iMovie export as avi problem on a Mac OS X
iMovie makes it easy for Mac users to edit their video clips. Then they can upload them to blogs, share them through YouTube, recreate versions fitting iPod, iPhone and Apple TV, or play on iTunes, QuickTime.

But when you try to save the resultant imovie projects in the format .avi and export it to other handy editing applications or storage devices, it wont work fine and you even cannot get the complete movie. So what can you do to solve this problem?

How to export an iMovie project as a avi file on Mac OS?

iMovie to AVI Converter is an easy-to-use yet high efficient software to convert iMovie videos to AVI without losing quality. Besides, As the powerful iMovie to AVI Converter, It supports converting all kinds of iMovie output videos such as MOV, HDV, DV, MPEG-4, M4V, 3GP to AVI video format. And the converted AVI video file will be compatible with most media devices like Windows Movie Maker, Windows Media Player, PowerPoint Presentation, Xbox media centre machine, PSP, PS3, Wii, Archos, Creative ZEN, iRiver, Xbox and BlackBerry.

Apart from converting iMovie to AVI, iMovie to AVI Converter can also convert iMovie output video to WMV, FLV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MKV, 3GP, ASF, SWF, VOB, RM, and etc. Moreover, this powerful iMovie to AVI Converter also can convert various videos from iTunes, YouTube, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, QuickTime, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express to AVI format.

Step by step guide on how to convert iMovie to AVI

Step 1:Free download iMovie to AVI Converter, install it on your Mac, and run it.

Step 2: Add iMovie videos. Click Add file button to add exported iMovie videos to the program.

Step 3: Set AVI as output format. From the drop-down list of Profile, you can find AVI from common videos. Then set output path from the Destination to save the converted videos.

Tip: You can trim, merge, adjust video effect before export iMovie to AVI.

Step 4:video and audio setting. Hit setting button to set video and audio parameters.

Step 5: Convert iMovie to AVI. After finish setting, hit Convert button to start convert iMovie to AVI

Tips: If you need to export iMovie to FLV for uploading to YouTube, you can try iMovie to YouTube Converter

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"How to put an MP4 onto iMovie? I am working on a school project and I'm not quite sure how to get these videos onto iMovie. I've downloaded all of them to become an MP4 (not mpeg4, or whatever) because I thought that's how you do it. It's still not allowing me to add them on. Please help!! My grade's in jeopardy!"

iMovie is supposed to work with MP4, but not always the case. Becayse MP4 is a file container for video and audio which may contain any number of video, audio and even subtitle streams, making it different to determine the type of streams in an MPEG-4 file based on its filename extension alone.

Therefore, you need a program to help you convert your MP4 video (either downloaded from websites, shot by camcorders or made by other applications) to iMovie MP4, MOV video. Don't worry, this is what MP4 to iMovie Converter can do.

With MP4 to iMovie Converter, you can easily convert MP4 to iMovie recognized MP4, MOV files for freeimport MP4 into iMovie. Besides converting MP4 to iMovie for importing MP4 to iMovie, it can also convert other video files AVI, WMV, MPG, FLV, 3GP, MKV, AVCHD etc to iMovie for editing.

Step 1: Download and install MP4 to iMovie Converter
Free download MP4 to iMovie Converter, install it on your computer, open it to pop up the following main interface:

Step 2: Load MP4 to iMovie
Click Add File button to click your desired MP4 video to MP4 to iMovie Converter. As batch process mode is supported. You can load as many MP4 video as you can.

Step 3: Select output format and directory
Click the drop-down list beside Settings to select iMovie as output format (Application -> iMovie). In the same way, you can select a path to save your converted files from the drop-down list of destinations

Step 4: Convert MP4 to iMovie
After all the settings have been done, click Convert to begin converting. Wait for a while, then you can import MP4 to iMovie.

Tips: You can also do some basic editings within MP4 to iMovie Converter, the editing functions can be accessed via Clip, Edit and Settings on the main interface. If you got AVI files, and need to be edited in iMovie, you can try AVI to iMovie Converter

iMovie is a powerful video editing software sold by Apple for the Mac, iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. It can import video files to the Mac either using the FireWire interface on most MiniDV format digital video cameras or the computer's USB port. Besides, It can also import photo files from hard drive. Therefore, the user can do some edition to the photo files and video clips such as adding titles, music, and effects, adjusting color contrast, and so on.

iMovie'11 (Version 9.0) |was launched on October 20, 2010 within theiLife '11 package. It's got to be able to create trailers for home movies, with additional control over audio, instant replay as well as flash and maintain effects, facial recognition, news themes, and the capability to watch the video on a Mac, iPad, iPhone/iPod touch, or Apple TV, and also sharing on Facebook and YouTube. What's more, it now supports the AVCHD Lite format.

Can so powerful software be replaced? The answer is not that definite but there are some apps can replace is to some extent.

FiLMiC Pro is an iPhone app that enables user to create personalized movies easily. FiLMiC Pro takes movie producing to a new level and turns your iPhone into one of the most powerful and robust full featured HD video cameras around. FiLMiC Pro offers so many ways to assist your camera that all your video clips can be turned to masterpiece easily.

Key features of FiLMiC Pro
Variable Frame Rates (1-25 and 30fps) including both the US (24p) and European (25p) film production standards.
Four Selectable Resolutions (iPhone 4 or 4th Gen iPod Touch).
Framing Guide Overlays (4:3, 16:9, & 2:35.1).
Thirds Guide for help with compositions.
Audio Metering.
Color Bars for Post Production.
Film Production Style Slate for adding info to your clips, syncing dual system audio, and organizing your clips.

VLMC（VideoLAN Movie Creator） is a non-linear editing software for video creation based on libVLC and running on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X! It is a free software distributed under the terms of the GPL v2.

Key features:
Can be used on different platforms
Based on VLC
Support most formats and export to most formats
Simple use yet powerful
Can upload video to YouTube

Tips: iMovie can only work with a few video formats like MOV, MPEG4, DV etc, if you have other files that need to edit in iMovie, you need to find a iMovie Converter to convert your video files to iMovie compatible videos

MPG is the most common video format in the digital video world. It is also called MPEG, i.e, Moving Picture Experts Group. It is supported by most softwares and devices now. Most videos distributed on the Internet are at the .mpg or .mpeg format.

As the popularity of the MPG videos is that great, editing MPG files become necessary for the movie geeks. However, if you ever edited MPG files with some softwares, you may find sometime the sound track lose or some other problems occur while editing MPG files. Do not worry, iOrgsoft MPG Editor can solve such problems easily. The guide below will show you how to edit MPG files step by step.

Step 1. Free download MPEG Editor on your computer, install and run it.

Step 2. Load MPG files. Simply click Add Videos to load MPG files, then drag them to the Video area on the Timeline, click the preview button, now you can edit the .mpg videos.
 

A. Add image to the video. Drag the image to the Video area A at the same time area as the video, you will see the image appear in the video. You can change the place and size of the image on the timeline to set the appearing and lasting time in the video.
 

B. Just like adding image, you can add audio to the .mpg videos.

C. Add text to video. Drag the selected text to the text area on the timeline, double click it then you can input text. You also can change the appearing and lasting time in the video
 

D. Basic editing.Click Setting button,here you can adjust video effect such as contrast, brightness, hue, saturation, add special effect to the video, crop video and set Fade in and Fade out way for the audio.
 

E. Clip video. Simply click the Scissors when preview the current video, you will get the cut video then.

F. Add Transition. You just need to drag the transition provided by the editor to join two videos on Video area A and B on the join point of the two videos.

Step 3. Output parameter setting. When the edition above are finished, click Save and publish to set output parameters such as output formats, output path, video and audio parameters before save the video.

Question:"I get some 3GP videos recorded by my GSM phones, now I want to edit something on them such as clip, merge and rotate, but when I try to put them to Windows Movie Maker, the software seems can not recognize 3GP files, so is there a software to edit .3gp files?"

      3GP is a common video format for phones, to edit such files you just need a 3GP Editor. Here I would like to introduce iOrgsoft 3GP Editor to you. iOrgsoft 3GP Editor can help you clip, crop,merge videos, adjust video effect, and add personalized things such image, text, audio, special effect to video to customize 3GP videos. Besides, it support editing various video formats including MKV,MOV,WMV,AVI, AVCHD, MP4,MOD,and so on.

Step 1: Import 3GP files
Click Add Videos to add 3GP files and then drag them to the video area below, preview the file on the right window.

Step 2: Edit 3GP files

A.Clip 3GP: Click the video in the timeline, click "Scissors" button to clip the video when it comes to your desired time point.

B.Crop, apply effect to 3GP: double click the video or hit Setting button, you will go to the editing panel, here you can adjust brightness, contrast, saturation and hue from the Video tab, Crop video, add special effect to 3GP file from the Effect tab

C. Add image, audio, text,and transition. 3GP Editor can help you add personalized things to video such as image, audio, text, and transition. You just need to drag them to the proper place on the timeline, what deserve some mention is that you need to drag image to Video area A so that the image can appear on the front of the video.

Step 3: Output parameters setting
When you have finished editing, hit the Save and publish button to set output parameters such as output formats(if you want to save the 3GP file as other formats), output path, video and audio parameters before save the video.

Note: If you want to edit 3GP files on Mac,you can turn to Video Editor for Mac for help.