Split Clip is not accurate.

I've been adding a Freeze Frame to sports video in order to highlight (via PhotoShop) a specific player. Sometimes, not always, the freeze frame is correct but the split created around the freeze frame is about a half second later. In other words the freeze does not match-up with the split. Other times this all works just fine. When it's wrong I try to just do a split clip to the correct time thinking that I can drag the modified freeze frame back to the split I just made, but iMove won't perform a split there at all. Any ideas?

This command is only available if your Event has more than one clip. It will split the Event between two clips.
If you are not sure how many clips are in your Event, move the Thumbnail slider to the right until you get a single thumbnail per clip.

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This command is only available if your Event has more than one clip. It will split the Event between two clips.
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hjrood
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Splitting clips problem. Corrupt project?

I have a 3 hour 15 minute project that I finished editing (down from 6+ hours of footage). Aside from iMovie starting to run quite slow by the time I was adding chapters and titles, everything went well. After 11 hours of exporting to Quicktime, I split the movie file in half and burned two DVDs. Everything looks good, except I noticed a section that I accidentally placed the sound off from the video. An easy fix for just that section, or so I thought.
Back in iMovie, I get the spinning color wheel everytime I move or click anywhere. But the real problem is that I no longer split clips ... at least not where I intend to. I stop the playhead where I want to split the clip, and instead of splitting it there, iMovie is splitting the clip anywhere from a half second to 3 seconds after the point I choose.
I'm guessing the project is corrupt since I can create a new project, drag in a clip and it splits just fine. And if I pull in clips from other events into the corrupt project, the splitting gets screwed up again.
I'm hoping there's a solution rather than having to create a new project. I used a lot of transitions, and I want to keep the timing exact so I can easily replace the affected portions of the movie file rather than waiting another 11 hours for everything to export.
And yes, I tried all the usual deleting of preferences, moving the project out of the movies folder, etc., etc. and it's still an issue.

Hi Flagmaker82,
If you are having difficulties splitting a clip as you describe, you may want to try placing the playhead where you want the split, control clicking the clip and select Split Clip from the shortcut menu. The process is similar to what is described for trimming a clip in this article -
iMovie (2013): Trim, split, and move clips
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14696
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

Splitting clips for copying

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You just have to live with that (or re-import). iMovie is a non-destructive editor, which means you should be able to go back to your full length clip at any time.

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When using picture and picture or a cutaway, I would like to split the top part into sections. Using the split clip command on it splits the lower main video, but not the one on top.
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So I have been an avid Final Cut Pro guy for the last 4 years. I love the program.... I can work very easily in it but recently I got a new job in which I have been using both FCP and Adobe Premier.
Here is my issue... I have been using files that come in as MPEG 2 and have been using MPEG Streamclip to convert them over to a ProRes file for FCP. From FCP I have had to export them into 3 formats
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I redid the renders on the same file...
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Adobe Premier, right off the bat, will tell me the frame it is on and the percent and time left... almost to the T.
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Rendering can be much faster if you have a multi core intel Mac and you use Qmaster with Quick Clusters.
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Go have a cup of coffee while all the cores chug away at things. I guarantee it will be faster than the way you are currently exporting (if you aren't using clusters)
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Pretty new user so excuse the question...if repeated, tried to search but found nothing.
I am in advanced tools on my editor and split my video clip and inserted a transition. When I go into my precision editor, I see the transition inserted in the split but it is "grayed out" and not in white like it is usually. Am I missing a step here or doing something wrong? I can't make it work? I do have right next to it, a photo cut-away. (I wanted to split the video, insert the transition before the photo).
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Again, excuse the newbie here.
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Welcome to the  Discussion Forums.
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