Importing QT X Screen Recording into iMovie or FCE

I have the new version of QT which allows you to do screen recordings. Nice feature. Except that once I get done capturing I need to edit what I recorded. So, I tried importing into iMovie '09 and it says it will take 4 hours to import it.
Am I doing something wrong or did Apple design a piece of software that does not record in a format to work easily, seamlessly with another Apple software program? I tried doing this with FCE, too, and again it is going to take hours for it to be converted into a format that the app understands.
I am using the default recording setting in Quicktime which creates a video in H.264, 1440x900 (screen size, of course), Millions of colors. The file is only 225.16MB in size.
Any thoughts? TIA

Hi a
Yes it is really good to look into. iMovie or FCE ?
Depends - they are both editing programs and I would say that there the
similariity ends.
There are (in my view) two different approach to get about the same result
but to do this in iMovie You probably need to add a lot of plug-ins + add
sound editing programs to iMovie and get a cost that is not so far from that
of FCE.
BUT
FCE has a rather hefty learning in curv. but many things are extreamly easy
to do like:
- rotate and resize a clip
- picture in pucture
- change of sound amplification (increase or decrease)
- getting the text how and where You want it.
but
- transitions are not as easy as in iMovie and much more.
So if You have good grades and easy to re-learn then FCE is a good choise
but if You are a person that are satisfyed with what You have learned and
feel it bad to have to learn an entirely different way to import clips and
strukture Your movie. Stay with iMovie, may be upgrade to iLife 6.
(I use both of them for what is easy in one and then move to the other for
what's is easy there)
Yours Bengt W

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