Splitting an event

I have researched this, read the iMovie help, and still cannot figure this out.
I want to split an event. When I follow the instructions all it does is duplicate the entire event. I am selecting the portion I want split...I go to File>Split event before selected clip. Then all it does it duplicate the complete event.....OR sometimes it will not let me click the "Split event before selected clip" SOmetimes that option is grey and cannot be selected.
WHat am I doing wrong?

I am trying to split an event and when I select the clip , the split event selection under file menu is greyed out. Can anyone help me out?
Are the frames you have selected in this clip located in the "Event" window or the "Project" window? You can only "split" a clip (i.e., a range of frames in a clip) in the "Project" window using this Edit menu option.

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How do I split an event?

There used to be a way to split an event. I can't find it in the new (v. 11, build 9.3) version on OS 10.6.7. Can anyone help me?

select a photo and go to the event menu => split event
Also note that the iPhoto "help: menu can be very helpful - type split into it
LN

Splitting an event takes more than 3 min

Hi,
I have about 8.000 photos in my library and 2.500 photos in a single event. Now I want to extract a set of pictures from this event and move it in a new event. Is there a faster way doing this than splitting the event before and after the set of pictures? This created 3 events and then I have to move the 3rd event back into the first, the 2nd event is what I want to keep.
BTW, with over 8.000 pictures in the library, is it normal that splitting an event takes more than 3 minutes?

Danielle
Flag the pics you want to move to the new Event and the go Events -> Create Event from Flagged Photos. That will probably be faster.
BTW, with over 8.000 pictures in the library, is it normal that splitting an event takes more than 3 minutes?
I wouldn't have thought so, but it might take a while with an Event that has more that 2,500 pics in it. Remember, Events in the iPhoto Window correspond exactly with the Folders in the Originals Folder in the iPhoto Library package file (Right click on it in the Pictures Folder -> Show Package Contents). So splitting an event literally means creating a folder and moving files to it and so on.
Regards
TD

Splitting an event with only only clip

Is it possible to split an event that contains only one clip into two events?
Documentation indicates that in an event with at least two clips it is possible, but with only one clip selecting a thumbnail where the split is desired leaves the 'split at clip' option under the file menu grayed out.

If you can find a single frame or group of frames that can be rejected (and are near the point where you want to split), reject them and move to trash. Now you will have two clips, and it can be split into two events.
If you don't want to lose any frames, best option is Quicktime Pro.

How do I split Imovie events? I find the option in File menu and have selected the part of the event that I want to split before, but the option to split is not bolded (allowed) in the File menu.

I have imported video to iMovie and want to split the event. I have selected part of the event and when I go to File> Split the event before the selected clip it is not bolded in the menu and it is not an allowed selection. I had imported directly to an external HD so moved the event to the Mac HD and tried it again. This did not work either. Any ideas why this option is not available to me???

Use iMovie to move the events to your Movies folder, otherwise you're can't.

Accidentally split 2 events, now "source clip missing" in my project, HELP!

Ok, so I've been working for weeks on a project, and I accidentally split an event into 2 events. Dumb I know, but I was trying to split a single clip. Anyway, it split the event and made 2 new events. I tried to "undo" but for some reason it didn't work. Now alot of the clips say "source clip missing". I looked in the trash and found my missing original event folder, but it's empty cos all the videos are still in the event, but under the 2 new events. I tried to put the folder back into imovie, I re-merged the 2 split events and renamed it the original name (after someone on a forum suggested this) and nothing works. I am freaking out! It is crazy cos all the video is still there (at least I think it is). Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!!!

Thank You Sameer. It worked. Now I can close this issue.
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I want to split an event but do not have a split icon. Help!

New Mac user. I want to split an event but do not see the split icon.

in the help window type in "split" - it will show you the command (event menu ==> split event)
learn to use HELP - it is extremely "Helpful"
LN

Splitting analog events

I understand how to easily split events from my digital source. But how can i split out clips from video imported from older analog tape?

1) Download MPEG Streamclip, which is free.
2) Drag your file into MPEG Streamclip.
3) <----Start of Event----->
4) Position cursor at the frame where you want the event to start. Click i to set the "in point".
5) Position cursor at the frame where you want the event to end. Click o to set the "out point".
6) Click File/Export Using QuickTime. Choose a codec. If your event is DV, you may want to simply pass the clip through streamclip as DV. If it is MPEG2 or something highly compressed, convert it to Apple Intermediate Codec. (NOTE: for MPEG2 you also need the Apple QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component, available online from Apple $20)
7) Optional: You can deinterlace in this step, if you need to. Depends on your target media. Do a test.
8) Give your new event a name. I suggest that you name your clip as follows, because this will provide metadata that allows iMovie to automatically put the event in the right year and month, and allows you to see the time codes while skimming the event withe your cursor (VIEW/DISPLAY TIME CODES)
9) Here is the format for the name:
clip-yyyy-mm-dd hh;mm;ss (let MPEG Streamclip provide the extension, it will be DV or MOV)
where yyyy=year
mm=month in 2 digits
dd=day
remember a space between dd and hh
hh=hour in 24 hour time
mm = minutes
ss = seconds.
10) Additional splits needed on this clip? Go back to step 3.
11) In iMovie, select FILE/IMPORT from file.

Splitting an Event in iPhoto 2011?

Until just today, I had been using iPhoto 2009 since it first came out.
I regularly used the "Split" and "Merge" feature to organize batches of photos as Events.
I was shocked to find the "Split" and "Merge" icons had vanished in iPhoto 2011. What happened to them? Is there any way to get them back?
If not, how does splitting and merging work now?

iPhoto menu -> Provide iPhoto Feedback
And you can create keyboard shortcuts for these commands for yourself too...

Splitting an Event into two

I am trying to do exactly what the title says, and searched for it in the user manual. It says you simply select a clip in an event, then choose file > "Split Event Before Selected Clip." I've tried this so many times, by selecting an entire clip, or just clicking between to clips. Nothing works The choice is always greyed out. I am using normal DV footage.
I am so frustrated, I'm just going to go sleep it off. Hopefully someone can enlighten me of what I'm doing wrong when I get up.
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You mean to tell me that because one of their own employees couldn't figure out how to do what most of us do on a daily basis, they re-wrote a great application to fit his needs and perplexed the rest of us????
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ICal splits one event into two, how do I fix this?

I have one weekly repeating event entered. For the first two weeks it shows up like normal, as one event. But two weeks later it splits that one event into two different side-by-side bubbles. I did not alter the event. Does any one else have this problem? How can I fix this?

That is because you are sharing an Apple ID.
On both phones go to:
Settings > Facetime > turn off iPhone Cellular Calls
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Split an event into mini-events by date?

I recently went on a trip to Mexico with a large group, and afterwards I received a DVD with all of the pictures from the trip. Unfortunately the pictures were not split up by date. I would like to do this by the day the pictures were taken. Is there any way iPhoto can split all of the pictures into separate events by the imbedded data in the pictures?

Select the event and go to the event menu ==> autosplit event
or open the event and scan up from the bottom until you find a spot where you want to split - select the photo that you want to end the new event and click on the split button - continue up and splitting until you have it like you want
in the future you can use the iPhoto preferences to do this on import (check the "split items imported from the finder into events" option
LN

Anyone know how to split an event?

I tried the method outlined by Appleman but I receive an alert message that says " Unable to delete rejected clips" So I cannot use his method.
There has to be a way..?
or just iMovieHD?

Select the frames in the Project (Not the Event) where you want the title. There will be a Yellow Border around them. Then select Edit/Split Clip. Drag your title onto the clip. This way the footage is still moving.
If you prefer not to have the footage moving on your title, drag the yellow border in your Project, (not Event) from the beginning of the clip to the point where you want the Title, and select EDIT/SPLIT CLIP.
Now, move your cursor to the last frame of the first clip and select EDIT/ADD FREEZE FRAME. You will have a still image there and you can drop a title on it.

Is there a way to split clips in the Event browser? (audio-synch related)

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Events - Incorrect Dates after split

Hi All
Wondering if you are having the same issues as I am, or can help....
I have a coupe of cases where I have split an event which took place over a couple of days (I imported the pictures on a specific day, but iPhoto did not create separate events for each days shooting).
Now that I have separate events, with photos spanning one day in each event, the displayed date as seen in the Events screen when you skim, is incorrect.
The displayed date will show something like 24 Dec 2006 - 12 March 2007, but the pictures in the event were only taken on the 24th December... Hope the above makes sense?
Does anyone know how to correct this? Selecting the 'change date & time' option (with events selected) only changes the date/time of all the pictures within the event but not the date of the event itself.
Thanks and Regards
Scott

Step one is to correct the date on the Photos as you did (You could have used the adjust date & time eature too)
Then open the event an dselect one photo and create a new event. This new event will have the correct date. Then drag the remaining photos (with correct dates) to the new event and you will ahve an event with the correct dates
I'm hoping that APple addresses this in the future but for now this seems to be the only way to get the event's attention to update the date range
Larry Nebel

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