Where does iMovie save "shared" projects to?

I created a movie from a project. I saved as a mobile type. I cannot located the file created from the share command. If I go into iWeb, the file shows up in the list of movies but I cannot find it in finder.

Robert Stiens wrote:
.. I saved as a mobile type. I cannot located the file created from the share command. .. cannot find it in finder.
no, you can't.
movies in the socalled MediaBrowser are stored inside its corresponding Project file.
a Project is a special folder, called package.
• in Finder, goto Movies/iMovie Project
• ctrl-click on your Project, choose 'show package'
• inside, you'll find a 'Movies' Folder
• inside there, you'll find a 'mobile.m4v' called file, which is your movie, you can double-click and watch it with QTplayer..

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ok this is driving me crazy:
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Chris
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When you press "done" it doesn't save it (find the photo in its original file and open it with Preview, you'll see it hasn't been saved).
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if you modify the pics, a Modified version within the iPhoto Library Folder.
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so the problem still exists, why doesn't it save new photos in my pictures folder?
Because you told it not to. When you run a Referenced Library +you are responsible for File Management+. Remember that bit above where I said
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or ask me where to save them?
Because that’s not what it does. Check out Image Capture for that.
I'm worried that if I now let it save all my new photos to its iPhoto library (which is basically a virtual library as I understand it)
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and in a year's time I change laptops I run the risk of loosing photos as I won't know which photos are were (now I can do a back up to an external drive simply by copying the folders I choose from the pictures folder.
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