I'll add my comment in here. I did exactly what is described below in the
video short I helped my daughter with. She red off the narration. We
extracted and deleted all the sound from the video. We then imported the new
video file (mostly of a coke can sitting on the table) extracted the audio
and aligned it with the video we had produced. Worked great.

Larry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bilmat@... [SMTP:bilmat@...]
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 1:37 AM
> To: iMovie-List@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [iMovie-List] Re: SonyTRV20 and iMovie
>
> I'm assuming you ARE using iMovie2...
>
> While I still consider myself a novice at all this, it seems to me you
> should be able to import the video clip containing your voice, then
> select the clip and extract the audio under the "Advanced" window.
> After the audio shows up on the timeline you'll be able to move it
> anywhere you want. Following that, go back, re-select the video
> clip and delete (cut) it. That would give you the audio without the
> video. As to picking up an auxiliary mike, I bought one for my iMac
> DV SE from the Apple Store for about $15. It works great!
>
> --- In iMovie-List@y..., Brad Gislason <bradgis@r...> wrote:
> > Having trouble using the  trv-20 as a mike only to add voice to a
> time line.
> >
> > Is imovie2  able to do this or am I destined to pick up a USB mike.
> >
> > Tried different settings in the sound control panel.
> > CD sound import works great.
> > (DV 2 channel) shows up in sound control panel but imovie does not
> recognize
> > it in audio window.
> >
> > Suggestions?
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cube 500/256/40
> > QT Pro
> > OS (9.0.4)
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 10
>  Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 07:36:43 -0000
>  From: bilmat@...
> Subject: Re: SonyTRV20 and iMovie
>
> I'm assuming you ARE using iMovie2...
>
> While I still consider myself a novice at all this, it seems to me you
> should be able to import the video clip containing your voice, then
> select the clip and extract the audio under the "Advanced" window.
> After the audio shows up on the timeline you'll be able to move it
> anywhere you want. Following that, go back, re-select the video
> clip and delete (cut) it. That would give you the audio without the
> video. As to picking up an auxiliary mike, I bought one for my iMac
> DV SE from the Apple Store for about $15. It works great!
>


Great tip, works perfect.
I do not think the problem with direct audio input from dvcam is imovie.
Because,
Alert sounds will take it as both imovie and simple sound will not.

Maybe OS9.1 or QT5 or OSX or or or or I'll just get one of those $15.00
mikes.


Thanks-B

--
Cube 500/256/40
QT Pro
OS (9.0.4)
iMovie 2.0.1

the problem was just as suggested-  the error message: "file not found:Find
iMovie"   reflects the fact that i'd unknowingly initially downloaded v. 2.01
from Apple.  pretty funny

anyway, thanks to this list for solving this problem.  btw, what's the
difference between the MacBinary and Binhex downloads @ Apple and what factors
indicate whether one or the other is preferable to download?

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--- In iMovie-List@y..., Bradley Takahashi <taket@e...> wrote:
> the problem was just as suggested-  the error message: "file not
found:Find iMovie"   reflects the fact that i'd unknowingly initially
downloaded v. 2.01 from Apple.  pretty funny
>
> anyway, thanks to this list for solving this problem.  btw, what's
the difference between the MacBinary and Binhex downloads @ Apple and
what factors indicate whether one or the other is preferable to
download?

I think Macbinary files are smaller than Binhex, but you can download
Binhex files to either Mac or PC.

Just finished my first short last nite. All I can say is WHAT FUN.
The kids are now very motivated to start there own.

I know this has been covered but like looking in the fridge for the
mayo I can't find it.

Titles (flying type) look great on the mac but end up edge
cropped on the dvcam and thus the ntsc moniter (TV).

Is there a command I am missing or is it a wait for IM3?


We are so lucky to have these tools available.


Thanks-B
Cube 500/256/40
OS 9.0.4
iMovie 2.0.1
Sony TRV-20  (dvcam)

on 2/2/01 11:20 AM, bradgis@... at bradgis@... wrote:

> Just finished my first short last nite. All I can say is WHAT FUN.
> The kids are now very motivated to start there own.
>
> I know this has been covered but like looking in the fridge for the
> mayo I can't find it.
>
> Titles (flying type) look great on the mac but end up edge
> cropped on the dvcam and thus the ntsc moniter (TV).
>
> Is there a command I am missing or is it a wait for IM3?
>


In your Titles Tab make sure the QT Margins box is unchecked.



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--------------------

>Titles (flying type) look great on the mac but end up edge
>cropped on the dvcam and thus the ntsc moniter (TV).
>
>Is there a command I am missing or is it a wait for IM3?


the TV and the viewfinder on your camera both "overscan" the image.

What this means is that you don't see the actual FULL frame of video. It's
cropped slightly.

What you see on the computer screen is the FULL frame, you should compose
your titles and such to leave a more generous boundry around the edge to
compensate for viewing on a TV set.

The control for this would be the slider button for sizing the text.

I wish iMovie had a toggle switch for super-imposing a frame on the screen
in iMovie showing "Title-safe" space.

Jim

I noticed the same problem. The problem is that NTSC overscans (the picture
is wider than what you see). To overcome this on the last video I did,  I
just typed in a few spaces at the start of a line and the same number of
spaces at the end of the line. Then it worked just great.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bradgis@... [SMTP:bradgis@...]
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 11:20 AM
> To: iMovie-List@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [iMovie-List] Title edge cropping IM2
>
>  Just finished my first short last nite. All I can say is WHAT FUN.
> The kids are now very motivated to start there own.
>
> I know this has been covered but like looking in the fridge for the
> mayo I can't find it.
>
> Titles (flying type) look great on the mac but end up edge
> cropped on the dvcam and thus the ntsc moniter (TV).
>
> Is there a command I am missing or is it a wait for IM3?
>
>
> We are so lucky to have these tools available.
>
>
> Thanks-B
> Cube 500/256/40
> OS 9.0.4
> iMovie 2.0.1
> Sony TRV-20  (dvcam)
>
>
>
>
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Hello,

I am currently making a second copy of a T'ai Chi video, 19 minutes
long, and re-doing a lot of titles from the first version (for
QuickTime on the Web) to a video version the students take home with
them.

In Pogue's Missing manual for iMovie he discusses this phenomenon
(it's called overscanning).

All you need to do is play back your video through your camcorder and
onto a TV. If the text is chopped off, just add a few space bar
presses at the beginning or end of the phrase (depending on whether
you are over the left or right edge) to align the type more onscreen.

My particular situation was that I had used a double line title
format, putting all titles on the second line. In a QT window this
worked very well, the titles were well off the performer's body.
Unfortunately, on a tv, the line was almost entirely offscreen. Now,
for this variation, I'm going back through all the titles and moving
them up to the first line. Looks fine now.

HTH,
Craig Turner


>  Just finished my first short last nite. All I can say is WHAT FUN.
>The kids are now very motivated to start there own.
>
>I know this has been covered but like looking in the fridge for the
>mayo I can't find it.
>
>Titles (flying type) look great on the mac but end up edge
>cropped on the dvcam and thus the ntsc moniter (TV).
>
>Is there a command I am missing or is it a wait for IM3?
>
>

"Doug M. Wilson" wrote:
> In your Titles Tab make sure the QT Margins box is unchecked.

     That confused me, when I first used iMovie.  iMovie's _default_ condition is
to maintain text keep-out margins around the edges of the screen, to accommodate
the overscan that's inherent in NTSC displays.  QuickTime puts the edges of the
frame at the edges of the QT display window, and doesn't 'overscan'.

     To _check_ the QT Margins box turns OFF the margin protection, and allows
text to be be shown closer to the edges of the display frame.  To UNcheck the QT
Margins box Turns ON 'NTSC Margins' and keeps text away from the edges of the
frame.

David Drumheller

Listmates:

I have a deposition in Miami later this month, and need to hire a
videographer company who uses a mini-DV (digital) video camcorder. If you
know of someone, please email name and phone number.

Sorry for the cross-posts.

Thanks in advance,

===================================================
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===================================================
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THE ZAVALETTA LAW FIRM
Brownsville, Texas              *Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury*
===================================================

The timecodes that are displayed in the Movie Track are in a tiny,
italic font that's barely readable - not the nice sans-serif shown in

"The Missing Manual". There doesn't seem to be any way of
altering the display font through preferences. Come to think of it,
the display of the timecodes is funky throughout...in the
transitions preview window the codes are usually cut off at the
edge and therefore mostly unreadable.

What gives? Any way to make them more readable?

You likely have a font conflict. Begin by looking in your fonts folder for
the MT Curlz font, which  is installed with Office:Mac. If you have it,
remove it and your should be back in business.

-----Original Message-----
From: ericbuehrens@... [mailto:ericbuehrens@...]
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 9:18 PM
To: iMovie-List@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [iMovie-List] timecodes display


The timecodes that are displayed in the Movie Track are in a tiny,
italic font that's barely readable - not the nice sans-serif shown in

"The Missing Manual". There doesn't seem to be any way of
altering the display font through preferences. Come to think of it,
the display of the timecodes is funky throughout...in the
transitions preview window the codes are usually cut off at the
edge and therefore mostly unreadable.

What gives? Any way to make them more readable?



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Mike Lubrecht wrote:

You likely have a font conflict. Begin by looking in your fonts folder for
the MT Curlz font, which  is installed with Office:Mac. If you have it,
remove it and your should be back in business.

-----Original Message-----
From: ericbuehrens@... [mailto:ericbuehrens@...]
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 9:18 PM
To: iMovie-List@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [iMovie-List] timecodes display
 

The timecodes that are displayed in the Movie Track are in a tiny,
italic font that's barely readable - not the nice sans-serif shown in

"The Missing Manual". There doesn't seem to be any way of
altering the display font through preferences. Come to think of it,
the display of the timecodes is funky throughout...in the
transitions preview window the codes are usually cut off at the
edge and therefore mostly unreadable.

What gives? Any way to make them more readable?
 
 

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Yup - problem solved. Many thanks, Mike and Dann.

--- In iMovie-List@y..., Dann Porter <dannp@u...> wrote:
>
> Thanks. I had the same problem and removing the font (Curlz
MT) solved the
> problem.
>
> Rookie iMovie User
>
> Mike Lubrecht wrote:
>
> > You likely have a font conflict. Begin by looking in your fonts
folder for
> > the MT Curlz font, which  is installed with Office:Mac. If you
have it,
> > remove it and your should be back in business.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ericbuehrens@t... [mailto:ericbuehrens@t...]
> > Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 9:18 PM
> > To: iMovie-List@y...
> > Subject: [iMovie-List] timecodes display
> >
> >
> > The timecodes that are displayed in the Movie Track are in a
tiny,
> > italic font that's barely readable - not the nice sans-serif
shown in
> >
> > "The Missing Manual". There doesn't seem to be any way of
> > altering the display font through preferences. Come to think
of it,
> > the display of the timecodes is funky throughout...in the
> > transitions preview window the codes are usually cut off at
the
> > edge and therefore mostly unreadable.
> >
> > What gives? Any way to make them more readable?
> >
> >
> >
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A new yahoo discussion group about digital video editing has just
started up. It is more general than this one, inclusive of all software
& platforms. You can check it out here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dv-editors/

Hello folks!    So whats up with Yahoo???  Every list that has been taken
over has problems with people trying to get I D names . I guess this list is
no different.  What is the secret? Is Yahoo that bad?  So many lists and so
many complaints. Why can't I keep my old ID?  The automated response tells me
my ID is already used . SURE.    How many people have given up on the list
because of the goofy ID problem.     JIM

A technique that I've found to help synchronize my scene changes to
music is to use solid color GIF files that I import and then adjust the
duration to coordinate with the music.

For example:
Step 1: Use your favorite program to create four different 720x480 GIF
files: red, yellow, blue, and green (I use Graphics Converter)

Step 2: In iMovie pull in your sound track (CD, MP3, whatever...)

Step 3: In iMovie import these 4 files. They will have a default
duration of 10 seconds

Step 4: Highlight the first image and use the duration display to adjust
up or down when the next image displays

Step 5: Repeat for the subsequent colors

Step 6: You will find that the music is in a pattern. After you have
adjusted a few of these solid color clips you can select a group of them
and do copy and paste that should synchronize with the music.

Step 7: Repeat the previous step until you have the entire music clip
with synchronized color changes.

Step 8: Import your video clips.

Step 9: Select a clip and trim its duration to match the duration of the
solid color clip that you wish to replace

Step 10: Drag the clip down to the story line beside the solid color
clip that you ware replacing.

Step 11: Drag the solid color clip to the trash

Step 12: Repeat the previous 3 steps until the video is complete.

Hello all,

Long time lurker, first post.

The other night I tried many times with no success to import an audio wave
file into my project. I'm using iMovie 2 with the Graphite iMac. Each time I
tried to import the .wav iMovie would not see the wav file it didn't show up
at all.

Thanks for any help,

Dean Gudmundson
Ft Lauderdale

.wav is not a native Macintosh format. My guess is it will have to be
converted to something else. I haven't tried to convert sound files yet, but
I'll bet there are programs that can do it. The only type sound file I've
imported is AIFF (I think).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ShadowSnd@... [SMTP:ShadowSnd@...]
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 8:37 AM
> To: iMovie-List@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [iMovie-List] Importing a .wav
>
> Hello all,
>
> Long time lurker, first post.
>
> The other night I tried many times with no success to import an audio wave
>
> file into my project. I'm using iMovie 2 with the Graphite iMac. Each time
> I
> tried to import the .wav iMovie would not see the wav file it didn't show
> up
> at all.
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Dean Gudmundson
> Ft Lauderdale
>
>
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on 5/2/01 4:07 pm, Richardson, Larry at ldrichar@... wrote:

> .wav is not a native Macintosh format.


WAV and AIFF are very similar files - but unfortunately not the same. You
need to convert the WAV to an AIFF.

when an audio file is ripped from a music CD on a PC - it is a WAV, when
this is done on a Mac it is an AIFF.

-N>-

I'm sure they are similar. There are only so many ways to encode sound.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peerpee [SMTP:peerpee@...]
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 10:24 AM
> To: iMovie-List@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [iMovie-List] Importing a .wav
>
> on 5/2/01 4:07 pm, Richardson, Larry at ldrichar@... wrote:
>
> > .wav is not a native Macintosh format.
>
>
> WAV and AIFF are very similar files - but unfortunately not the same. You
> need to convert the WAV to an AIFF.
>
> when an audio file is ripped from a music CD on a PC - it is a WAV, when
> this is done on a Mac it is an AIFF.
>
> -N>-
>
>
>
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>on 5/2/01 4:07 pm, Richardson, Larry at ldrichar@... wrote:
>
>> .wav is not a native Macintosh format.
>


You can download SOUNDAPP from just about anywheres. It will convert wav to aiff

here is a link to one place that has it:

http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10216-108-19240.html?tag=st.dl.10216.up
d.10216-108-19240

If that link doesn't work, either search on SoundApp or go to download.com
and search for it.

Jim

on 2/5/01 10:07 AM, Richardson, Larry at ldrichar@... wrote:

> .wav is not a native Macintosh format. My guess is it will have to be
> converted to something else. I haven't tried to convert sound files yet, but
> I'll bet there are programs that can do it. The only type sound file I've
> imported is AIFF (I think).
>


Quicktime Pro will allow to open a .wav and export it as an .AIFF

Also, There's a great little shareware program called SoundApp that can
convert various sound files to and from a variety of different formats. You
can convert your .wav to a .AIFF using it.

Also, iMovie will allow you to import MP3 files (iMovie converts the file to
an AIFF on the fly). So, that's another option, if you have an MP3 encoder
handy.

--
Doug M. Wilson
--------------------

Ooops...

Sorry for accidentally attaching a file to my last e-mail to the list.

Please disregard.

Thanks and sorry,

Doug M. Wilson

My timecode for still photos looks like a barcode.  I haven't been able to
figure what it means, but if I clear it and type in 60, the photo then has a
duration of 2:00.  I've seen imovie on other computers and a barcode, rather
than a traditional timecode, doesn't appear on other computers.  It must be
my computer.  Any thoughts.

Ever since ugrading to iMovie 2 I have suffered very jerky
previews both full screen and in the preview window but no
more!  Since upgrading macOS 9.0.4 to 9.1 I have nice smooth
movies on my Mac, great.  The only image glitch (viewing PAL DV
footage) it a green hue down the right hand side of the image
and a broken image bad a couple of pixels high near he bottom
of the screen, I presume that these are to do with Quicktime.
(Neither of these appear when I export back to tape so it's just an
annoyance.)  Let me know if you have a solution though....

Now, can anyone tell me if iMovie 2 will work with MacOSX when
it arrives or will iMovie 3 appear?

Thanks,

Terry

Has anyone noticed any serious problems with iMovie (or any other software)
since upgrading to MacOS 9.1? I'm tempted to upgrade from 9.0.4, but prefer to
hear the good, bad and ugly that others may have experienced before I make the
leap. :-)

Dann

"Terry Jones" <terry.jones@...> wrote:

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Ever since ugrading to iMovie 2 I have suffered very jerky
previews both full screen and in the preview window but no
more!  Since upgrading macOS 9.0.4 to 9.1 I have nice smooth
movies on my Mac, great.  The only image glitch (viewing PAL DV
footage) it a green hue down the right hand side of the image
and a broken image bad a couple of pixels high near he bottom
of the screen, I presume that these are to do with Quicktime.
(Neither of these appear when I export back to tape so it's just an
annoyance.)  Let me know if you have a solution though....

Now, can anyone tell me if iMovie 2 will work with MacOSX when
it arrives or will iMovie 3 appear?

Thanks,

Terry



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on 2/7/01 12:49 PM, Dann Porter at dannp@... wrote:

>
> Has anyone noticed any serious problems with iMovie (or any other software)
> since upgrading to MacOS 9.1? I'm tempted to upgrade from 9.0.4, but prefer to
> hear the good, bad and ugly that others may have experienced before I make the
> leap. :-)
>



I've upgraded both of my machines to 9.1 (a B&W G3 and a graphite G4), and I
have found 9.1 to be rock solid. Far fewer crashes than under 9.0.4. iMovie2
runs fine.

A solid upgrade, IMHO.




Doug M. Wilson
--------------------