I am in a similar situation. I bought a new MBP just 3 weeks ago.
And you know what... the more I read about iMovie 08, the more I am glad that I didn't wait until now to buy my MBP!
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iLife '08 Introduced
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I am in a similar situation. I bought a new MBP just 3 weeks ago.
And you know what... the more I read about iMovie 08, the more I am glad that I didn't wait until now to buy my MBP!
SL
Just $79.00 people get a grip
Come on... it's less then $80.00. What would the house of M$ be charging for this stellar software? I think we know their price structure.
Come on... it's less then $80.00. What would the house of M$ be charging for this stellar software? I think we know their price structure.
Sorry if this was already mentioned, but can someone link the Online Upgrade Form site please.
Just to echo those questioning the editing functions within the new iMovie, watching the video I felt way outside my comfort zone...
Afterthought: So, if I've absorbed this all correctly, this means I no longer need to use iWeb to put up pages of photos. I can just use Web Gallery. Are there any downsides to using WG over iWeb for photo only sites?
Afterthought: So, if I've absorbed this all correctly, this means I no longer need to use iWeb to put up pages of photos. I can just use Web Gallery. Are there any downsides to using WG over iWeb for photo only sites?
Plus they'd have iLife Standard Edition, iLife Ultimate Edition, iLife Super Duper Ultimate Godly Not For Mere Mortals Edition, etc.
As others have mentioned you agreed to what software you would get when you placed the order. Apple does not owe you anything. They aren't obligated to give you the software because you bought Friday. Hell if you bisit any kind of general electronics blog and since you're a member here I'm sure you knew there was a special event today you should have waited if it was a big deal.
Abusing the system with upgrades for a computer you bought a month ago only helps to screw the honest people next time when apple will start requiring proof of purchase because of all the greedy ba**ards
Abusing the system with upgrades for a computer you bought a month ago only helps to screw the honest people next time when apple will start requiring proof of purchase because of all the greedy ba**ards
I picked up both iLife '08 and iWork '08 at the Apple Store at the Chestnut Hill Mall (Chestnut Hill, MA, just west of Boston) tonight around 7:30. They had many boxes and a number of other people were asking about it an the new iMacs (no iMacs on the floor yet, though).
Sending pictures from the iPhone to a .Mac web gallery isn't working yet, at least not for the galleries I set up tonight
For me this isn't really that important as there isn't a new app. It's still a good refresh though - I suppose with the work on iWork and .Mac they were a bit stretched to make iLife '08 perfect. It's kind of stink how if you buy a new mac in the near future that desn't have iLife '08 you have to pay $10.
Really? That's weird, because they have a trial of iWork 08 online right now and Adobe allows you download a whole suite. Seems odd that Apple couldn't do this either. Are you sure about that?
$600 for an iPhone, $99 for a year subscription to .Mac, and they can't just throw in the ability to upload photos directly from one to the other without having to spend another $79 on iLife? No thanks.
Then you have just spent $699 and not gain the ability to upload photos directly from your iPhone to your .Mac
Would you rather your $699 investment to be wasted and not used to its fullest potentially or would you rather cut off your own nose to spite your own face as a matter of principle?
$79 is cheap for the software Apple delivers anyway.
Gasp! I can't wait for school to start so I can pick up iLife/iWork with my student discount. I guess i'll reimport all my photos back into iPhoto as I would like to take advantage of those new features. WOOT!
Order online, and you shouldn't need any proof. Click education on the right side of the Apple online store. Just select your school.
iMovie looks pretty great to me. Plus, the news about AVCHD makes me look much harder at that format.
Sweet.
Sweet.
I can honestly say that this is the first time in the history of iLife's existence that I can say "I want this," and "I can really see myself using this extensively." I used to tinker around with it when the apps were available for free and the suite bundled with my MacBook, but it always felt like a gimmick. I never liked iMovie, and iPhoto has been an on/off again relationship. I've only recently been re-pushed into iPhoto by my iPhone purchase.
Steve's demo of iMovie and iPhoto really blew me away, and the .Mac Web Gallery looks very cool. These three features have sold me, and I will be picking it up as soon as possible. The collaboration functions on the .mac Web Gallery is just insanely great.
Steve's demo of iMovie and iPhoto really blew me away, and the .Mac Web Gallery looks very cool. These three features have sold me, and I will be picking it up as soon as possible. The collaboration functions on the .mac Web Gallery is just insanely great.
-That- is a relieve
Oh I Can't express how happy I am with that! I mean, I -do- like the inventive, new way of quickly creating a movie with the new iMovie 08, but I look at it as a quick way to set up an initial composition. After that, I would switch to timeline mode and finish the details (edit audio fades, sync movieclips to music).
It looks like it's only possible to use out-of-the-box, pre-fabricated Titles and Transitions, no creativity of your own. Effects are completely gone? People that have bought iMovie effect-plugins will be very dissapointed..
Now I definitely want to install iMovie '08 alongsde iMovie HD. I really hope it's possible.
According to some people over at Apple Discussions, iMovie 08 will co-exist with your previous version of iMovie.
SL
Oh I Can't express how happy I am with that! I mean, I -do- like the inventive, new way of quickly creating a movie with the new iMovie 08, but I look at it as a quick way to set up an initial composition. After that, I would switch to timeline mode and finish the details (edit audio fades, sync movieclips to music).
It looks like it's only possible to use out-of-the-box, pre-fabricated Titles and Transitions, no creativity of your own. Effects are completely gone? People that have bought iMovie effect-plugins will be very dissapointed..
That store owns - the Bullring one is too cramped and Meadowhall is a good center anyhoo. Specially nice to get one of them Costa ice chocolate drinks after getting a Mac!
How many Americans have I confused there d'ya reckon? lol (no offence, I'm looking to move to the US someday)
With this new version of iMovie, do you guys see it being easy (or more appropriate: possible) to do something along the lines of showing video of someone speaking, overlay that with video or photos, and then come back to the video of them speaking? I do a lot of genealogical video interviews with relatives, and sometimes it's nice to overlay their speech with a photo or supporting video to what they're talking about.
From what I've seen of the new iMovie, it really wouldn't lend itself to this sort of thing.
Also, how does it index the other video files? From other iMovie files? When capturing a video, will it continue to place the video inside of an iMovie file and then index that in the library, or will it place the dv file independent of the iMovie file?
From what I've seen of the new iMovie, it really wouldn't lend itself to this sort of thing.
Also, how does it index the other video files? From other iMovie files? When capturing a video, will it continue to place the video inside of an iMovie file and then index that in the library, or will it place the dv file independent of the iMovie file?
You mean extracting audio? Not according to this thread from Apple discussions:
Apple discussions said:
Its prolly been asked already, but i dont have time to read the whole thread.
but has anyone got iMovie working on a G4, my gf has a G4 PB and wondered if it will run.
Cheers
but has anyone got iMovie working on a G4, my gf has a G4 PB and wondered if it will run.
Cheers