IPhoto or iMovie for imports

I import my movies off my Canon sx200is via a SDHC reader. When I plug the reader in it opens iPhoto and tries to import photos and movies alike. This works, but i wondered if there is an advantage to importing the movies in iMovie instead, like if I want to remove the originals from my HD (onto i.e. DVD) is that easier with iMovie imports than iPhoto? Are there other considerations?

I guess I should be more specific, the question is about managing libraries, which program is more convenient to manage libraries in, iPhoto or iMovie? Are there advantages to importing into one or the other? is deleting my movies after I have backed them up easier in one or the other?

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WHERE CAN I FIND IPHOTO AND IMOVIE FOR THIS OSX?

Where can I find imovie for 10.4.11?

Install it from the computer's original disks or buy an iLife 08 or earlier package from a source such as Amazon or eBay. If you're using a PowerPC Mac with a CPU slower than 1.9GHz, buy iLife 06 or earlier, or iLife 05 if you're on a G3.
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Why apple forced us to buy iphoto and imovie for new ipad? it supposed to be free for new ipad?

i think iphoto and imovie should have pre installed in new ipad. Apple wants to make money of everything. i guess in future apple will make ipad without any application and everything have to pay to download from app store.

Apple didn't force you to buy anything at all including the iPad. You made the choice to buy the iPad. You do not have to but iPhoto or iMovie. Nobody is forcing you to buy anything.
As stedman already said - all apps cannot be free.

I bought my macbook air off a friend, i can't install iPhoto or iMovie for free :(

Hi People,
me askign for help again i am affraid, mac newbie here..
i was lucky enough to purchase a pristine macbook air mid 2011 off my friend today and have been having some teething troubles.
one being i would really like to download imovie and iphoto, and i was told they were free....however it says that they have been downloaded by another user and now are £10.49 each?
I have done a complete system reboot (i accidently deleted the partitioned drive today and had to do an internet reinstall to mountain lion, then an update to maverick...took about 8 hours). as far as i know it is now factory resett, and app store is running with my user ID...
can anyone please help me (in idiot terms until i get used to the mac world), to get these two apps for free?
many thanks in advance
Ian

Addouk wrote:
imovie and ipho...
i was lucky enough to purchase a pristine macbook air mid 2011 off my friend today
They are free, your friend made a mistake,
he needs to open http://supportprofile.apple.com and log in with his Apple ID. Then, choose "Edit Products" and remove the MacBook Air.
that macbook needs to be disassociated with his ID
then recover ( http://www.apple.com/osx/recovery/ ) the machine as new from box state with Imovie and Iphoto installed at that point under your user name / ID

HT1338 I've been trying to update my iphoto and Imovie for months and it keeps telling my to sign in to the account you purchase it with? It came with my mac computer. I log with my Apple ID and nothing happens but the same message?

I've been trying to update my Iphoto, Imovie and my Moutain Lion software to 10.8 for months. I keep getting a message to log into you account you purchase it with. THe software came with my computer therefore where do I go from here bc it will not update?

Use the Support link on the App Store. http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/
As cbs20 alludes, if you didn't buy it new, those apps are registered with the previous owner. If you are the original owner, the support people should be able to help.

URGENT... lost connectivity to Imovie for importing files/projects

Hi and thanks for reading this... I'm slightly above beginner technically, and have assumed a job/role video editing where video files (AVCHD) are imported from Imovie into CS4 on a Mac. Yesterday a dialogue box appeared in the clips bin of CS4, top left, stating "connectivity" was lost (I assume that refers to the link between Imovie and CS4) and to click a button within that window to restore it. Mutliple attempts did nothing.
Subsequently, I now can't re-load existing CS4 projects created from files imported from Imovie, nor can I import clips from Imovie into CS4. (The clips still exist in Imovie, but they won't load into CS4. When I attempt to import, the "import" progress bar appears and completes, but nothing appears in CS4. Also, when attempting to load existing projects created in CS4, not only will they not load, but a different project will suddenly attempt to load in place of the project I attempted to load in.
Of course, several deadlines are breathing down my neck, so any help is very much appreciated. Cheers, Norm

MIssion accomplished! Please consider this thread closed. Cheers, N

Ghost files in iPhoto Library waiting for import holding up program

I have a new iMac (not sure which OS operating system). iPhoto came with it. I downloaded some photos. It seems that it got caught up on the RAW files. Eventually those were downloaded too. But now every time I open iPhoto I get a message say "X# of photos have been found in the iPhoto Library that were not imported." But they had been imported. And if I say Import, then it gets hung up trying to import and nothing imports anyway. I then have to do a forced close.
Then the next time the message comes up, the number has gone up; it's now 5000+ photos allegedly waiting, when I just started off with a couple hundred. I've deleted everything in iPhoto. I still have the photos on my camera CF chips so they're safe.
Can I re-install iPhoto or kill the waiting area where all these alleged photos are waiting in some sort of image library purgatory?!

BARW:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Since you still have the files on the memory card, delete the entire iPhoto Library folder from your Pictures folder. Launch iPhoto and, when asked, opt to create a new library. Launch Image Capture and connect your camera. Use IE to upload your files to a folder on the Desktop and then disconnect the camera. Now try to import that folder into iPhoto.
Does the folder contain just RAW files or RAW and JPGs?
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
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HT4623 Why can I not get the iPhoto and iMovie apps for free on my new iPad air

I have an iPhone 5 but just got an iPad air for Christmas. I didn't realize I set my iPad up under another Apple ID until my phone was not syncing with my iPad so I erased all content and reset the device to put them both on the same Apple ID. The problem I'm having now is the apps that are supposed to be free like iPhoto and iMovie are saying I have to pay 4.99 for them how do I fix this problem. Cause I did have them installed when I had it set up under the other Apple ID name :(
Thank you
Amanda Macdonald

How to get all the iWork apps, iPhoto, and iMovie for free on an eligible iPhone or iPad
http://www.imore.com/how-get-all-iwork-apps-iphoto-and-imovie-free-eligible-ipho ne-or-ipad
 Cheers, Tom

Iphoto to imovie not working

can anyone please help me, i am unable to import some of my photos from iphoto to imovie for no apparent reason, they are of the same format as others that i have successfully imported

You will need to download a free app called MPEG Streamclip from Squared 5 (Google it)
Now, in iMovie, select the video clip that contains the still you want. Right-click on it and select Reveal in Finder.
Drag this Finder clip into MPEG Streamclip.
Move the Playhead in MPEG Streamclip to the frame that contains the still that you want.
In MPEG Streamclip, click FILE/EXPORT FRAME.
In the dialog box, choose JPEG, PNG, or TIFF and give it a location to save to.
You can drag this file into iPhoto.

Advice on my plan for importing iPhoto videos to iMovie

For the last several years, I've been importing both my iPhone movies and pics into iPhoto. I'm wanting to move all my iPhoto movies into iMovie for better organization.
Over the years, I've not been a fan of the "iPhoto Videos" tab in iMovie (I'm still running iPhoto/iMovie 09 here). Videos seem to go missing at times, and I like more specific events on my sidebar.
Here's what I'm thinking of doing after some research. In iMovie, I'm going to File-Import-Movies. Once there, I'm going down the sidebar to Media-Movies. Then I go into the iPhoto selection on the right and click on the event in iPhoto (I just arranged all movies/pics in iPhoto by Month taken). Then, I select all the movies in that Event and Import over the iMovie.
This is where my first questions are - I'm given the option to "Optimize" and choose a size - "Full-Original Size" or "Large - 960x540". My plan right now is to go with Full-Original Size. Are there drawbacks to selecting Large as far as quality?
This question may not matter b/c right now, I think I want to "Move files" rather than "Copy Files" If I move them, I no longer have the option of Large size or Optimization. I can't figure out why I wouldn't want to just move them. I don't won't two copies of the movie on my computer. This makes sense right?
And if I move them, it removes them from the iPhoto section of the harddrive and puts them in the iMovie section, correct? I've never quite understood the file management under the hood of iPhoto.
Thanks for any help/advice you can provide!

I am having the same problem. I have posted bu no response. I even went to settings to see if anything was wrong. I thought there was a hidden date issue on my hardware but it is the same no matter what camera I use. Any luck with a resolution yet?

How can I import video and photos from iphoto to imovie?

Hi, I am having trouble importing media from iphoto into imove (imovie 10.5)
I am using a macbook pro 13 inch, early 2013 running mavericks.
I have created an event in imovies into which I would like to import both photos and videos from my iphoto library. However, when the import window opens, the list of options from where I can import has iphoto, but it is not clickable; I can not open it.
I have successfully imported from iphoto in the recent past on the same computer, but can't figure out what I'm doing wrong this time.
Thanks for any suggestions

OK, according to
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3290
your camera is supported by iMovie 9. Perhaps the question is better asked in the iMovie forum. Would you like me to ask a moderator to move the thread?

IMovie cannot import iPhoto at all

I'm unable to import any iPhoto content at all into iMovie. I'm running iMovie 11 (9.0.4) and iPhoto 11 (9.0.5) on an iMac running OS X 10.7.1. The basic problem is that iMovie is not able to load iPhoto content into the photo panel. It just hangs, seemingly waiting to access a server it can't access and I don't want it to access. Here's the sequence, which 100% reproducable:
Neither iMovie nor iPhoto are running.
Delete the file com.apple.iApps.plist from /Users/<user>/Library/Preferences.
Open iPhoto. No problems, no matter how many times I start and stop iPhoto.
iPhoto has re-created the file com.apple.iApps.plist. Delete it.
Open iMovie. No problems, no matter how many times I start and stop iMovie.
The file com.apple.iApps.plist has not been created.
Click on Show Photo Browser. iMovie says "Open iPhoto to see photos from your iPhoto Library in this list."
Launch iPhoto. The file com.apple.iApps.plist has been created.
After about 30 seconds a dialogue pops up with the title 'There was a problem connecting to the server “gigadrive”.' with the text "The version of the serer you are trying to connect to is not supported. Please contact..." etc. "gigadrive" is a Linksys Gigadrive NAS that apparently doesn't support the DHCAST128 authentication method in Lion. Fair enough. But the Windows boxes on my home network do use it, so I can't just get rid of it even if I wanted to. This dialog box never stops popping up no matter how many times I dismiss it, which is infuriating. I can simply shove the dialog down into a corner w/o dismissing it and that at least stops the irritating behavior.
Exit and iPhoto and iMovie.
Relaunch iMovie.
Within a couple of seconds that damned dialog box starts up.
Click on Show Photo Browser. The Photos panel spins forever, never loading photos and never erroring out.
No other apps bring up that server error dialog. The problem appears to be centered around the file com.apple.iApps.plist, which does not contain any reference to gigadrive.
I just want iLife to stop trying to access the gigadrive server. What can I do?
-Russ

I finally found a solution for my issue. The basic problem is that I had created an iPhoto slideshow using photos that were on the NAS and hadn't elected to copy them into iPhoto. So I iPhoto was loaded with photo references that it could not resolve because it could not access the drive. This took two steps:
I got rid of the slideshow. Since clicking on it caused the pinwheel of death, locking iPhoto, I followed this solution
Get rid of the photo references. I used the Rebuild Library feature of iPhoto Library Manager. This app has the smarts (that iPhoto lacks) to ignore references to non-existant photos. After it ran for about an hour it told me there were 140 photos is could not resolve and pointed me to the OS X console which listed the "lost" photos. I renamed the rebuilt library to the iPhoto norm.
Now iMovie starts up with no problem and I can once again access iPhoto photos from iMovie.
Apple really needs to address this problem. I've found lots of references to it.
-Russ

HELP!how2 import a movie from a family reunion into imovie for a weddingvid

Hello all,
I am having difficulty importing a video from a dvd into iphoto/imovie. I believe the issue is that the dvd's format is not compatible. I can play the dvd through my dvd player on my mac though... When I try to drag and drop the video into iphoto i get this message:
Unreadable files
The following files could not be imported (they may be an unrecognized file type or the files may not contain valid data)
/Volumes/LOGICAL VOLUME IDENTIFIER/VIDEOTS/VIDEOTS.BUP
/Volumes/LOGICAL VOLUME IDENTIFIER/VIDEOTS/VIDEOTS.IFO
/Volumes/LOGICAL VOLUME IDENTIFIER/VIDEOTS/VIDEOTS.VOB
/Volumes/LOGICAL VOLUME IDENTIFIER/VIDEOTS/VTS_010.BUP
/Volumes/LOGICAL VOLUME IDENTIFIER/VIDEOTS/VTS_010.IFO
/Volumes/LOGICAL VOLUME IDENTIFIER/VIDEOTS/VTS_011.VOB
Does anyone know how I can save the video in another format or how I can import the file into iphoto or imovie? Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am trying to make the video part of a slideshow for my brother's wedding. (its of family members that are unable to attend)
PLEASE!! Thank you!!
-Stacey

There is a product you can download from the Web called MPEG STREAMCLIP (which is free), which will convert MPEG2 files like yours into a compatible format like DV or h.264. You will also need the Apple Quicktime MPEG2 Playback Component, which costs about $20, and can be downloaded from Apple.
This will not defeat copy protection, but it should work fine if this is your personal DVD.

Photo slideshows for iDVD - iPhoto or iMovie?

I posted before because I encountered errors when I created a DVD that incorporated photo slideshows and movies. The slideshows were created in iDVD and the movies in iMovie. The dvd was full, and on the one occasion that the burn was "successful", the photos for the menus were randomly re-arranged (and the audio for one movie was assigned to the wrong video). On other occasions, I encountered the dreaded multiplexing error (format error after 5 1/2 hours of encoding). I understand from some of your comments that my DVD is too packed (14 menus and submenus, 9 slideshows, 15 short movies) to encode properly. So I am starting all over and will try to simplify it this time. My question is: which application is best to make slideshows - iPhoto or iMovie? Is one application more stable than the other and less likely to encounter encoding issues? These photos and videos are from a 10 day family trip and I can't really eliminate anything but bells and whistles. Any advice is appreciated - I am grateful that there are so many experienced users willing to help novices like me.

My question is: which application is best to make slideshows - iPhoto or iMovie?
From what I read in the Apple Discussions and my own observations, it seems that both iMovie and IDVD, along with iPhoto, have their strengths and weaknesses. This is what I have found so far:
The default Ken Burns effect in iPhoto is much more pleasing than the one in iMovie. In iPhoto, the zoom and pan are varied; in iMovie, the effect is simply a zoom in. The iMovie Ken Burns effect can become very tedious when applied to a large number of photos. To vary the effect manually can also be a very time-consuming.
iMovie has the advantage providing a means to add text to the photos with a variety of special effects. I haven't found this option in iDVD. With iMovie it is possible to edit music. I have read a few posts that stated the iDVD will produce a better quality image when imported directly from iPhoto as opposed to one created by iMovie.
For more advice and info, check out: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1326098&tstart=0
I hope this helps.

Can't Import iPhoto into iMove 6

I'm trying to import photos from iPhoto but can't get the photos to get accepted into iMovie. They are jpegs. It's worked many times before. Thanks!

Oh sorry!! It turns out that when you import movies into iPhoto '08, when you export them they come out as images, instead of movies; how strange!! :S You can view movies in iPhoto but you can't get them out of there, thanks for your help anyways , you can drag and drop movies from iPhoto into iMovie so I'm all sorted now.

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