Toast Platinum 8 No Support for iMovie "08

I just bought Toast 8 and when trying to preview, or import any projects I did in iMovie 08, I see "unsupported format".
I can however preview/import all older iMovie HD projects, all .mov files, all QT Movies.
Why does Toast only support importing of the iMovie 06?
I've just spent 2 weeks building projects to send for Xmas and now I can't even use the new Toast.
Am I completely missing something?
Confused and frustrated,
Deb

iMovie 08 is different from iMovie 06 in several ways.
For one thing, iMovie 08 brings in your footage as an Event in the original format (unless the original format is compressed, in which case it is brought in as AIC). An iMovie 08 project holds pointers to the EVENT. The project does not get "rendered" into its final output format until you publish it or share it.
So in your case, I would recommend the following: Either share your project to iTunes, or to the Media Browser, or export to Quicktime.
Once you have done this, the resulting movie can be used by Toast.

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