apps i have closed all apps and let i movie be the only app active
i would like to point out this isnt a hardwere issue on the trackpad as it works perfectly on evrything else but i beleave that Imovie quicktime and Appstore Might be damaged.
Macbook Pro 10.9.1
also this is the first time i have asked the community for help

i have tried a mouse and to reinstall the OS sadly i cant try to completely whipe the HDD but i may try a full whipe and fully clean reinstall in a couple of months when i am able to back up evrything
but i do not think it will work sadly i am going to try as well to leave the computer turned off over a 48 hour period to see if that would help
to anyone who sees this topic in the future please let me know and see if anyone else has had a simmilar issue becuse i do think this could happen again soon
thank you for your help BobRz i hope i can fix this later on

I cant run Imovie, Iphoto and my desktop reset itself.

Hi everyone.
I started up my macbook today and went to play a movie I have been working on when it wouldnt run. I restarted to try again when I noticed my background and all my icons were gone. Next I tried to look at my photos and they would not open either. The desktop looks exactly how it did when i bought the thing. When I click on Itunes it says I have to reagree to the terms and policies. The wierd part to me is, it still has all my songs and photos but they all seem to be hidden and wont open when I try to click on the desktop. Thanks for reading this and any help would be appreciated since I'm a good halfway around the world from the nearest apple store.

bonezilla,
when i still try to open up Imovie or Iphoto they do not open
Do they just bounce in the Dock or do they open and quit immediately upon launch? A good place to start for troubleshooting applications that do not open or unexpectedly quit upon launch is Dr. Smoke's FAQ "Multiple applications quit unexpectedly or fail to launch". Perform the troubleshooting steps therein in the order presented and see if you have any luck.
My pictures are still in the computer but when i go to open them they open in preveiw form
By preview form do you mean that when you click on a photo it opens in Preview application and not in another application such as iPhoto etc.? If so, select/highlight a photo by clicking once on it and then using the Get Info command in your File Menu or using the command key + "i" to Get Info. When the Get Info pane appears you can change the application for opening the file under the Open With selection (if the triangle is closed click on it to expand that section) pop up menu. After you select the application you want to open all those types of files then click "Change All" button. That should change the application that you want to open them with. If not post back and try to explain further what you are trying to do.
Sorry I suck at explaining myself
No apology necessary, as these things can be somewhat confusing even for more seasoned users. Just takes some time and trial and error usually to get at the bottom of these types of problems.
littleshoulders

Unable to capture in FCP, Quicktime and iMovie, camera not recognized.

I am unable to capture in FCP, Quicktime and iMovie.
I have been dealing with this problem for quite a while now, and I think I have tried everything posted on these forums regarding this issue. I have been to the Quicktime, iMovie, and this FCP forum looking for the solution. Hopefully someone has a suggestion that I have missed or have not tried yet. I have a Powerbook G4 running OSX Tiger 10.4. I am running Quicktime 7.04, and FCP 4.5.
My problem is this… I am unable to capture from my Canon ZR-200 Mini DV camera, using Final Cut Pro, iMovie and also Quicktime. FCP says no camera recognized. iMovie says no camera attached, and Quicktime says no recording device found. In FCP, I am using the Firewire Basic setting, and NTSC DV settings. I have captured in FCP with the same camera several times in the past. I think the problem started when I upgraded to OSX 10.4, or one of the Quicktime upgrades.
Here are the details…
- Camera is connect via Firewire. I have tried the built in ports, as well as a Firewire Carbus card.
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- I have tried the camera on a Windows XP machine, and capture works perfectly, so I know the camera is functioning properly in VTR mode.
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- I have installed Quicktime using the program “Yank” to completely delete Quicktime and re-install.
I may have tried more solutions, but these are the fixes that I can recall.
If anyone has any others suggestions, it would be much appreciated.
Brent

Hi Brent:
Although it looks as if you have tried all of the 'fixes' that are normally suggested here, please read through this Apple Article to see if some obscure thing applies to you.
iMovie: Cannot see or control camera
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43000
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I moved my iMovie file to the desktop. Now I can't open it and it is no longer in iMovie either. Anyway to retrieve it?

My iMovie file was dragged to the desktop, so i could access it easier and when i try to open it or move it nothing happens. the movie is also no longer in iMovie

Hi,
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Time Machine can do that, if your Time Capsule is large enough (see #1 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions).
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Through my iMac 2.0GHz 2GB ram, Intel Core Duo using OS 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard). Try to no success to import a 23 min AVCHD clip into either
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Hi M
First thing that comes to mind is - Have You just installed FinalCut on
Your Mac. There are a known problem with this so that You have to
go to Library folder and move out FCE or pro files to make share back
to camera to work in iMovie.
my notes:
This can happen with iMovie 3 or iMovie 4. This does not occur with iMovie HD 5.0.
The solution is to temporarily move the following files from /Library/QuickTime / to the Desktop:
Final Cut Pro HD
? DesktopVideoOut.component
? DVCPROHDVideoOutput.component
Final Cut Express HD
? DesktopVideoOut.component
Restart the computer and try exporting from iMovie to your camera.
When you need to use Final Cut Pro HD or Final Cut Express HD again, drag these files back to /Library/QuickTime / and restart the computer.
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I want to move imovie projects and events to an external hard drive. Where is the "move" command?

I want to move completed imovie projects and events to my external hard drive. I see in the "help" section that I should "move project & event" and they indicate that their should be such a selection. I highlight the project I want to move and attempt to drag it to my external HD but it won't stay. I never see "move project & event". I've tried holding the "command" key down while dragging and that doesn't work either. Help ...

Hi
Moving Event's and Project's
Connection - Either connect one Mac in Target mode to the other via FireWire. Or use an external hard disk !
(Target-Mode - Start one Mac e.g. laptop - BUT keep T-key down during full up-start - Now a FW-symbol is jumping around the screen and it will work as an external hard disk when connected to the other Mac)
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• iMovie Event's - or -
• iMovie Project's
on DeskTop/Finder - as this will result in iMovie losing connections to them and repair can be anything from hard to impossibly
D. Moving and Copying must be done within iMovie application and Events to Events - and - Project's to Project's.
E. Moving Project's to Event's - Do not work for me - I have to export project as a QuickTime movie then Import this into Events.
Event's window can show two faces
Like this
or like this
from one hard disk Event - You can move it to the other hard disk
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Event to Event and Project to Project
Yours Bengt W

IMovie 4 to iMovie HD and back again

I have read countless threads on issues related to choppy video in iMovieHD, but I haven't yet discovered a solution to my situation. I'm also dizzy with all the options, iMovie 4 vs iMovie HD, QT 7 vs QT 6.5.2, QT Cache Size, etc...
In years past, I have used iMovie 4 successfully on a number of big projects. These movies were usually from 60 to 90 minutes, with tons of video clips, audio clips, stills, transitions and effects. I never had a problem. This is work repeating. I never had a problem.
Then enter stage iMovie HD, and Quicktime 7. Neither seemed to have new features that I needed, but I figured, what the heck, maybe it improves performance. This is where my nightmare begins. I honestly do not know which software it the culprit, but I was in the middle of one of the most important video projects yet (and one of the biggest). Perhaps I deserve my fate since I didn't save the iMovie 4 project file, but I'm hoping some of you will be forgiving. Yes, I converted my iMovie 4 project to iMovie HD, and did not save the old project file. I didn't notice (or don't remember noticing) at first, so maybe the problem didn't start until I upgraded to QT 7. But at some point in time, I noticed a big problem in my project. I would start playing the movie to see how things were coming together, and my video would just freeze at arbitrary points (after a minute or so of playing okay). It starts getting choppy first, then the frame just freezes. The playhead continues to movie, and choppy audio is heard, but the video just seems to die.
I wiped the drive, and reinstalled iLife 04. I'm running OS X 10.3.9, and software update updated me to Quicktime 7 again. So I have a number of questions, all hopefully leading to resolution of this issue. I've lost weeks of time on this project, and I need to get it back on track.
1. I have the iMovie HD project, but I want to work on it in iMovie 4 instead (had better luck with iMovie 4). Is there any way to mod the iMovie HD project file, or any utility, so that I can open it with iMovie 4 (and have all my clips and transitions, etc., restored)?
2. Was downgrading from iMovie HD to iMovie 4 the wrong solution completely? Is the culprit really Quicktime 7?
3. Does the latest Quicktime resolve this issue? I'm trying to decide whether I should upgrade to iMovie HD again. I really don't know what to do at this point. There's so much at stake, but lately my productivity has been zero, so something has to happen.
I guess I'm looking for a direction to go, and I currently feel very lost. Reading the past threads made me dizzy. I just want things to be the way they were: working. Can someone push me in the right direction?

Now I know how you equated donmerlin with Bill... I got so flustered with this problem, I ended up forgetting which Apple ID I posted under. Here is an update to the problem.
I really wanted to stay with QT 7.0.3 because the latest DVD Studio Pro requires it (as does iTunes for video playing). I tried to stay with QT 7 and revert back to iMovie 4, but because the old iMovie 4 project file was converted to iMovie HD (and there's not way to go back), I basically had to recreate the iMovie project from scratch. I started to do this, by first creating a new iMovie 4 project, then copying all of the 100's of media files from the other project into this one. Once I realized the magnitude of work involved, figuring out what's what, and which clips are transitions and effects, I knew this was a bad way to go. And chances are, it would have still been a problem, since most of what I've read has to do with QT 7 being the problem. So I changed directions.
I am fortunate enough to have two G4's, so I left QT 7.0.3 on this one, and decided to downgrade QT on my other G4. First I ran the QT 7.0.1 Reinstaller (had to use Pacifist, since the Apple installer refused to let it run). Then I ran the QT 6.5.2 Reinstaller. After that, I opened up the iMovie HD project, and lo and behold, the freezing and staggering playback issues were gone! Words cannot express the feeling of relief I had. In retrospect, I am still quite disappointed that Apple introduced an upgrade to QT that caused this horrible problem, and appears to have done nothing to resolve it. The good news is that I found my way around the problem via the QT downgrade path, and I'll never upgrade QT on this other G4 again. Thanks to everyone in sharing in my grief and posting suggestions (both in response to my post and others).

I imported an hour of video into iMovie HD and cut it down to a 33 sec clip, and emptied the trash. When I save the project, the file size is 20Gb. How can I save just the 33 sec clip?

I imported an hour of video into iMovie HD and cut it down to a 33 sec clip, and emptied the trash. When I save the project, the file size is 20Gb. How can I save just the 33 sec clip?

Non-destructive editing is an important feature of iMovie HD 6.
iMovie preserves the entire copy of every clip you place into your movie in case you change your mind at a later stage.
So, if you have cut out one minute from a 45 minute clip, iMovie will have stored two complete copies of that clip. This is why is helps to set import as 3-5 minute clips rather than one huge chunk. As DV runs at 13GB per hour your project files can get very big.
One workaround is to complete the editing of a section of the movie, then export that to Quicktime: highlight the clip/s, choose Share-Quicktime, turn on Share selected clips only, and choose Full Quality from the pop-ip menu.
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