Posted by Richard Crowley on 10/13/07 19:31

monica.cavanaugh wrote ...
> Apparently I made a disasterous mistake by ever
> installing ImageMixer 3 when I got my Panasonic
> SDR-H18 last month. Now all of my movies are
> trapped in ImageMixer

Why "trapped"? Are you saying that once you transfered
the video from your camcorder, you erased the video on
the camcorder?

> and I can't for the life of me get them out so
> that I can edit them in iMovie.

In exactly what state do they exist on your computer
now? Are they in files that you can see? What kind
of files are they? (what file extension, etc.)

> I have read a lot of terrible reviews of IM, and it
> seems a lot of people have uninstalled it, as it isn't
> really necessarry. I would be glad to do that, but I
> don't want to lose my files!

It is not clear from what you have written that removing
an application program will have any effect on your video
files. Can you explain why you think removing the program
would destroy the video?

> I've tried saving to the hard drive

If the video is not on the hard drive now, then exactly
where is it?

> as well as all the usual exporting/ importing routes for
> iMovie, but it's just not working.

You will likely need to describe your exporting attemps
in detail. A generaly arm-waving dismissal of the
feature us unlikely to give us enough detail to help you.
What options are aailable for "Save As" (or equivalent)?

I found a discussion of getting the MPEG files out of
your camcorder into iMovie here...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4975840&
(I Googled for: Panasonic SDR-H18 mpeg)
Even more results Googling for: SDR-H18 imovie

> Can someone help me save my movies??

With sufficient information and cooperation from you,
it seems likely that your movies can be saved.

> And if you have any other advice on the camera/
> software, that would be helpful as well.

You didn't explain why you found ImageMixer
inadequate?

[Back to original message]