Recover lost iMovie volume fades in QuickTime exports
May 14, '03 10:04:00AM
Contributed by: jspivack
When I (export a project from iMovie (3.02) to QuickTime on my iBook 700 (640MB RAM, OS X.2.6), it loses song volume adjustments such as fadeouts. I overcame this using SndSampler, a Classic app with a free version (3.7.1). Because it works mainly in AIFF format, it's a nice fit for iMovie. Here's how to fix the problem, step by step:
- Edit your movie as usual, including fading songs in and out. Note the time stamps of the segments of the songs that you have used.
- Quit iMovie.
- Go into your iMovie project's Media folder and open the relevant songs with SndSampler.
- Modify the song, adding the fade-ins and fade-outs where you want them.
- Save the modified song back into the Media folder
- Launch iMovie and export the project
Voila! You can probably do the same thing with SoundStudio (PotW 30 Dec 2002), but it'll cost ya $50...
[robg adds: I haven't had a chance to confirm this issue with exported fades -- has anyone else run into this?]
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