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Andrew:Student

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Apr 4, 2008
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Hi,

I'm a student and trying to capture video from a CCD-type camera attached to a microscope, using iMovie '08.

When I click the "Camera import button", I can see a live video feed from the camera. When I "Capture", the screen momentarily goes blank, then the video feed comes back onto the screen, recording is in progress, but the image is zoomed in compared to what I originally saw. I would like to capture the image as I first see it, but cannot figure out how to stop this cropping from happening. Any help would be gratefully received.

Additional information:

Computer: MacBook (1 GB RAM, 2.16 GHz)
OS: OS 10.4.11
Camera: The camera has a resolution of 1.37 million pixels. It connects via the firewire port. When I plug it in, my computer automatically loads up iChat (for some reason.) iMovie '08 automatically detects the camera, I cannot get iMovie HD to detect the camera.

Andrew
 
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