| It's often a good idea to break up a longer movie into smaller segments, working on 10- or 20-minute chunks at a time. Use the following steps when it's time to put the pieces back together. To combine movie segments: - Open two (or more) projects at the same time, and drag clips (even transitions on the Timeline) directly from one project to another (Figure 16.13). However, it doesn't include content on audio tracks: you can copy those over, but you'll have to do it separately.
Figure 16.13. iMovie HD 6 lets you open multiple projects at a time and copy clips between them.
Or 1. | Export each segment using the Full Quality option shown on the previous pages. Make sure you have enough hard disk space to accommodate the segments you wish to combine. | 2. | Create a new iMovie project by choosing New Project from the File menu. | 3. | Import the segments from your hard disk. Depending on how you've split the segments, you may only have to add a simple transition between them to create a unified whole (Figure 16.14). Figure 16.14. Combining Fade Out and Fade In transitions elegantly bridges these long segments. |
Tips | | You can also export your movie back to the camcorder, and then re-import it into your new iMovie project (see Chapter 15 and Chapter 7). The downside to the second approach is that you need to make sure your movie segments are finished (or close enough to being done), because when you re-import them into iMovie, you won't have the clips of unused footage from the individual projects at your disposal.
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