Merging imovie libraries

We originally set up our Mac with 2 user accounts, one for me and one for my wife, but now we are moving everything into one account to save disk and generally make life easier. Problem: we both have our own iMovie projects. How do we merge both sets of projects and events into one library? It is the last item on my list, after which I can delete the second user.
Thanks in advance.

This would be much easier if you have access to an external drive. The drive can be either Firewire or USB, but it must be formatted as MacOS Extended (journaled) - not FAT32.
Open iMovie. Click VIEW/EVENTS BY DISK.
In the iMovie Project Library List, hold down the Command Key and drag the Project to the icon for the external disk.
File the Project selected, select FILE/CONSOLIDATE MEDIA. with this command you can move all EVENTS used in the project, as well as all music files used in the project to the external drive.
See iMovie Help for details.
Once every project and associated events are all on the external drive, you can reverse the process and move them to your oght account on the internal drive. Or, if you prefer, you can keep them on the external drive, where both accounts will be able to see them.

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