Category: iLife
Tips for Exporting for iDVD
Aaron at Unlocking iMovie ’08 offers some good tips for getting your iMovie video into iDVD. Since iMovie no longer includes the capability to make DVD chapter markers, a common workaround is to bring the movie into GarageBand and enter markers there before zipping it along to iDVD. However, there appears to be problems with ...
iMovie ’08 and Time Machine
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard launches today, and I’ve been using it to take screenshots of iMovie for my book (which, irritatingly, isn’t listed at Amazon yet for some reason). I like Leopard a lot so far, even though I haven’t had the time to really explore many of the new features. Although nothing about ...
iMovie 7.1 Fixes a Lot of Annoyances
Looks like Apple has been busy with iLife in the past month, because the just-dropped iMovie 7.1 (and updates for the rest of iLife ’08) just appeared. It’s a 44.6 MB stand-alone update, or you can get it via Software Update. Here’s what has changed: What’s New in this Version This update addresses several areas ...
Macworld’s iMovie ’08 Review
Macworld has posted their review of iMovie ’08, written by Mike Curtis of HD for Indies. (I was originally tapped to write the review, but I had to back out; my plate is overflowing already, and I wouldn’t have had the time to review iMovie ’08 fully given that it’s now a completely new program.) ...
iMovie 7.0.1 Fixes Bugs
Apple today updated iMovie ’08, fixing unspecified bugs and addressing an issue with publishing to .Mac Web galleries. The iMovie 7.0.1 updater is a 9 MB download, or is available via Software Update.
iMac Review at Apple Hot News
My latest Seattle Times column on Apple’s new iMac appeared on Saturday, and today a friend pointed out that Apple is featuring it on their Hot News page: “The very model of a modern Macintosh” iMac, “the very model of a modern Macintosh,” may have evolved over the years into “this new aluminum fighter-jet of ...
My iDVD ’08 Review and Apple’s Disdain for DVDs
Macworld has posted my full review of iDVD ’08. For the most part, this update isn’t remarkable, though it does clean up the interface a bit and adds pro-level (two-pass variable bitrate) encoding. I also focus a little on Apple’s waning interest in DVDs. When I did a briefing with Apple, I asked about the ...
First Look: iDVD ’08
My first-look article on iDVD ’08 is now up at Macworld: First Look: iDVD ’08. This one wasn’t as difficult as the iMovie one, since not a lot has changed in the latest version of iDVD. Apple has incorporated a few nice polishes. I’m currently testing the new Professional Quality encoding setting, but it’s time-consuming: ...
First Look: iMovie ’08
My first-look at iMovie ’08 article for Macworld has just been posted: First Look: iMovie ’08. It ended up being much longer than what my editor assigned, just because so much has changed since iMovie HD 6. Take what you know about iMovie, put it into an imaginary box, and store that box in a ...
Importing from a Hard Disk Camcorder in iMovie ’08
I went to a Sony Style store yesterday to see how iMovie ’08 actually performs with hard-drive based camcorders (I don’t currently have one of these to test with). After convincing the staff there that I was legitimate, and agreeing that I would delete any footage of the store that I shot with their camera ...
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