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Luanne Eris Fose, Ph.D.

Exporting Your iMovie Project

When you finish working on your iMovie project, you will need to export it into a finished movie

format. There are several ways you can format your movie:

1. Export it as a QuickTime movie to play on your computer.

2. Export it as a QuickTime movie to play from a web page (either with a streaming

server or within the web page).

3. Export it as a QuickTime movie to send and play within an email message.

4. Burn it onto a DVD disc.

5. Save it to a DV camcorder tape so you can watch it on TV from your camcorder or

transfer it to another medium such as VHS tape.

If you save your finished movie on DV tape in raw digital video format, you can preserve the full

quality of the original video just the way it looked when you shot it. Once the iMovie is

exported back to the tape in your camcorder, you can view it in your camcorder, watch it on TV

by connecting your camcorder directly to your television, or record it to VHS with the video

recorder connected to your television.

To export your movie back to tape:

1. Connect your camera to your computer using a FireWire cable, as you did when you

imported your footage before.

2. Make sure you have a blank DV tape in your camcorder (or a tape you don’t mind

taping over) and then set your camera to VTR mode.

3. Choose File > Share > Videocamera.

4. Type a number in the field to specify how long you want the computer to wait before

it begins exporting the movie. You can also specify if you want to add black footage

on the tape before and after your movie.

5. Click the Share button.

6. When the movie is finished exporting, you can use the tape as your would any other

digital videotape.

Note: If you have trouble recording back to your camera, check to see if your tape is write-

protected.

To export for burning to iDVD:

1. Choose File > Share > iDVD.

2. Click Share.

3. iMovie will take a while to export and compress your movie. You can then open

iDVD and continue to work on the movie.

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