Using iMovie to edit screen videos

I've recorded some nice screen videos at a resolution of 1280 x 800 and would love to edit them using iMovie. Unfortunately, I can't find a way to retain the resolution of the videos, iMovie tries to crop them or scale them to fit the available resolutions.
Other than the obvious option of using QuickTime Pro to edit the movies, any other suggestions?

So, help this old man make sure he has it straight...
1. get the camera connection kit,
2. import my movies & pictures from my Nikon camera via my sd card via the camera connection kit, to my iPad.
3. the pictures & movies will be "open-able" via iMovie and then i can edit these externally made movies/pictures on imove on my ipad
4. then save the movie i edited on ipad
5. export the new made movies to my computer via itunes.
Is that it? If thats it you will have earned yourself another 10 points for sure
Thank you regardless if my 1-5 is right. I appreciate it.

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I'm using ezcap.tv 116 ezgamer capture card to record my PS3, this is on a windows laptop, Im then moving the recorded videos in mpg format over to my MacBook Pro to use IMovie to edit them so i can upload them to youtube but it won't let me import them, even after changeing them to MP4 format, it just comes up with the message: "No Importable Files None of the selected files or folders can be imported. Change the selection and try again."
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better and gives so much less problems.
B. Recording Your friend several times playing same tune and from different angles,
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2. import my movies & pictures from my Nikon camera via my sd card via the camera connection kit, to my iPad.
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