Category: iLife
GarageBand for Previewing Movie Scores
Screenwriter John August (whose credits include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Go) recently wrote and directed a feature film (currently untitled). On his blog, August has detailed miscellaneous aspects of The Movie, as he calls it, including how he’s using GarageBand to preview Alex Wurman’s score as it’s being written. ...
New 24-inch iMac: Ultimate iMovie Mac?
Woke up late this morning to discover that Apple has released a new iMac with a 24-inch screen. That’s 1920 by 1200 pixels of resolution. That’s almost native HD resolution for editing 1080i HDV (which is 1920 by 1080 pixels); you have to give up some of those pixels for iMovie’s interface. Still, that’s a ...
iLife ’06 Performance on New Mac Pro
Anandtech has an in-depth look at the new Intel-based Mac Pro, including performance results from iLife ’06 applications. Things are obviously speedier, but especially with iDVD 6, where even on fast machines video encoding seems eternal (or maybe I just burn too many projects on deadline). (Link via Camcorderinfo.)
I’m interviewed on iLifeZone podcast
Scott Bourne of the iLifeZone podcast interviewed me last week about iMovie HD 6, iDVD 6, and my new book iMovie HD 6 & iDVD 6 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide. You can download the podcast (it’s Episode #5) at the iTunes Music Store.
iPhoto Tip: Grey Balance
Christopher Breen discovered a hidden feature in iPhoto 6: when editing a photo, Command-click anywhere. The Temperature and Tint values change based on the color of the pixel you clicked.
The Book Is Out!
Finally, today, I see that Amazon has iMovie HD 6 & iDVD 6 Visual QuickStart Guide in stock and shipping. Hooray! I’m still waiting to see a copy myself, in all of its full color goodness. And it’s still available for 37% off: c’mon, a full-color, information-packed guide for $16? That’s a great deal.
Tip: Resize Media Pane
(One aspect of book production is that there’s a finite amount of space to work with. As a result, some tips didn’t make it into the print edition of the latest edition. Here’s one; more are on the way.) Both iMovie HD 6 and iDVD 6 leave little room in their respective Media panes to ...
QuickTime 7.1
Apple released QuickTime 7.1 last week, accompanying it with their now-typical brief release notes. Allow me to republish them here in their entirety: QuickTime 7.1 is an important release that delivers numerous bug fixes, support for iLife ’06, and H.264 performance improvements. This update is highly recommended for all QuickTime 7 users. However, there seems ...
No CD Import in iMovie HD 6
I just realized that iMovie HD 6 no longer lets you import music directly from a compact disc. It’s not that surprising, since Apple wants everyone to use iTunes for everything. And it’s not surprising that I just ran across this, considering that I hardly ever buy CDs, much less pull music from them directly ...
iLife ’06: Don’t move iLife support files from installed locations
A new Apple knowledgebase article effectively says, keep things where you found them: iLife ’06: Don’t move iLife support files from installed locations. This is one of the tradeoffs that make iLife easy to work with. As long as you’re happy with where Apple stores your files, you won’t have problems. I guess this is ...
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