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bemayo · May 11, 2001, 12:05 PM

I am creating a video that we are going to show at work. My workplace is all PC and I would just like for them to know that I created this masterpiece

on a Mac. I would like a graphic or video that says something along the lines of "Made with iMovie on a Mac". I was going to roll my own, but I could not find any sizeable graphics of the iMovie logo or icon. Anybody have anything along those lines or can tell me where to find iMovie graphic(s)?

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Picking Apples Since '87

ddiokno · May 11, 2001, 02:25 PM

Hey Bill,
How about the splash screen that starts everytime iMovie starts? That would be very cool (the one with the kids circling, then it shows the directors tool closing then shows and Apple with iMovie on it...) It is in the resource folder of iMovie called "Splash.mov".
good luck and let us know how it goes!
dave

bemayo · May 11, 2001, 04:31 PM

Originally posted by ddiokno:
Hey Bill,
How about the splash screen that starts everytime iMovie starts? That would be very cool (the one with the kids circling, then it shows the directors tool closing then shows and Apple with iMovie on it...) It is in the resource folder of iMovie called "Splash.mov".
good luck and let us know how it goes!
dave

Great idea! I hadn't thought of that, but it probably wouldn't have occurred to me that the opening would be easily accessible anyway. Sounds like the perfect solution to my problem!

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Bill Mayo
Picking Apples Since '87

ddiokno · May 11, 2001, 06:56 PM

That's going to be an awesome intro!
good luck!
dave

jcarr · May 13, 2001, 09:44 AM

Originally posted by ddiokno:
Hey Bill,
How about the splash screen that starts everytime iMovie starts? That would be very cool (the one with the kids circling, then it shows the directors tool closing then shows and Apple with iMovie on it...) It is in the resource folder of iMovie called "Splash.mov".
good luck and let us know how it goes!
dave

jcarr · May 13, 2001, 09:46 AM

Originally posted by ddiokno:
directors tool

That device is known as a "slate," and was originally used to sync the video and audio in post production by matching the "snap!" sound with the frame of the slate in the closed position.

Just thought I'd throw that in...

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ddiokno · May 13, 2001, 10:44 AM

Originally posted by jcarr:
That device is known as a "slate," and was originally used to sync the video and audio in post production by matching the "snap!" sound with the frame of the slate in the closed position.
Just thought I'd throw that in...

Thanks... that was literally driving me crazy... and my officemates ... as we were trying to figure that out... since we ahd seen it thousands of times .... All I had it associates with was cut and action...
thanks again,
dave

BigMark · May 14, 2001, 05:03 AM

"That device is known as a "slate," and was originally used to sync the video and audio in post production by matching the "snap!" sound with the frame of the slate in the closed position.

Just thought I'd throw that in..."

ah, you learn a new thing every day.

Thanks

Felix · May 17, 2001, 04:57 AM

That Splash into is a *.mov file. How do you import such a file into an iMovie Project?

jcarr · May 17, 2001, 06:49 AM

Originally posted by Felix:
That Splash into is a *.mov file. How do you import such a file into an iMovie Project?

Export the movie to a DV Stream (you'll need QuickTime Pro) and then import the clip into iMovie 2.

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hedgehog · May 18, 2001, 08:45 PM

Perhaps it's British terminology, but a 'slate' is also known as a 'clapper board' (for obvious reasons)

jcarr · May 21, 2001, 07:04 AM

Originally posted by hedgehog:
Perhaps it's British terminology, but a 'slate' is also known as a 'clapper board' (for obvious reasons)

That may very well be, after all you call cookies biscuits too.

I think the US term "slate" derives from the surface used to write (typically with chalk) scene & director info etc.

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bemayo · May 21, 2001, 09:35 AM

Just as a follow up, the video went over very well. I had a lot of people (and I work in the MIS department) stunned by what I was able to do. Several people were asking me about doing it on the Mac, although most of them didn't seem to understand the difference between iMovie and iMac. I tried to explain that iMovie was the software and I had a Power Mac, but that drew some blank stares...

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Bill Mayo
Picking Apples Since '87

jcarr · May 23, 2001, 12:51 PM

Originally posted by bemayo:
although most of them didn't seem to understand the difference between iMovie and iMac. I tried to explain that iMovie was the software and I had a Power Mac, but that drew some blank stares...

That is not surprising. I know many users who claim to be "computer literate," but still do not understand even the simplest concepts like the difference between an applicaiton and a document. They mey be litterate, but they're only reading on a second-grade level.

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ddiokno · May 23, 2001, 09:12 PM

Originally posted by bemayo:
Just as a follow up, the video went over very well. I had a lot of people (and I work in the MIS department) stunned by what I was able to do. Several people were asking me about doing it on the Mac, although most of them didn't seem to understand the difference between iMovie and iMac. I tried to explain that iMovie was the software and I had a Power Mac, but that drew some blank stares...

Bill,
That's great to hear! Congrats! Were you able to use the iMovie clip? Did you start with it or end with it?
regards,
dave

bemayo · May 23, 2001, 10:02 PM

Originally posted by ddiokno:

Bill,
That's great to hear! Congrats! Were you able to use the iMovie clip? Did you start with it or end with it?
regards,
dave

Sorry I didn't make that clearer in my post. I did indeed use the clip. It came up at the end of the credits. I did a text display saying something like "Created entirely using..." and then the iMovie clip. That display seemed to be the source of the confusion with my co-workers (it shows the Apple logo with 'iMovie' under it).

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Bill Mayo
Picking Apples Since '87