Moving iMovie09 Event/Proj directories to larger hard drive

Does anyone know if there is a way to move the default Event/Proj folders that iMovie creates to have it look elsewhere (as in a larger drive with far more hard drive space)? In FCP I can assign the directory where my projects are saved and it is across any one of my drives. There doesn't seem to be a way to do that with iM09. I attempted to just move the folders and then try to access them from the Event/Proj Library option window. No dice... anyone with an idea of how to get this to work? Is it possible?

This can be done, but if must be done from in iMovie. This is because all the raw video is located in the event. The Project file is a text file with information about the paths to clips used in the project, in and out points, transitions, music information, titles information, etc. This is just a text (hexadecimal) file that is a "recipe" for what happens when the project it rendered.
Therefore, you cannot move events using the Finder. iMovie will lose the links in the project file and will not know where to find the asset.
So the solution is to move events and projects from within iMovie so iMovie can update all these links.
First, you will need an external drive that is formatted MacOS Extended (journaled) - not FAT32. FAT32 drives are not recognized by iMovie.
Then,
1) In iMovie, click View/Group Events By Disk (so there is a checkmark beside it). This will allow you to see the icons for the internal and external disks in the Project Linrary and Event Library.
2) To Move an event, Command-Drag the icon for the event to the icon for the Disk in the Event Library.
3) To move a Project, Command-Drag the icon for the Project to the icon for the Event in the Project Library list.
note: if you drag rather than Command-Drag, you will create a Copy, not a Move.
Also, on the import from Camcorder Screen, you can select an external drive.
[More info here|http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/imovie_09stone.html#Projects-Events]

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