iMovie question

[Champale]

Looked around but didn't find a thread on this question...

Is it possible to 'save as' in iMovie? Obviously there's no option for that--at least not that I've found. But does anyone know a workaround?

I've got a short movie that I want make a couple of variations on but don't want to re-create it each time.

And yes, I have Final Cut Express but was curious if I could just do this in iMovie...

 

[wwooden]

just looked

I just opened iMovie and looked through it to see what I could find. I couldn't find anything close to "save as" when I looked. I checked the prefs and what not, but no help. The only thing i saw was the export option. I don't know if you can export it as an iMovie file or only as a quicktime file.

 

[live4ever]

You have to create a new iMovie project and import your clips from the first project (it'd be nice if you could do a Save As and create a new project from the 1st).

This is if you wanted to edit differently, but if you just want to try different quality settings on export you'd use the Share function.

 

[yellow]

I usually save and then duplicate the iMovie project and rename it to create a backup. However, I think what you are looking for is "Share". With it, you can output and render different versions of the movie with different sizes/codecs.

 

[johnnyjibbs]

I usually save and then duplicate the iMovie project and rename it to create a backup. However, I think what you are looking for is "Share". With it, you can output and render different versions of the movie with different sizes/codecs.

Yes, that's the way to do it - option-drag the file in the Finder to a new folder and then rename it. Then move it back or put it in a new folder. iMovie is great, but there are a few things that it lacks, this seemingly being one of them. And why did they have to rename the export option as "Share"? Talk about gimmicks. I guess they really needed to look as if they changed something from iMovie 3 to 4...

 

[yellow]

I'm guessing it was renamed for the n00bs. My mother has actually asked me what "default" means in relation to computers. All I could do was splutter for a moment and gather my thoughts before I answered her. Knowing what "default" means is something I've taken for granted for 20 years I guess.

 

[Champale]

Ahh

Thanks for the workaround tips.

It seems silly that iMovie should be missing such an obvious feature.

Oh well. It's a great product otherwise!