Some help for video editing

I have to do a social documentary for a school project, but we've encountered some problems.

1) Is there a good and free .MTS to .MOV video file converter?
2) I need a good guide to iMovie - is there a good one on the net?
3) Anyone with a guide on doing stop motion? I've seen one for .GIF pics on SP, but none for videos.

Thanks.

I have to do a social documentary for a school project, but we've encountered some problems.

1) Is there a good and free .MTS to .MOV video file converter?
2) I need a good guide to iMovie - is there a good one on the net?
3) Anyone with a guide on doing stop motion? I've seen one for .GIF pics on SP, but none for videos.

Thanks.

1) im sure theres one one around some place check google (if its a codec issue google perian for mac)
2) iMovies pretty easy to use just drag and drop again google is you friend.
3) Stop motion is good fun but sometimes time consuming on iMovie, on sonyvegas its quite easy, but im going to assume you have a mac so thats a no go. pretty much take pictures in succsession and the put them close together