Comments on: iMovie HD: Initial Impressions http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/10/imovie-hd-initial-impressions/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:55:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/10/imovie-hd-initial-impressions/#comment-42926 Wesley Fryer Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:25:27 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/10/imovie-hd-initial-impressions/#comment-42926 Dean: I did NOT realize iMovie '06 was available to iLife '08 owners as a free download. That is great news! Thanks! Dean: I did NOT realize iMovie ‘06 was available to iLife ‘08 owners as a free download. That is great news! Thanks!

]]> By: Dean Mattson http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/10/imovie-hd-initial-impressions/#comment-42925 Dean Mattson Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:04:58 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/10/imovie-hd-initial-impressions/#comment-42925 My reaction to the new iMovie is much the same as yours. It was very disconcerting at first and I couldn't figure out how to do the simplest things. It took awhile to relearn everything. But I think the way you select clips and insert them into a movie will be much faster in the new version. I also like the export options. By the way, the old version is availble as a free download to people "who have purchased and installed iLife ’08." (That seems to imply it's not available for those who have iLife '08 preinstalled on a new computer.) Details here: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/imovieHD6.html My reaction to the new iMovie is much the same as yours. It was very disconcerting at first and I couldn’t figure out how to do the simplest things. It took awhile to relearn everything. But I think the way you select clips and insert them into a movie will be much faster in the new version. I also like the export options.

By the way, the old version is availble as a free download to people “who have purchased and installed iLife ’08.” (That seems to imply it’s not available for those who have iLife ‘08 preinstalled on a new computer.) Details here: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/imovieHD6.html

]]> By: Mathew http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/10/imovie-hd-initial-impressions/#comment-42914 Mathew Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:50:38 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/10/imovie-hd-initial-impressions/#comment-42914 I started using Final Cut Pro and have had to learn iMovie in environments with newbies and kids. I find that '08 is easier to use than iMovie '06 because you can fine-tune edits easier. I find '06 to be a bit finicky in terms of how how you trim clips. I say this from working with kids and seeing them struggle slightly dragging clips to where they want them in '06. I guess Final Cut (pro or express) is intimidating to some but it's actually easier than both programs in that you can precisely choose your in and out points and you can stretch still images to whatever length you want. I started using Final Cut Pro and have had to learn iMovie in environments with newbies and kids.

I find that ‘08 is easier to use than iMovie ‘06 because you can fine-tune edits easier. I find ‘06 to be a bit finicky in terms of how how you trim clips. I say this from working with kids and seeing them struggle slightly dragging clips to where they want them in ‘06.

I guess Final Cut (pro or express) is intimidating to some but it’s actually easier than both programs in that you can precisely choose your in and out points and you can stretch still images to whatever length you want.

]]> By: Ken Pendergrass http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/10/imovie-hd-initial-impressions/#comment-42908 Ken Pendergrass Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:44:25 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/10/imovie-hd-initial-impressions/#comment-42908 Wesley- I thought at first I would miss the features in the early version of iMovie, but the new version of iMovie HD is pretty great for all the reasons you mentioned...I recently did a Veteran's Day mashup that only had pictures and titles that were lyrics with a corresponding sound track. I needed to set the titles to come up at various intervals in time with the lyrics. I found on several occasions after I set the duration in the edit window, if I went back and added a picture or changed a picture duration, title durations tended to change at will...a bit frustrating, but I was pleased with the final "close captioned" sing along for our assembly. -Ken Wesley-

I thought at first I would miss the features in the early version of iMovie, but the new version of iMovie HD is pretty great for all the reasons you mentioned…I recently did a Veteran’s Day mashup that only had pictures and titles that were lyrics with a corresponding sound track. I needed to set the titles to come up at various intervals in time with the lyrics. I found on several occasions after I set the duration in the edit window, if I went back and added a picture or changed a picture duration, title durations tended to change at will…a bit frustrating, but I was pleased with the final “close captioned” sing along for our assembly.
-Ken

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