Red line at the bottom of clips in imovie

bwinona · bwinona #1 (**permalink**)

03-06-2013, 12:00 AM

Hi. I'm new to making movies. I imported two clips from SAM animation. Well, actually, I exported them from SAM animation to my documents folder. Then I went into imovie and imported the clips. The clips had the "dot mov" at the end. They both imported fine into imovie. However, now I have a thin red line going across the bottom of both clips. I don't know what that line is for. Also, the transition between the clips won't complete. When I play the movie from the beginning, it gets stuck on the transition part. Why? How can I fix these problems? I would appreciate any and all help I can get. Thank you.

chas_m · chas_m #2 (**permalink**)

03-06-2013, 07:43 AM

The thin "red" line usually signifies that you have used the clips in your project (the "used" line is actually more orange in colour. It's just an easy way of showing you what bits of footage you have used from the clips in your actual project.

As for the transition problem, I can't really say except to double-check that you have enough time in the clips being bridged to support the length of the transition plus some extra time.

MightyGem · MightyGem #3 (**permalink**)

03-06-2013, 04:06 PM

Try deleting the Transition and then re-inserting.

chas_m #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 22, 2010 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 18,086 Mac Specs: Mid-2012 MBP (16GB, 1TB HD), BenQ second monitor, iPhone 5s 32GB, iPad Air 2 64GB	03-06-2013, 07:43 AM The thin "red" line usually signifies that you have used the clips in your project (the "used" line is actually more orange in colour. It's just an easy way of showing you what bits of footage you have used from the clips in your actual project. As for the transition problem, I can't really say except to double-check that you have enough time in the clips being bridged to support the length of the transition plus some extra time. Cheers, chas_m -- My essay for switchers and newbies • Keeping your Mac in top form
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bwinona #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 05, 2013 Posts: 1	03-06-2013, 12:00 AM Hi. I'm new to making movies. I imported two clips from SAM animation. Well, actually, I exported them from SAM animation to my documents folder. Then I went into imovie and imported the clips. The clips had the "dot mov" at the end. They both imported fine into imovie. However, now I have a thin red line going across the bottom of both clips. I don't know what that line is for. Also, the transition between the clips won't complete. When I play the movie from the beginning, it gets stuck on the transition part. Why? How can I fix these problems? I would appreciate any and all help I can get. Thank you.
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