Projects themes broken in iMovie 11?

Since upgrading to iMovie 9.0.9, I am now unable to get the project themes to work. I thought I may have had a messed up preference file, so I deleted everything... the app, all the preference files, etc. Reinstalled everything and still cannot get the project themes to work correctly. Is anyone else having this problem? Any solutions?

Sorry, I should have been paying closer attention when I posted this. The problem I am having is with the Movie Trailers under the Project Themes. When I select one, it NEVER loads in the preview box to the right of the trailers. I just get that white dial that keeps going around and around. What has happened?

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Warning: Audio from iMovie08 projects broken in iMovie 09

I had 6 active projects when I upgrade. Three of them seem to be fine, but the other three dropped their audio tracks that I added. Of the three good ones, all three use audio tracks that are simply drop-in songs from iTunes -- where I selected the audio via the iMovie08 media browser.
Of the three with issues, one of them had a custom audio track that I'm not sure I can replicate, so that may just be lost.
The other two were simply songs I dropped in from iTunes via the iMovie08 media browser. The songs show up in the projects pane, but with a yellow exclamation point. When I click play, the movie plays fine, but with no audio.
So, in these two projects with broken audio from an iTunes track, I simply deleted the broken link and re-dropped the same song in. Now the audio is back, but after about 20 seconds of playing, the movie gets choppy, and playback starts freezing though the audio keeps rolling. I haven't tried export, so I don't know if this impacts the final product, but it does make it unworkable to review my projects.
Has anyone else had this issue -- where the audio link breaks and, if you fix it, it seems to mess up the video somehow.
I put this up here both as a request for help, and a warning to others -- back up your projects before upgrading, check each project carefully for the broken audio issue, and if the audio is broken, don't think that just dragging the audio back in will fix the issue.

I spent some time on the phone with apple today troubleshooting this issue. my projects would freeze the visual while running the audio. They had me download a short movie from apple.com (any .mov file will work). close all apps including imovie. go into home folder/movies and drag the imovie events and imovie projects folders to the desktop. this essentially erases all the info in imovie. then open imovie and make sure there is no content inside. once confirmed go to file/import/movies and import a .mov file you know is clean (i would suggest a short one to keep from spending a long time). when the movie shows up in your library select a clip and put it in a new project. does it play both audio and video? if yes the problem is with your clips. if no you have faulty software and will need to replace ilife. go back to home folder/movies and drag the imovie folders on the desktop back. it will ask you if you want to replace existing folders. say yes or continue. if the clip you tested earlier played fine you will have to reinstall ilife and rebuild all events you want to work.
this is a pain but it works. mine is back to normal.

Need more iMovie '11 project themes

I need more iMovie '11 project themes.Anyone know where to find some? The 8 project themes that came with iMovie '11 just isn't enough for me,
MacBook Pro OS X v10.7.5
thank you

iMovie '11 doesn't provide for 3rd party plug-ins unfortunately. So we are currently able to work only with the themes provided by Apple.
You may be able to find something suitable on the App Store, but these are mainly special effects (for example, "Clips FX for iMovie") that can be used in iMovie projects. However, they are not Themes, as such.
John

Imovie won't choose the project themes

what can i do?

Hi b.ceci12,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The information below from the iMovie Help Menu explains the behaviour you should be experiencing when adding themes to your iMovie '11 project:
Add a theme to your project
Add a theme
http://help.apple.com/imovie/movies/en/apple-ilife-imovie-tutorials_add_a_theme- us-20101020_640x360.mov
If your project isn’t already open (showing in the Project browser), double-click it in the Project Library to open it.
Choose File > Project Theme.The File menu appears in a light gray bar across the top of your computer screen.
Select a theme by clicking its thumbnail once; the theme previews automatically in the viewer on the right. You can click other thumbnails to preview those themes.
If this behavior isn't what you are experiencing, try adding a theme to a new project.
If the issue persists, try these troubleshooting resources:
iLife: Troubleshooting Basics
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3249
Apple - Support - Mac Apps - iMovie
http://www.apple.com/support/mac-apps/imovie/
Cheers,
Judy

Do you know where you can find more project themes for imovie 11?

I have enjoyed using the Project Themes in imove 11 and want more to choose from. Do you know of any others? Producted by a third party?

There are none, as far as I know.
Apple has not opened up the API to developers.
You can create your own in Final Cut Pro and Motion, but it is expensive ($350 total) and there is a big learning curve.

Imovie 11 project theme.

I'm currently using imovie 11 which should have the trailer project themes but when I go into the themes they are not there. I checked for updates and went on apple software to update it just in case but it said I already had the software installed.
How can I get these if they are meant to be on this version but are not?
Cheers

Sometimes I think you can trick the iMovie installer to put them on the machine. What you want to do is find out where the iMovie installer is. If you got it with your computer, it's very likely on the set of gray colored DVDs that were shipped with your Mac. In that case you can run the installer from the disks by choosing Custom Install from the Mac OS installer disks.

IMovie projects have broken link after I moved file on external hard drive

I have all my iMovie projects on an external hard drive, and it was working fine...until I accidentally broke the links by going into my external hard drive, creating a folder I named "Videos," and dumping the "iMovie Project" folder and the "iMovie Events" folder (which iMovie automatically created for me) into my new folder. I was just trying to consolidate everything into one folder, but that messed everything up. Once I realized what I had done, it would not let me press undo. Then I dragged the iMovie Project folder and the iMovie Events folder back onto the main part where they originally were, and that did not fix it.
Does anyone have any tips on getting my links back? I'd be so appreciative!! I have almost 200 projects of my kids that I can't access now. I have iMovie '11. Thanks so much.

The iMovie projects and iMovie Events folders have to be at the root (top) level of the drive they are on (or at the top level of the User/Movies folder), otherwise iMovie 9 won't see them.
As long as you have not changed the contents of these folders, if you put them back at a root location they should automatically appear in iMovie.
Geoff.

I have some unfinished projects in an old iMovie format. How can I finish them using the new iMovie? When I open them it says it doesn't support powerPC format

I have some unfinished project in an old iMovie format. If I try to import them to the new iMovie to finish them it says I can't because it does not support powerPC formats. How can I save them???

Right click on the icon and choose "Show Package Contents".
Drill down through the folders to find your original source clips (probably .dv files). Drag them to a new Desktop folder to import them into iMovie.

I moved the project files and now I can't get them back into iMovie 11

I was working on a project but I ran out of disk space before I could finish it. Now, for this very purpose, I have an external hard drive with plenty of space on it. So I tried moving the folder with all my project files onto the external hd, and now iMovie can't find my project anymore. With iMovie '06 it was as simple as hitting "save as" and saving the project to the external hd, but I guess that's not complicated enough for the new version. Now I can't get into my project. I even try clicking on the actual project file, and it goes to iMovie as if the project was about to open, but nothing happens. So I fear I wasted a lot of time working on that project only to have to start all over because I ran out of disk space.
Someone please tell me there's a way to get the project files open again. Thanks

enoughsaid3 wrote:
... my external disk isn't formatted as Mac OS extended (journaled). I don't know how to do this,...
that is a simple one and should be a routine after purchasing a new drive (in a Mac-only environment!):
• on your Mac, Apps/Utilities you'll find Disk 'Utility'
• on the left lane, you'll notice your connected hard drive(s)
• select it, click on the 'erase' tab
• NOTE: FORMATTING A DRIVE MEANS ERASING ALL CONTENT ON THAT DRIVE!
that's why you should do it as step#1 after purchasing a new drive
done ...-

Why does iDVD store stuff "all over the place"? Project now broken

Hi all,
did an hour long family movie project, and in the meantime cleaned up my documents folder and deleted some stuff that I thought was internet downloads etc, or extra working files.
Turns out it was the important audio stuff for iDVD!
I've broken my project... the stuff was obviously important, and now when I open this project it has a big broken chain on it.
Why does iDVD store important stuff "all over the place" like that? I mean, it's confusing enough (for newbies) to learn where the events and where the projects are stored, but why does it strip off the sound and store them in documents where ANYTHING could get deleted?

Just to add, an iDVD project should be thought of as a shell, an empty container. It has references to the media files used in it, but does not actually contain these files. The files remain in their normal locations. When you burn to disk, or create a disk image file, iDVD pulls these files just for encoding onto a DVD disk or into a disk image file. It does not really move these files into its project files. Your iMovies, photos and audio files remain where they are. If you move, change, rename or delete any of these files, iDVD will not be able to locate them, and you will see the broken link images.
For this and several other reasons, it is a good idea to leave everything alone and not go deleting any files until you have finished your iDVD project.
Then, when you are ready to burn it to DVD disk, be sure to do a 'Save as disk image' to create a disk image file of the project. This process looks like the burn process, and the encoding will take just as long, but the end result is a self-contained disk image file, not a burned DVD disk.
The advantage of the disk image file is that you will have an exact copy of your iDVD project with all the media files encoded into it. You now can safely delete all the media used in this iDVD project without losing the project. Now you can clean up your documents folder! Deleting all the files used in the project will also save you drive space.
You can save disk image files as backups and can move them to external drives or other computers. You can burn DVD disks from disk image files using Disk Utility or Toast. You don't have to worry about your burned DVD disk breaking/melting or having something spilled on it (kids in the house!). You can always get the disk image file and burn another copy. (Great for the relatives who somehow 'lose' the great DVD you made for them!).
You cannot edit the disk image files however, so you should be creating one only when your project is completely finished.
If you wish to save all your iDVD files while you are working on a project, you can archive your iDVD project. I have not found the need to do this, but the link J Keller gave you for the tutorial explains how to save as archive and as disk image. Obviously, the archive project will be larger since it is saving all the media. Archived projects can also be moved to other drives or computers.
Hope you can recreate your project.
Note to J Keller: the video tutorial was quick and gave the brief how-to and why. Nothing complicated.

!! Projects VANISHED. Complete iMovie failure. Genius Bar at a loss. HELP!!

I bought a brand new iMac 2.4 Ghz two weeks ago, SPECIFICALLY so I could "upgrade" to imovie 08 and cut movies of my son. iMovie worked FLAWLESSLY for the first 10 days, no problems whatsoever. I created several projects, using video clips from my iPhoto (these thumbnails all loaded seemlessly from the start. I use a Canon Powershot SD900 and the video clips are amazing in resolution, 5 times better than any camcorder video, hence I was ONLY working from iPhoto video clips from my digital still camera (I have a lot of them - 45 Gs in my iPhoto). Anyway, opened iMovie an hour after working in it previously, and 'POOF' nearly all of my projects were gone. In addition, everything was completely grayed out, clips wouldn't load, iMovie frozen. Called Apple care and tried clearing my chache, etc. No luck. Took it to the Benius Bar and (long story short, after 2 days in genius bar) they transfered all my user files onto ANOTHER brand new iMAC and now I have two (out of 9) projects 'recovered' but iMovie freezes and acts like its on drugs. Can't edit. Can't open a new project. Total Movie failure. Useless. The Genius bar is at a loss. Says the total iMovie failure may be because I have a single piece of data (a video clip, a photo, even a song) that is corrupted. What the @#$%? Somebody PLEASE help!

Sorry to learn that you have not been able to find a solution.
I knew which clip was corrupted because it was the only one that would not permit any editing. Fortunately, it was that easy.
If you had just one iMovie that you were working on, and you could open new projects, you could copy/paste half of the movie to a new project and see which half plays well. Then with the problem half, copy/paste another half to a new project and see if you can keep repeating the process until you isolate the corrupted clip. It is tedious, but works. However, you said you could not even open a new project in iMovie, so I don't think this solution will be helpful in your situation.
You will probably need a radical approach and will just have to start over. It will be a lot of work to redo several projects, but well worth the time if it works. Look at how much time you have spent trying to recover/fix/figure out what is going on. Plus, you have all your video clips, and the second construction usually goes faster because you remember how you had it the first time.
So, unless the Genius bar guys have a better solution, I would trash all your Movie projects and files, reinstall iMovie, and start over with the creation of your iMovies. Be sure to repair permissions before and after reinstallation. You should then have a pristine iMovie app, so you should be able to open it without problems.
If all is ok so far, reimport the video clips, but do just one at a time. That way, you will see which, if any, one of them is a problem clip. You may never find out exactly what went wrong, and if you don't completely start over, you may run into this problem again and again.

I have a 27 inch iMac with maverick os. my current version of iMovie (10.0.6) will not open older projects i created in iMovie 9.0.9. I can find the projects and they have a ".rcproject" file extension

I have a 27 inch iMac with maverick os. my current version of iMovie (10.0.6) will not open older projects i created in iMovie 9.0.9. I can find the projects and they have a ".rcproject" file extension

Thank you GeeD. I'm still stymied.
I have moved the Event and Project Folders to the "top-layer of the drive" as the instructions state, right alongside the System Folder, Users Folder and Applications Folders.
When I open iMovie 10.0.8, the Events and Projects Folders are empty:
When I select File/Update Projects and Events, I get an alert box that says iMovie couldn't find any:
Not knowing exactly what is meant by the "top layer" in the instructions, I moved the Events and Project folders back inside the "Movies" folder where I found them (but then not where I would call the "top" layer, but rather "iMac/Users/Home/Movies/iMovieProjects". Then I tried to "Update Projects and Events" and received the same alert: "iMovie could not find any projects or events to update."
Then I tried to update iMovie 9.0 (iMovie '11 version 9.0 (1073)) to version 9.0.9 .
[As an aside, the nomenclature of iMovie drives me nuts. The latest version is 10.0.8, which us newer than iMovie '11.]
Back to the update of version 9.0 to 9.0.9.
Presumably because I have version 10.0.8 installed, I got this alert box:
So, I cannot update version 9.0
and I cannot "Update" the Events and Projects created in version 9.0.

When I go to save my unfinished imovie project, neither of the "imovie projects" or "imovie events" are visible where they should be. Why is this?

When I go to save my unfinished imovie project, neither of the "imovie projects" or "imovie events" are visible where they should be. Why is this?

The latest version (iMovie 10) doesn't have iMovie projects and iMovie events folders - these were for iMovie 9 and earlier. In iMovie 10 Projects are in Events and Events are in Libraries. When you quit iMovie the current status of your projects and events are automatically saved in the library so there is nothing to do. The default location for libraries is in ~ / Movies folder but you can put them anywhere, such as on an external drive . If you want to backup the library you can make a copy of it on a separate disk or memory stick using the Finder.
Geoff.

Imovie '11 won't let me share a specific project it says "quit imovie and reopen" how do i fix this and share the project?

imovie '11 won't let me share a specific project that is no different from all the other projects. Every time I try to share or export the project it says "quit imovie and reopen" this can't be a memory problem because I have a lot of memory left and it allows me to export other projects but just not this one. How do i fix this and share the project ASAP?

Check the connection settings.
*Tools > Options > Advanced : Network : Connection > Settings
If you do not need to use a proxy to connect to internet then select "No Proxy" if the default "Use the system proxy settings" setting doesn't work.
See "Firefox connection settings":
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+cannot+load+websites+but+other+programs+can
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode

HT1338 No themes available in iMovie with new Macbook Pro

I just bought a new Macbook Pro today and I'm trying to make a movie with iMovie but none of the project themes are available. When I go to File, Project themes is light gray and can't be selected. Likewise, when I click the "T" icon, it says "no themes." It's as if I'm missing the folder of project themes completely. Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks!

Thank you for your clear answer! All the answers from Google I found apparently came from people that purchased Mountain Lion from the App Store instead of having it pre-installed, which got me confused.
I purchased the Macbook new from an authorised reseller, not directly from an Apple Store. However the store is pretty big and common in Holland (www.dixons.nl) so that won't be an issue.
So you're saying I can simple put the SSD in, boot with command+R while being connected to the internet and install through the recovery partition directly of the internet.
Seems like a very easy system, I guess i'm just used to old fashion having the operating system on an external drive or cd in order to make a clean install.
*Will it be a problem to leave the original HDD in alongside with the new SSD? I guess in the boot menu you can choose what to do with each drive?
I will be using the original 500gig HDD for storage, simply installing the SSD in order to boost he performance of the Macbook.

Projects themes broken in iMovie 11?

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