Import from iPhoto to iMovie

Imported about 900 pictures from iPhoto to iMovie. Maybe 3 or 4 meg at largest for each picture. Took a very long time to import into iMovie. Like nearly 30 minutes. As fast as the pictures came into iPhoto, I'd think iMovie should be as fast. Is this standard for iMovie regarding speed of import?

O.K, I'll get them to move your question to the correct place.
This is the iOS forum.

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    .. anyone have a real answer? Imovie 11/snowleo and now imovie does not import from iphoto

    romantiq_rik wrote:
      Karsten, I mentioned "IPHOTO to IMOVIE" photo transfer.
    In fact, you did not.
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    romantiq_rik wrote:
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    Please take a few seconds to proof read your posts and also make then easy to read (no large letters, no underlining, no double line breaks in the middle of a sentence etc).

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    But this iPhoto Library came from somewhere else? Right? From another machine? So, how did those photos get into that iPhoto Library? Did you import one Library to another? I ask as this is one of the ways you could find yourself working with thumbnails and not the actual images.
    Regards
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