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  • Posted by Jared Smith on March 4, 2010 at 4:14 am

    Hey guys,
    My wife has made a short little video for a lady she works with. She has taken nothing but photos (no video at all) and made a sequence in Imovie HD (or 06- its the same right)? Anyway, she wants me to add music. My plan was to take her Imovie sequences (she has 3- one for bride, one for groom, and one of them together) and turn them into QT files and then import those into FCP. I am using FCP 6 by the way. Then I was going to add a bit of text and add the music. Will this work? What QT settings do I need to use in Imovie?
    thanks for the help

    Tom Wolsky replied 16 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Tom Wolsky

    March 4, 2010 at 4:35 am

    You export to QuickTime in whatever codec is being used in iMovie.

    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”

  • Jared Smith

    March 4, 2010 at 4:44 am

    thanks for your time tom… how do I see what codec is used in imovie? I see at the top it says 720p, but I am not sure of codec… I assume all the pics she used were JPEG

  • Tom Wolsky

    March 4, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    Use ProRes if you’re in FCP6.

    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”

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