iMovie Newbie - only import small portion of video?

[paulobrad]

I'm using iMovie 6 and looking to edit just a small portion of a very long movie. When I import the move it takes ages (over 130 mins). If I know I'm only going to want a small bit of the importing file is there an easier way of doing this?

Cheers.

 

[Much Ado]

I'd split your movie into scenes, and edit individually. Best not to have an enormous timeline.

 

[paulobrad]

mmm, nah - File>Import and find the movie i want, then clicking Open gives me the "Importing Files" status bar as it imports the entire movie - taking AGES. Looking for a way of saying only the small bits I need.

Any clearer?

 

[bluefiberoptics]

this may be only in Quicktime Pro, but I believe you can mark the beginning and end of a clip you want. Then save that clip.

 

[Much Ado]

mmm, nah - File>Import and find the movie i want, then clicking Open gives me the "Importing Files" status bar as it imports the entire movie - taking AGES. Looking for a way of saying only the small bits I need.

Any clearer?

Yeah, so you've got a massive movie, and hence a massive timeline. I'd open that file up (i know, it takes ages) and then copy/paste scenes into their own project files, so that in the future you can edit specific bits at a time.