Importing a Quicktime Movie made by iPhoto

I just exported 500 photos to a quicktime movie from iPhoto. I want to import it into Final Cut Express where I can put a musical score behind it to add effect to the photos.
Unfortunately, FCE wont import it as it says it doesn't recognise the file format. It is a "quicktime movie"
Any ideas?

John,
When playing a movie in QuickTime Player, you can hit Command + I to see the movie properties.
Doing this for an exported QT file from iPhoto, I see that it is NOT actually a movie file but just a series of JPEG photos with an MP3 soundtrack. Apparently QuickTime is smart enough to know how to play it as a slideshow (with a very low frame rate).
Dragging this into FCE, it shows on the Browser as a Sequence but it is actually not usable. Dragging to the Timeline gives an error, as does trying to open it up.
NOW... I used QuickTime Pro to Export that file into an Apple Intermediate Codec movie file (keeping the parameters to be "current" which was a 720 x 480 pixel file, originally specified from iPhoto's Export function).
THIS resulting file I could drag into FCE and into the Timeline. Rendering was required (probably due to the MP3 soundtrack).
You cannot open it up as a Sequence to edit, but you can stick it into your Sequence Timeline.
It plays fine in FCE along with the music, or just add your own soundtrack later.

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>
> I think this is a super simple question, How do I import
a quicktime movie
> onto my page? I presume you go to insert>media>?
not to sure what comes
> next
> though? Is it shockwave,applet,active x or plugin?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Beth H
>

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