Locating project clips in events

I shot one long shot of my grandaughter's play and then dragged portions of the clips, without marking them as favorites or with keywords, into a project interspersing them among photographs and stock images. I would now like to relocate them in the event clip. I know the portions of the clips used in iMovie have an orange line through them. Is there anyway I can relocate the clips I used in the project back in the event clip?

Select the clip in the storyline and type Shift F. The clip will be highlighted in the Event Browser (no matter which event it is in) and the region used in the storyline will be selected in the event browser.

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Project clip vs event clip

Im new to editing and trying to get to grips with the basics, so I'm hoping someone can help.
If I select an Event clip to use in a project, bring it in, trim it down (and anything else I might do) - does that alter in any way the original Event clip?
Or is it the case that the Event clips are always retained as originals and what I'm effectively doing is working with a copy?
I'd love to understand before I make a costly error!
Many thanks
Bob
(Btw - I'm using iMovie 11)

You can move your events to an external drive, but you must do it in iMovie.
The external drive must be formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
For new imports from your camera, you can import directly onto the external drive if you want from the import screen.
For existing events, in iMovie, click VIEW/EVENTS BY DISK.
Now you can hold the Command Key down while dragging the Event icon to the Disk icon in the Event Library List. If you drag rather than Command Drag, you will copy rather than move.
Another good way to move a project and all project assets to the external drive is the FILE/CONSOLIDATE MEDIA command. First move your project to the destination drive by command dragging in the project library list. Then select the project and FILE/CONSOLIDATE MEDIA. It will let you move or copy your Events, and will make copies of photos, music, etc so you have it all in one place.
If you do all this within iMovie, re-editing the project is easily doable.

How do remap drive names and not lose project clip links to Event names...?

how do remap drive names and not lose project clip links to Event names...?

You will need an extra external drive. All moves must be done within iMovie to preserve your links to the projects.
First Move (command-drag) the event to the extra drive. Make sure the project still works.
Then rename, reformat, or repartition your drive as needed. Then, if you want, move the Event back to the newly named drive, again via Command-Drag within iMovie.

Moving Markers from Project to Clips in Event

I have a student who put 100+ markers on a clip in a Project/Timeline.
Is there a way to link up or move the clip (with the markers) back into the event so the markers appear?

Can you explain this better......
"Select and copy the clip in the Project."
Done.
"Right-click in the browser and choose New Compound Clip."
Browser? Do you mean Project or Event Library? (I assume Library if you used 7).
If I have an event selected & go make new compound clip it puts it in the event.
If I have the project selected, it changes the original clip into a compound clip.
"Paste the Project clip into the Compound."
Huh? See above.

How to tell the date of a source clip (from events) in a project

I am making a very long and complex project.
I am using events from IHD and EHD.
The project has tons of clips from tons of different events spanning over 10 years.
I want to add some still pics. I want the still pics to be inserted around the same time the video was taken (i.e. my pics are sorted by date and my video clips in events are also sorted by date).
Question is:
Is there a way to see the date of the clip being used in the Project???
(The events list the clip dates, but I have so many clips in the project, that I couldn't possibly find them all using the events view).
So, I want to be able to say, this 10second portioned clip in this project was taken on April 5, 2005 for example.
Can I do this some how??
Thanks.

Thanks.
Darn it.... I didn't realize this.
I put together a 20min project so far... it is composed of many many few second clips from probably over 100 different events spanning over 10 years.... now i want to add the still pics to it..... so I guess it is a little to late for this solution ;(. I probably should have added the stills during the time I added the video clips (since it would be hard to go back to see what events the videos clips in the project came from).
I like to put all the video clips in first and then add the still pics. Then add music last.
But your tip is good to know and thanks so much again!

I can play my video clips as events but unable to load them into project this just started

I can play my video clips as events but unable to load them when I drag them to project.

I am using a macbook pro not a mini

My current project in the events library has gone into list mode. ie a single clip on the left, one above another, so showing only about 7 clips. how can I get it back into normal horizontal mode

My current project in the Events Library has gone into list mode. ie a single clip on the left one above another, so showing only about 7 clips. How can I get it back into normal horizontal mode?

That's about what it's supposed to look.
How do You want it to look ?
a. You can change places by using this
b. May be You changed this top right symbol of an hard disk ?
c. or changed the number of frames to be viewed ?
d. OR - it can (at least for me) be so that You think of how it looks in iPhoto. (To me a very common mistake)
Yours Bengt W

Dragging movie clip from Event pane to Project pane

When I drag a movie clip from Event to Project the top part of the clip is cut off. On body pictures I am losing people's heads! The movie clips play perfectly in the Event panel, so I know they were imported correctly.

There are two things to look at.
First, what is the aspect ratio of your project, and is it the same as your camera is shooting?
If your camera is standard (4:3), set your project to 4:3. If your camera is wide-screen (16:9), set your project to 16:9. You can do this in FILE/PROJECT PROPERTIES.
Second, if your project contains a mix of 16:9 and 4:3, that is OK. You just pick the aspect ratio that you prefer. Then on each clip, go into the Rotate, Crop, Ken Burns Tool and select FIT or CROP.
FIT will letterbox (black bars). CROP will cut off the top and bottom. You can decide which you prefer.

Quality issue when moving clips from events to project

When I drags clips or parts of clips from events to my project, the quality drops significantly (blocking).
Original clip (H264 encoded SD video) is fine, when imported into imovie it is still fine when skimmed/viewed in the event but as soon as draged into the project, the quality is bad (when skimmed/viewed in the project) and blocking occurs, especially in dark parts of the video. Of course this bad quality remains on the exported video :-(((
Any idea where this might come from and how to overcome it ?
Thx for your support

Apologies for bumping this again, but I'm getting the same issue and I'm wondering if it's the original HD files that are incompatible in imovie. It's odd that only a few of us are reporting it.
I'm capturing HD video in mov format (motion jpeg) from a panasonic FZ5 still camera. The footage has been imported via iphoto. It's 30fps - not the native uk frame rate - but I can't change this on the camara. When I edit in imovie, I get the same massive drop in quality as soon as I move an event to the timeline. Blocking especially on blocks of colour. This happens on playback from the timeline within imovie and on export. I've tried creating a project in both pal format and ntsc in case the frame rate is the issue. No joy. In Final cut the problem seems not to exist, but I'd prefer to manage these very simple home movies in imovie.
I'm now wondering whether to switch to a different still camera like the newer panasonics or sony hx5 as these capture in avchd (presumably 25/50 fps if sold in uk) and might get over the problem. any thoughts?

Why the drag and drop of clips from events browser to project browser isn't working any more

My iMovie was working fine, but suddenly I'm not able any more to drag and drop select parts of a clip from event browser to the project browser. I read other people got this issue. Is there a solution? Thanks a lot

I had the same problem. Fixed it by repairing disk permissions with disk utility.

How do I make precise frame range deletions in the middle of project clip?

I need to make a precise deletion of frames 8:55:15 to 8:56:12 in the middle of my project video clip.
Problem: The trimmer won't do it because it keeps the very selection which I want to delete, while deleting the frames before and after my selection range.
Problem: When in my project, while the red pointer tells me exactly where I am in my clip (when I select Playhead Information in View), the problem is that I have no information to tell me the exact location of the right and left selection handles so I can precisely select 8:55:15 and 8:56:12 of my clip for deletion. I press the Option key and the pointer moves to the beginning or end of the clip, not to one end handles of the selection.
In iMovie 3 when the selection handles are moved I get information as to exactly where each handle rests in terms of time or frames for easy deletion of the exact selection I want to remove.
Can iMovie 08 make precise frame range deletions somewhere in the middle of a project clip?
Thank you.

Problem: The trimmer won't do it because it keeps the very selection which I want to delete, while deleting the frames before and after my selection range.
Don't use it. It is for trimming the ends from the clip selection.
Can iMovie 08 make precise frame range deletions somewhere in the middle of a project clip?
Yes. The basic strategy is to expand the project to its maximum scale (0.5 sec) and to then select the range of frames you wish to to edit. Start by slowly dragging the playhead across the clip in the area you wish to access. The time in white below the window will display the exact (minute:) second: and frame across which you are skimming, as well as display the frame itself in both the thumbnail and the preview screens. (NOTE: I prefer visual selection of the frames rather than using a time reference since such references may change as transitions and titles are added.) When you locate the first frame you wish to delete, press the mouse to select it. While holding down the mouse, continue to scrub the clip to locate the last frame you wish to delete. When you locate it, release the mouse. At this point you can either split the clip and keep/delet the sub-segments as needed or delete the selected range using the "Delete Selection" or "Cut" Edit menu options.
Another method would be to select the approximate range you wish to edit in the middle of the clip and then grab and drag the beginning and ending "handles" to adjust the exact start and stop frames for the "Selected" range. In this case, the times ate the bottom of the "Project" window represent the "in" and "out" points for the range of frames currently selected. Once again, I prefer to select the in and out points visually as I scrub. Also, for me, this two-stage adjustment approach seems quicker and easier for my approach to editing.
The problem is that the playhead refers to the red pointer, thus I can get an exact location of the pointer in terms of time and frame, but NOT a location of the selection handles.
Okay, I see what you mean. However, if you use the two-stange method described above, the point where you press the mouse to mark the begin handle of the selected range is the "begin handle". Same holds true for the release point (playhead time time) for the stop handle.
Is there some way I can line up the pointer exactly with the location of the right or left handle then use Option key and Left/Right arrow keys to move the handles to my exact range frame by frame?
Not really at the same time. iMovie does allow you to set the exact start point and will tell you when you have reached the exact number of seconds and frames for the range you wish to delete. Adding the two together does give you the exact time of the end of the range in seconds and frames.

How to backup all project to a event library

How is it posible to make a backup for all project to an event library?
I can only see how to backup a single project to an event library.
Thanks for any help.
Best regards
Keld
Copenhagen
Denmark

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Combining clips in Events

Hi,
I´ve captured several VHS tapes onto iMovie´09, and now have long Events of nearly 180 minutes. As I take out bad parts in the evens (I use "Reject selection") I end up having many, many clips in my Events. Then when I want to crop them I all I have to do it separately for all clips in each Event. Also, when making a project of an Event, I have to separately move all clips to the project. The clips stay separate also in the project windows, which makes editing also there difficult.
Any way of combining the clips in each Event to one big clip?

Yeah I have the same problem since some of our tapes are so old... To put them all in the project, select the event, hit command a, and that should select them all so you can move them in. However, I can't figure out how to combine them in the project.

Moving Projects, Clips, etc

I'm still organising my projects and clips after a recent upgrade to FCPx 10.1.4. Many of my projects were put into a "Updated Project" event, so I am moving them individually into their own events.
My question is,when I click on the 'Update Projects' event, I see the list of Projects at the top, then following is a list of Clips. When I move a Project to its Event, do i also need to move the related Clips? I'm confused in what to do with these Clips.
thanks,
Geoff

gmrsamson wrote:
My question is,when I click on the 'Update Projects' event, I see the list of Projects at the top, then following is a list of Clips. When I move a Project to its Event, do i also need to move the related Clips? I'm confused in what to do with these Clips.
thanks,
Geoff
Can you post a screen shot please?
Usually clips are in an Event and should reflect the same structure once updated in a Library.
Al

Moving clips between events crashes FCPX every time...

I'm trying to move clips from one event to another. I'm duplicating the clip first, and then I try to drag the duplicate of the clip to another event. Every time I do this, FCPX crashes.
Is this the right way to move clips? If not, how do I properly move clips from one event to another? What could be causing FCPX to crash every time? (I've tried different clips in different projects, and it still always crashes.)

Hi Russ--
Yes, I tried his suggestion to use Organize Event. I don't think it helped.
I have a feeling your second question is probably just as if not more relevant. I tend to have almost everything in one project coming from the event it is associated with. But then I have some credits or titles or something that might be in another event. I wanted to bring them into the associated event to keep everything organized well.
But it seems like maybe what I should do is give up on that and wait to do anything like this until the project is finished and I'm ready to move it. I guess maybe I could then use the option to move the project and referenced events when I move the finished project? But the other event referenced is also referenced by other projects, so I don't know if that is a good idea.
Or maybe I should be using File> Consolidate Project Media...? But I don't know exactly what effect that would have.
I had just decided that it seemed like something I could do manually, and, when that didn't work, I got hung up on why it wouldn't work that way. I wanted to know why it wouldn't work that way, and now I've kind of given up on figuring that out in favor of continuing work on the projects.

Locating project clips in events

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