Anybody in Oppoland have experience with iMovie 10?

by "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
Published 05/26/2017 at 18:41

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I have been tasked with making the video for my sons’ 5th grade graduation. I’m using 143 stills to make a slide show with music. I have done it, but I can’t get it to export to anything useful. It’s supposed to make an mp4, but both times I’ve tried it’s made a file with zero bytes.

Ultimately, I could play it in iMovie from my laptop, but I’d rather provide it on a memory stick that could be played on whatever laptop they have wired to their projector/sound system.

A 935 for your time.

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"Grab Paddle" (grabpaddle)
05/26/2017 at 18:56, STARS: 0

youtube is your best friend. look to its vast database of online twotouryalls.

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
05/26/2017 at 19:08, STARS: 0

I have looked at videos for other aspects of this project, but not that. I’ve also perused some Apple forums, and it looks like it might be a functionality that, in typical Apple fashion, has been removed or dumbed down. I might have to recreate it in an older version of the app. Which wouldn’t be the end of the world, but I’d rather not have to do that.

"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
05/26/2017 at 20:11, STARS: 1

I was able to do it but I haven’t updated in a good while.

"Agrajag" (Agrajag)
05/26/2017 at 22:20, STARS: 0

It probably is not finished processing yet. It will put a placeholder icon on your desktop but won’t work until iMovie is done.

Look for this little circle to appear. (can take a few minutes to even pop up)

That’s your progress wheel.

Eventually it’ll start to move.

I had the same issue the first time I used it.

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
05/26/2017 at 23:17, STARS: 1

You are exactly right. The movie is about 10 minutes long, and it took about two hours to process. As far as I can tell, the final product came out just fine. I read a lot about how Apple “streamlined” this latest version, but I think all they really did was make it harder to find the things you need.

Thanks for the reply.

"Agrajag" (Agrajag)
05/26/2017 at 23:25, STARS: 1

You’re welcome. :)