iMovie HD: About limiting clip length when importing

iMovie HD 6 allows you to limit the length of video clips when you are importing from a DV or HDV camera.

To configure these settings:

1. Open iMovie HD.
2. From the iMovie HD menu, choose Preferences.
3. Click the Import tab.

You can select the following settings:

• Start a new clip at each scene break
• Limit scene length

With the "Start a new clip at each scene break" option, iMovie HD automatically creates a new clip wherever there's a scene break (places where the camcorder was switched from pause to record during shooting).

With the "Limit scene length" option, iMovie HD automatically creates a new clip when importing reaches the time limit you've specified.

Notes

• These settings are only effective when importing from DV and HDV sources. Capturing from an iSight camera does not allow you to limit scene length with these settings.
• iMovie HD does not break up scenes shorter than 30 frames (about one second), so some short scenes may be merged with longer ones when imported.
• If automatic scene detection is turned on and your imported footage isn't being broken at scene breaks, make sure the date and time on your camera are set correctly.