Trimming movie clips

Movie clip is originally 20 seconds. I trim it to 8 seconds. When played in slideshow it shows the 8 seconds I trimmed but freezes on the last frame for 12 more seconds. Does this will all clips. Plays them the original length of time not the trimmed length.
Is there any way to fix this or do I have to edit the clips in iMovie or something?

Greetings,
How did you trim the clips? There is no movie editing feature within the iPhoto Application.
I would:
_Drag the clip out of iPhoto.
_Open it with Quicktime Player X and then trim it to desired length.
_Save it.
_Drag the trimmed movie back into iPhoto and add to the slideshow and test it. (Make sure you add the trimmed version of the movie and not the original when you drag the movie back into iPhoto.)
Hope that helps.

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OK I see the problem,
I've made some videoclips in the past (barbershop quartet), and have to admit that iMovie is limited.
As I'm from Holland, it's hard to me to give you an exact advise of what is and isn't possible in English (as all my menu's are in Dutch and not English), as it's also depends on what kind of footage you have and what you're trying to achieve. The only thing I can help you with is point out some directions you could dig into:
1. You may study the function of beatmarkers and all the possibilities to synchronize music to clips/beatmarkers.
2. As I mentiond earlier you can possible combine that with thwe functionalitty of the precisoon editor, you can make precis edits as wel for vidoe and audio (put apperntly you already studied that.
3. For the picture in picture there is no solution (as far as I know). You might experiment with "cutaway" and/or "next to each other" when it comes to inserting clips.
4. For the production of videopodcasts I used Garageband for fine tuning voice-overs and background music. In Garageband it is possible to make very precise edits on imported video tracks. I asume Logic has similar functionallity. This means you perhaps have to move back and forward video/audio from iMovie to Garageband (or Logic) and visa versa.
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Succes, sorry I cann't help you further.
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My workflow is quite straight forward: log and transfer AVCHD material into FCP 7 by setting in- and out points; then selet all clips and put them on in the sequence (no need to change the order).
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Hi sweetmona733!
Here is an article that will help you address your question:
iMovie (2013): Trim, split, and move clips
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14696
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