Why Won't iMovie Import my JPEGs!?

idude · June 7, 2002 5:43PM

I have about 120 JPGs I need to import into an iMovie I'm making. Some import fine, but others are grayed. I need these pictures! Do I need to save them differently or something?

seb · June 7, 2002 6:39PM

iMovie is too picky about type/creator file types.

Use GetInfo (available at versiontracker) or one of the other apps mentioned at this site, and follow the instructions you'll find here:

<a href="http://www.danslagle.com/mac/imovie/iMovieFAQ.html#JPGTiffs"; target="_blank">http://www.danslagle.com/mac/imovie/iMovieFAQ.html#JPGTiffs</a>;

Bookmark it. It's handy.

anders · June 7, 2002 7:10PM

You are NOT going to make a still picture tribute "video" out of those images are you? <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />

idude · June 7, 2002 10:37PM

[quote]Originally posted by Anders:

<strong>You are NOT going to make a still picture tribute "video" out of those images are you? <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />

</strong><hr></blockquote>

No I'm not. It's a video I'm making for my old principal. She needs a year in review video, and she want's to implement video and pictures.

Thanks for the site seb. It has answers to a few other of my questions also.

agent302 · June 8, 2002 1:54AM

I had the same problem once as well. A batch convert in Graphic Converter from jpeg to jpeg made it work tho (probably fixed the type and creator codes, as seb mentioned)

Why Won't iMovie Import my JPEGs!?

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