workflow with imovie soundtrack

	workflow with imovie soundtrack by eyecamiam on Aug 20, 2006 at 10:12:49 pm I imported an imovie project into garage band, made a bunch of modifications to the sound track. Then noticed there was no export to imovie option. I exported as a QuickTime movie and then imported that into imovie. But the movie quality has taken a severe hit. I am now extracting the audio track and will try to sync that to my original footage. There has to be a better workflow. What do you suggest? Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: workflow with imovie soundtrack by eyecamiam on Aug 21, 2006 at 7:34:35 pm Ok. all that worked but I can also import the audio in imovie: media>audio>garageband>project name. Easy. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: workflow with imovie soundtrack by thebeatsuite on Sep 3, 2006 at 2:52:56 am 1. Export full quality movie from imovie project 2. Open the exported movie in Quicktime and use Quicktime (pro) to export the sound only as 44.1 khz wav. 3. import that audio into garageband, make adjustments. Export to iTunes. 4. You can then re-import this newly created audio mix back into imovie and delete or mute the original audio. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: workflow with imovie soundtrack by eyecamiam on Sep 3, 2006 at 3:52:52 pm Thanks. What I ended up doing: 1. share > garage band. 2. In garage band - deleted the video track and edited the sound track. 3. In Imoive > media > garage band folder and selected the track. 4. Copied that to the timeline and as you say deleted the original. Is going the quicktime pro route better in terms of sound quality? I'm not sure if the imported garage band sound track played the same in both apps. I tweaked it in the imovie equalizer again and was fairly happy with the results. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: workflow with imovie soundtrack by Ron Lindeboom on Sep 3, 2006 at 4:02:39 pm It sounds like you are taking a generational hit by having it reformat your file on export. What the guys at thebeatsuite are telling you is the correct answer: Go into the export settings in Quicktime and make sure that you are exporting at 44.1Khz and in 16bit stereo. Likely, your settings are something else and are lower file size settings that are crushing your file and are giving you that "hissy, hollow" sound. Fooling around with the equalizer will help but only to a point; the real solution is making sure your export settings are correct in Quicktime. Best regards, Ron Lindeboom Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: workflow with imovie soundtrack by eyecamiam on Sep 3, 2006 at 5:21:43 pm Thanks. And I need the PRO version of QT to do this? Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: workflow with imovie soundtrack by Ron Lindeboom on Sep 4, 2006 at 12:27:13 am I believe so. I own QT Pro on all my machines, so I cannot remember what is in the base system but I do not think that the export options are in the free version. Best regards, Ron Lindeboom creativecow.net Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: workflow with imovie soundtrack by David Battistella on Sep 4, 2006 at 4:16:47 am I am pretty sure the PRO version is about 29 USD. It comes free with FCP Studio. It is worth it because you will find yourself using it for more than this one appplication. David Peace and Love :) Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index