How to Import Videos from your Mac into iMovie?

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iMovie is a easy to use movie editor which can be used to import videos from different sources. You can also import a video from Mac which is stored on an internal or external hard drive. iMovie allows you to import DV, Mpeg-2 and Mper-4 video file formats. If you are importing video into iMovie for the first time, then the HD Import Setting will open automatically to ask you to select default size for importing HD video. You have 2 options to select file size i.e Large and Full. If you select the Large option, then it will reduce the size of the video to save space.

Following are the steps to Import Video from your Mac into iMovie:

  1. Open "iMovie".
  2. Click "File" menu.
  3. Select "Import Movies" option.
  4. Select the video which you want to import to iMovie.
  5. Select the default size for importing HD video. Choose 'Large' option and click "Ok" button.
  6. Select a location to save the video file.
  7. You will see the option to add the video to an existing Event or create a new Event.
  8. If you are saving the video to the same drive, you will have the option to copy or move the file.
  9. If you are saving the video to internal drive from external drive, you will only have the option to copy the file.
  10. This is how you can import video into iMovie from your Mac.

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