iMovie: Where do imported (and then converted) movie files go?

[erik.silkensen]

Hello,

I hope this isn't recurring question - I did a brief search and came up with nothing so here it goes:

I open up iMovieHD (working on a brand new MacBook) and select Import File..., choose some non-dv file and then iMovie starts converting it to .dv.

My question is: where did that newly converted .dv file end up!? I would like to be able to, for exampe, locate it in Finder and delete or move it manually.

THANK YOU to anyone who can help me out!

 

[dpaanlka]

Inside the iMovie "file" that you saved your movie as. It's actually a container, and if you right click on it you can choose "show package contents" which will reveal the actual files stored within.

Welcome to MR by the way!

 

[erik.silkensen]

Ahh... it's so simple! Thanks!

 

[theBB]

If you drag and drop a non-dv file into iMovie's clip viewer, it converts it into dv. Once that process is complete, you can just drag that clip onto the desktop and you'll have a copy. No need to hunt through package contents.