# iMovie help

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imovie-help/748547>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 10, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imovie-help/748547 "2016-03-10T15:33:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imovie-help/748547/1 "2016-03-10T15:33:02Z")

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I’m a film shooter, not a video editor. I have three video clips in iMovie. I want to ‘splice’ them together and save the file. For a system that’s supposed to be ‘intuitive’, I’m not seeing it.

[Here’s what I have](http://s107.photobucket.com/user/llaaksonen/media/Screen%20Shot%202016-03-10%20at%2007.28.53.png.html?sort=3&o=0).

I tried Share to File, but it only shared the last clip. I selected all of the clips and tried Share again, and it didn’t ask me for a file name. So I have these three clips. If I select them all and play them, they play them in order as expected. Now how do I save the bloody thing? 😕

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imovie-help/748547/2 "2016-03-10T16:37:30Z")

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Looks like you’re just looking at your library. I think you have to create a New Project, then just drop the videos into the Project window, arrange them in the order you want them to play, then “Export.”

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imovie-help/748547/3 "2016-03-10T17:15:23Z")

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> [@DCnDC](#):
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> Looks like you’re just looking at your library. I think you have to create a New Project, then just drop the videos into the Project window, arrange them in the order you want them to play, then “Export.”

Yes, I chose ‘New Movie’ and then selected a theme (No Theme). Then I imported the clips, which are in the bottom window. If I select them all, I can play all of them as a single clip. But I can’t see how to save it. There is no Export option, and Share doesn’t seem to work. Let me start again…

OK, I started again and took [screenshots](http://s107.photobucket.com/user/llaaksonen/media/iMovie%20step%201.png.html?sort=3&o=2) of [three](http://s107.photobucket.com/user/llaaksonen/media/iMovie%20step%202.png.html?sort=3&o=1) [steps](http://s107.photobucket.com/user/llaaksonen/media/iMovie%20step%203.png.html?sort=3&o=0). (The last two look the same. I’m working while this waits in the background, and I don’t remember exactly what I did.) Instead of dragging and dropping the clips, which I did before, I clicked the ‘+’. I Selected All and… Damn, I keep getting distracted by work! I think I clicked Convert trailer to movie. When I clicked Share, I was able to save the whole thing to my desktop.

This is not indicative of my shooting skills. I slipped away from [del]the couch[/del] my office to just grab some images. No tripod, no composing shots, just quick and raw ‘home movie’-level stuff… Anyway, [here it is](http://s107.photobucket.com/user/llaaksonen/media/My%20Movie.mp4.html?sort=3&o=0).

Thanks for the help.