Thank you Ronda,
I will download direct from camcorder to iMovie 06.
Just as a matter of interest:-
If you were buying a new camcorder, would you stay with DV tape or go
for a Hard Drive or Memory Card ?
The Memory card type appeals to me for convenience and ease of
storage, but after your comments and others on forums I am not so sure
now !!
On 28/09/2009, at 8:41 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Stephen,
On 27/09/2009, at 7:45 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:
Hi Ronda,
I have just downloaded 2 projects from my camcorder (DV tape type)
to iMovie 09 thinking that I would try to get used to it. However
after what you have just said, I think I will continue to use
iMovie 06. Can I import into iMovie 06 from iMovie 09 or will I
have to download again ?
Yes, you can import into iMovie HD from iMovie '09 ... but, I would
not recommend it.
Open iMovie HD go to File > Import > iMovie Events and import each
event into iMovie HD ... but I wouldn't do this!
Why?
Because, the footage in iMovie '09 events is in .mov format (so it
has been converted from your DV tape camcorder to MOV), when
imported into iMovie HD the footage is converted 'again' to DV format.
Try it and see for yourself. Above is only my impressions of working
with Video footage in iMovie '09 & iMovie HD
The more times video is converted it looses quality. The cleaner you
can get your footage before editing is best.
I recently tried editing a project for a friend from a his hard
drive camcorder. The clips where given to me on a thumb drive and
were in MOV format. I managed to convert them eventually to DV
format and then into iMovie 9. The end result on the DVD is
absolutely dreadful. I was very disappointed considering the time I
had spent on the project.
Your friend's footage from the HD Camcorder had been converted to
MOV & then you converted to DV.
The more times video is converted it looses quality.
How did he convert the original footage?
If you could get the original footage from his HD camcorder, then do
the conversion to DV would be best.
Again, all the above are my suggestions from my own experiences with
versions of iMovie. Others might not agree with me.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 27/09/2009, at 5:15 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Adrian,
Be aware that iMovie '09 uses 'single field
processing' (Interlaced) meaning every other horizontal line of
the video is thrown out, which reduces the sharpness of the footage.
iMovie 06 (iMovie HD) uses ALL of the image (Progressive) to form
the video.
If your primary workflow is editing DV clips and making DVDs,
iMovie 06 (iMovie HD) is better suited.
Your movie will arrive at iDVD in DV format, which is an ideal
match for making a DVD: same resolution, same pixels aspect ratio,
and original quality.
If you share your movie from iMovie '08 / '09, it gets re-rendered
at 640x480 or less, and then iDVD upscales it back to 720x480.
The end result is obviously not as good.
iMovie 06 (iMovie HD) and iDVD 09 is a "lossless" combination.
iMovie 09 is a wonderful program assuming that you're using it for
what it was designed to do, assemble simple videos to share on the
Internet.
If you want the best quality DVD of your VHS to DVD use iMovie HD
with iDVD '09.
Cheers,
Ronni
17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
On 26/09/2009, at 6:44 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote:
What the!!!! well I'm really confused now, I exported the
offending clip from iMovie HD again as a Movie and imported it
into iMovie 8 and the original import from iMovie HD all of a
sudden rectified its self. If anyone can explain that I'm sure I
wont understand!!!!
Regards,
Adrian
adrianske...@me.com
On 26/09/2009, at 4:14 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote:
Afternoon all,
I have been converting VCR tapes to DVD via iMovie & iDVD and
weird things are happening;
1. Trying to import to iMovie 8.0.4; it recognises the ADVC-100
(which I have been using for some years) starts to import but
after about 30 seconds says it has completed the import but
records nothing.
2. Successfully import into iMovie HD without any problems and
the complete movie works OK (75 min).
3 Import the iMovie HD into iMovie 8.0.1, Optimised 960 x 540,
the first 65 min are OK but the last 10 were squashed to a ratio
of about 1high to 4 wide. Went through all Preferences etc and
corrected Permissions.
4. Trashed it, separated the offending bit in iMovie HD and
imported the offending clip on its own. This time it has a
ratio of about 4 high to 1 wide????
5. Ditched the .plists but nothing changed.
OS Snow Leopard 10.6.1, iMovie 8.0.4, MacBook Pro.
Has anyone any idea what the problem could be?
Regards,
Adrian
adrianske...@me.com
Cheers,
Ronni
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2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
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