Splitting clips for copying

I'm trying to create a smaller project (about 3 minutes) from a larger clip (45 minutes). I use the "split clip at playhead" command at the beginning and end to trim a smaller clip, but find that "get info" for the new, supposedly smaller clip is still showing a size of 9 gigs (the full size of the original clip). When I try to copy and paste the "smaller" clip into the new project the program freezes, apparently because it's still registering the size of the longer clip, maybe not even recognizing the smaller clip. I've tried renaming the smaller clip, which hasn't worked. I may have to re-download from my camera only the footage that I want in the smaller project, but I'd like to avoid that.
Thanks!

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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Pretty new user so excuse the question...if repeated, tried to search but found nothing.
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Again, excuse the newbie here.
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hjrood
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I have already replied to your latest request for further details on setting the gray tabs of the Work Area Bar.
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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.
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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
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