How to Import iMovie 09′ Project into Final Cut Pro X @ 1920×1080?

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How to Import iMovie 09′ Project into Final Cut Pro X @ 1920×1080?

Posted by Jeff Robinson on June 25, 2011 at 12:39 am

Hello everybody

I’m attempting to export a project that I did in iMovie 09′ into Final Cut Pro X, but I want the the “project” to import into Final Cut Pro X at 1920×1080 which was the format I originally imported the raw footage into iMovie 09′ to begin with.

Now I know iMovie 09′ doesn’t export out into 1920X1080 naturally and you have to use the quicktime work around to make that happen, but when I just attempted to import the “project” via the prompt under file in final cut pro x, it did imported my clips in it’s native 1920X1080 HD format, but not my actual “project” which was sent to my timeline. Though the edited clips are showing up in the inspector as 1920X1080, they look more like 640×360 and all of my transitions are now in standard definition.

I’m kind of a rookie at this so I’m a little lost and getting frustrated.

Is anybody else having this problem? I can’t seem to figure out how to fix this?

Any solutions or ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Ray Wang replied 15 years ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
4 Replies

Tom Wolsky
June 25, 2011 at 1:43 am

Try importing the iMovie project into FCPX without exporting a movie file.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”
Ray Wang
July 13, 2011 at 3:02 pm

A follow up question for importing imovie 09 projects / events to FCP X.

Can you specify the destination of the import?

I could only import events and projects to the local drive.
I even right click on the external drive >> import. The resulting events / projects would sit on my local drive.

I would like to import my old imovie 09 projects and events to FCP X but stored on an external drive.

Any ideas?

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Ray
Tom Wolsky
July 13, 2011 at 4:15 pm

Select the external drive in the Event Library and create a new event. Select the event when you import the media.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Coming in 2011 “Complete Training for FCPX”
and “Final Cut Pro X for iMovie and Final Cut Express Users” from Focal Press
Ray Wang
July 13, 2011 at 9:38 pm

That did not work.

The events are calendar based.

I created a new event, selected the event.
When I select “Import” >> “iMovies Event Library”, FCP X starts the import process and put all events to my local drive.

Your advice worked when I imported *Files* but importing iMovie events did not work.
If you context click the event, only import files menu shows up.

What I have is this:

Local Drive
>> Year (2011)
>> Event (You can rename this)
>> Folder, Keyword Collection, Smart collection
External Drive
>> Year (2011)
>> Event (You can rename this) (–> I selected this event)
>> Folder, Keyword Collection, Smart collection

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Ray

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