exporting your imovie audio into audacity - startit

1 • Save your iMovie project •

To export your sound from iMovie to Audacity, you need to export it as a Quicktime file first and then open the Quicktime file in Audacity.

Exporting your iMovie audio into Audacity

2 • Go to File > Export •

The exportmovie dialog box appears.

3 • Select QuickTime •

4 • Select Expert settings •

5 • Click Share • The standard Save exported file as...dialog box appears.

6 • Name the file that you are going to export and navigate to the Movies or the Music folder to save it • 7 • Export: select Sound to AIFF •

8 • Click Options • The sound settings window appears.

9 • Select your Sound Settings • Format: Linear PCM Channels: select stereo or mono Rate: 48.000 kHz

Sample Size: 16 bit Click OK

10 • Click Save •

11 • Open the exported iMovie file in Audacity • Go to File > Open

Navigate to the file and click Open

12 • The exported file opens in Audacity •

In Audacity manipulate and change your audio file as needed.

13 • When you finish manipulating the audio file, Export the audacity file as an AIFF •

Go under file > Export as AIFF Navigate to a folder and save it.

If the Export As AIFF...option doesn’t appear in the file menu, go to Audacity > Preferences

Click the File Formats tab.

Select AIFF (Apple/SGI 16 bit PCM) in the Uncompressed Export Format pop-up menu.

Click OK

14 • Find the exported Aiff audacity file and drop it into an audio track in iMovie •

Navigate to the folder where you saved the exported file and drag it into iMovie’s timeline.

A progress bar will appear.

The audio file can be found inside the project’s package.

Drag file into an iMovie’s audio track

Note:You can also drag the file intothe iTunes library and access the audacity AIFF files through the Audio Panel in iMovie.