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By: navtej kohli

navtej kohli — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:23:35 +0000

I am a beginner here……. and wondering whether to use imovie or windows movie maker… your suggestions are highly appreicated..

By: mcradge

mcradge — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:17:31 +0000

I tried iMovie HD (‘06) once and it was too complicated. I have never used it again. With iMovie ‘08 I found movie editing easy for the first time. It is hell a lot of improvement compared to the old one. Well done Apple!!!

By: MB

MB — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:58:54 +0000

I’m a novice user of iMovie. I was able to figure out how to separate audio clips, transitions, titles, etc. I even understand time codes. I’m definitely not doing pro-level work. I think I went to Help twice to figure things out. Since they’ve dumbed down iMovie 08 I guess I just won’t upgrade since I can’t afford Final Cut Pro AND a book to learn it. Ya I’m whining.

By: R L

R L — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:29:58 +0000

To Mike who asks how we know Apple will do anything with iMovie ‘08 (or 7 if you prefer), we know because the installer leaves iMovie 6 in place. This was done long before anyone publicly saw the latest iMovie, so it shows that Apple was aware they were feature-light and would get complaints. We don’t know exactly what will come in patch releases (we don’t have to wait for ‘09); we just know they intend to improve upon it. If Apple never intends to add anything more to it, why would they have left the old version lying around, something that’s unprecedented in the iLife installers?

By: Wiley Wiggins

Wiley Wiggins — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:43:59 +0000

I’m a long time Final Cut Pro editor, and I think the new iMovie is a brilliant redesign. It’s pretty much perfect for anyone not doing pro work, it’s fast, streamlined, and smart. The live scrubbing on timeline clips and grouping by events is pretty brilliant.

And Final Cut is not insanely complex to use, it’s insanely deep, if you want to go there. To make the sort of stuff you would make in iMovie, you need about 20 minutes with the first peachpit book. You won’t be sorry. Stop whinin’.

By: Wiley Wiggins

Wiley Wiggins — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:40:38 +0000

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:25:58 +0000

I used to work at a public access tv station where we moved people from analog editing to digital with iMovie and then eventually to FCP. We had success with some of our more challenged members by arranging the windows in FCP in a similar fashion to Imovie. We also set the project to display items in the browser as thumbnails instead of just a clip list by filename.

Here’s a video tutorial from Apple on how old iMovie and FCP/FCE compare that may be useful starting point http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress/quicktours/imovie.html

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:27:51 +0000

You know, this is the problem with Apple. You basically get what they give you, like it or not. You have no, or very limited options.

I stopped using iPhoto years ago because there was NO LINK between keywords and the actual photos. I had 5K photos cataloged in iPhoto before I realized that there was no easy way to “get them out”… If the iPhoto database ever got corrupted, my work was lost. If I ever wanted to use something other than iPhoto, my work was lost. If Apple ever decides that iPhoto was “too complex” and completely changes it… My work was lost.

I was forced to use Windows with MS Digital Image Suite to organize my photos. I now have 35K photos organized. Keywords are on each photo (in EXIF) and in a database. NO RISK. I now use Vista Photo Gallery, but could also use Adobe’s Organizer which will import my Keywords…

I used Macs still EXCLUSIVELY for iMovie and its integration with iDVD… And Apple has TOTALLY and COMPLETELY blown it with iLife 08…

I waited over a year, almost 2, for iMovie 08… With this new version people are saying “Well, Apple will surely add the missing features in the futire releases…”

???

What makes you so sure Apple will do ANYTHING? Do you really want to wait around for another year hoping Apple makes iMovie 09 integrate with iDVD, add audio editing, add your favorite missing feature? Maybe Apple will come out with a dumbed down version of FC Express? Maybe Apple will come out with iMovie Pro???

Yep, and maybe they won’t… Maybe they will drop iDVD (The writing is on the wall…)

For me, I am DONE with Apple. I just sold all 3 of my Macs, (iMac 24″, MacBook Pro, and Black MacBook) on Ebay, and was able to get some pretty kick-butt Vista replacements.

Vista MovieMaker is 95% of what iMovie 06 was, and is better in some respects. It is actually MUCH faster to edit a movie than iMovie was… DVDMAker is no iDVD, but at least I have other options.

If I need to do more, I can get Ulead’s VideoStudio, Adobe Premere Elements, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle, Roxio, etc, etc, etc…

My “trust” in Apple was shattered when they released iLife 08…

I wonder how many of you people saying that “I really like iMovie 08″ will run into a wall when you want to do ANYTHING extra? How quickly will you find iMovie 08 extremely limiting what you want to do? I bet withing the first 3 months of use… But hey, iMovie 09 will only be 1.5 years away at that point, and MAYBE Apple will add a couple features, maybe Apple will make it work with iDVD again… Maybe Maybe Maybe.

Been nice knowing you Apple.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:30:08 +0000

As a first time Mac OS X user (latest Mac Mini – had a PowerBook 520 and Classic II), I made my first 5 minute movie, including 10 clips, transitions, background music, still images, titles, credits, and export to a high quality file in about 25 minutes – from first starting iMovie 7 (in the iLife ‘08 package).

I had never seen the interface before. I was a casual user of Sony’s Movie Studio.

I like it.