Transferring videos out of iPhoto & into iMovie

I want to transfer all of my videos out of iPhoto '11 and into iMovie '11.  I want to have all of my video's in one place.  I have tried exporting them, but that does not create all the files.  What is the best way to do that?

I exported all of mine out of iPhoto to the hard drive, then imported into iMovie.
However, you can just select the iPhoto Library from the Libraries list. Then you can pick the movies from there.
I made a Smart Album in iPhoto that includes all Movies. The criteria is Photo is Movie. Then, you can select that Smart Album in iMovie and it will have all your Movies in it.

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