How to Export and Convert iMovie Video to AVI

Want to convert iMovie files to .avi format so that you can post them on Facebook? Hope to export an iMovie project as AVI so that you can share with Windows people? Receive an iMovie video clip from a foreign friend but your video player doesn't accept iMovie format? It's really a matter that will drive you crazy, isn't it?

In fact, to convert iMovie to AVI file is not difficult at all. Here I collect two ways to convert iMovie project to AVI including iMovie 10.0, iMovie '11, iMovie '09, iMovie '08 and iMovie HD.

• Way 1. Export iMovie to AVI Free with iMovie itself
• Way 2. Convert iMovie to AVI Format without iMovie

Way 1. Export iMovie to AVI Free with iMovie itself

iMovie itself has a feature to convert videos to .avi format when exporting. Following are the detailed steps to export iMovie project to AVI free with iMovie.

• Launch iMovie on your Mac, and drag the movie to create a new Project.
• Click on "Share > Export using QuickTime" at the top menu bar.
  
  
• In the pop-up window, you can specify the name of the file and the location to save it. Click the Export and select "Movie to AVI". Then you can get into the Options to set the best settings for the video. When all finished, just click on Save button.
  
  

Way 2. Convert iMovie to AVI Format without iMovie

If the iMovie video is from others and you have no iMovie to help transfer it to AVI format, you'd better use iMovie to AVI converter. Here I strongly recommend you Adoreshare iMovie Video Converter for Mac, a program specialized in converting iMovie to AVI, MP4, WEBM, MOV, etc. Now let's start to transfer iMovie .mov/.mp4/.dv videos to AVI with this iMovie video converter.

Free download Adoreshare iMovie Video Converter for Mac and install it on your Mac computer.

• Run this iMovie Video Converter, and click on Add button to import iMovie files into it.
  
  
• Click Video category and select AVI as the output format.
  
  
• Specify an output format and click on Convert button to finish iMovie export to AVI.
  
  

iMovie 11/10/09/08 export AVI is nothing big deal, isn't it. With iMovie and Adoreshare iMovie Video Converter, you can convert and export any iMovie files (.mov, .mp4, .dv) to AVI.