if anyone has any ideas as to why garageband and idvd are crashing immediately upon starting them, let me know 
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iLife '08 Introduced
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Yeh it is a good store, although half of Meadowhal - like the whole ground floor - is still closed from the flooding. And 2 hours away by public transport frm Huddersfield is a drag
P.S. to answer my own question, just called the store and they have the new iMacs, iLife etc in stock so looks like I'm off to the train station soon.
At a guess I'd say you need to go into the Library/Preferences folder in your Home directory and trash the Garageband and iDVD preferences files.if anyone has any ideas as to why garageband and idvd are crashing immediately upon starting them, let me know
Do the Repair Permissions thing too if you haven't already.
Can anyone let me know if iPhoto still has the calendar view?
Always found it very useful for finding photos if you know when they were taken, but couldn't see it on the video tour.
Cheers.
Always found it very useful for finding photos if you know when they were taken, but couldn't see it on the video tour.
Cheers.
The best I ever tried was iMovie 2 on my old G4 (upgraded) sawtooth. Made a short film with it, and other than a few audio sync problems (might have been our fault) it worked fine.
I just bought a new mac about a month ago, and yeah I would have liked the new iLife as an upgrade (they should offer a 30 day upgrade), but I'm not losing any sleep over it. The software is pretty cheap anyway.
I've just watched the guided tour, and I am very concerned about this too. Currently an iMovie '04 user, I've been holding off upgrading. Now I see that all the detailed editing skills I've honed over the years, and thought I could continue to use, are likely to be useless. iMovie 08 looks to have dumbed down the Movie creation process to the lowest common denominator. Not sure about these for sure, but my fears:
-no way to have different audio levels within a single track
-no way to extract audio from movies
-no way to have multiple audio tracks on top of each other
-frame by frame counter doesn't seem to be there, so aligning sounds and frames will be impossible. There goes lip sync.... One of my main movie styles is to extract the audio out of a clip, then split the video up and intersperse still photos with the motion picture. Make for an efficient way to show movies / pics and have the narration at the same time. But being able to specify exactly how many frames to make still pics last for, and how many frames to chop, is essential for the lip sync.....
-can you still create a still picture from a frame of a movie ?
I've got to get into my local store and check out whether iMovie 08 is as lame as the guide made it look.....
If it is, then Apple have really disappointed me. Their biggest overhaul took a useful tool that required some brain power to use, and has turned it into a much less useful tool that may appeal to the masses....
The support articles are reinforcing my fears....
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1073559&tstart=0
I think iMovie is even more beautiful-well worth the $99 upgrade (as I bought my Mac mini last year).
It's amazing how hypocritical some people can be. I'm sure you'd be thrilled if you missed the cut off by one day, (NOT ONE MONTH), too. I could not afford to wait for some press conference that MIGHT have been releasing new software.
I should at least be allowed to return the $79 iWork I purchased, but Apple won't even let me do that.
How are we cheating anybody? iLife is included with your new computer, after I've given Apple thousands of dollars of business, I don't think it's much to ask for an upgrade.
They give a grace period with new OS releases. Why should something like this be any different?
I should at least be allowed to return the $79 iWork I purchased, but Apple won't even let me do that.
How are we cheating anybody? iLife is included with your new computer, after I've given Apple thousands of dollars of business, I don't think it's much to ask for an upgrade.
They give a grace period with new OS releases. Why should something like this be any different?
New Jam Pack - Vocals/More thoughts on iMovie
Actually, it looks like they did include a new Jam Pack...
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/jampacks/
Not sure how this will work, exactly -- all oohs and ahhs?
I think 80% of the upgrade looks to be good. But the new iMovie looks like a disaster for anyone who does more with video than uploading a simple clip to youtube (and how many skateboarding dogs are there in the world?). I can't believe they further dumbed down the audio capabilities. That was (originally) one of the best things about iMovie -- even in version 1 you could replace audio, use audio from one clip under another clip, sync in your own replacement dialogue, etc...you didn't HAVE to develop the skills to do this sort of thing, but the capability was always there. But alas, no more (apparently).
Frankly, I think the dumbing down of iMovie is actually intended to serve two purposes. 1. Dumb down the program for the masses. 2. Try to get editors with more know-how and skill to shell out the $ for Final Cut Express. In other words, the (software) party's over for no-budget video editors. Granted, FCE is still a hell of a value, and way more powerful and stable than any previous incarnation of iMovie.
It's not really a big deal to me, as I use Final Cut Pro, but I started on iMovie. BUT -- even as an "entry level program", if iMovie had been that simplistic regarding audio back when version 1 came out, I'm not sure if I would have stuck with it (and Apple).
The Garage Band update seems a bit weak to me.
Apple could have at least thrown us a new Jam pack to complement this release.
I can't say I am very excited by iLife '08. I certainly wont be going out of my way to upgrade like I did with iLife '05 or '06.
Actually, it looks like they did include a new Jam Pack...
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/jampacks/
Not sure how this will work, exactly -- all oohs and ahhs?
I think 80% of the upgrade looks to be good. But the new iMovie looks like a disaster for anyone who does more with video than uploading a simple clip to youtube (and how many skateboarding dogs are there in the world?). I can't believe they further dumbed down the audio capabilities. That was (originally) one of the best things about iMovie -- even in version 1 you could replace audio, use audio from one clip under another clip, sync in your own replacement dialogue, etc...you didn't HAVE to develop the skills to do this sort of thing, but the capability was always there. But alas, no more (apparently).
Frankly, I think the dumbing down of iMovie is actually intended to serve two purposes. 1. Dumb down the program for the masses. 2. Try to get editors with more know-how and skill to shell out the $ for Final Cut Express. In other words, the (software) party's over for no-budget video editors. Granted, FCE is still a hell of a value, and way more powerful and stable than any previous incarnation of iMovie.
It's not really a big deal to me, as I use Final Cut Pro, but I started on iMovie. BUT -- even as an "entry level program", if iMovie had been that simplistic regarding audio back when version 1 came out, I'm not sure if I would have stuck with it (and Apple).
Magic Garageband:a lot what I use in MAGIX Music Studio 12 combined with a virtual drummer, keyboard,etc.
No need for any add-ons.
I use a combination of Sound Pool from MAGIX and the jam packs.
Me too-I'll check my Apple store (Next Byte), and see how it compares to '06:first version that I've owned.
Any Australian Apple resellers on the Gold Coast have it yet? I might pick my copy up soon.
A lot more cooler than Jam Session in MAGIX Music Studio (warning:a XP screenshot):
And no need for BFD or EZDrummer. Now only if Logic Express added that.
No need for any add-ons.
I use a combination of Sound Pool from MAGIX and the jam packs.
Me too-I'll check my Apple store (Next Byte), and see how it compares to '06:first version that I've owned.
Any Australian Apple resellers on the Gold Coast have it yet? I might pick my copy up soon.
Did anyone else see this:
and immediately think of this:
Now, if only Magic GarageBand would let us play musical chickens like Jam Session for the IIgs did!
A lot more cooler than Jam Session in MAGIX Music Studio (warning:a XP screenshot):
And no need for BFD or EZDrummer. Now only if Logic Express added that.
iLife automatically preserves your old iMovie.
(I think they saw the backlash coming)
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I think this is the "we want you to buy final cut express" move. Hard to believe they REMOVED so many features from a tool...
Is possible. Apple programmers doesn't know everything. Sometimes just one person can solve a team problem. I was reading iWoz (the book) and he writes about how his son discover the solution of the OS 9 crashing behavior and solve it for himself because he didn't know it was a big deal. Woz went to Apple to notify them but it was too late Apple was already buying NeXT OS to start from scratch.
Considering my .Mac was only renewed because I forgot to turn off automatic renewal, and I don't think the ability to upload photos from my phone to an online gallery is worth $79, and I have no use for any of the applications outside of iPhoto (which I already own, albeit an older version), I think I'll pass.
Kudos to you for drinking the kool-aid, though.
I'm still puzzled how he 'couldn't do it' in a half hour. What kind of engineers do they hire there?
Maybe by taking editing features away form us, there are fewer decisions to make, so you can work faster if you have no choices??How about people finding value within the full feature set? Why do you have to assume that because you have little use for a product, everybody else must be the same?
I'm still puzzled how he 'couldn't do it' in a half hour. What kind of engineers do they hire there?
The library in iMovie is like a home version of Final Cut server.
I'm still puzzled how he 'couldn't do it' in a half hour. What kind of engineers do they hire there?
lol, surely it took him more than half an hour to write, debug, test and release iMovie 08.
Having not got my hands on iLife '08 yet, I'm excited to give it a try. I liked the old iMovie but it wasn't exactly a speed demon like the new version seems to be. However missing features is not very apple like and I am disappointed at it's lofty requirements. My Mac Pro and Macbook will be ok, but my wife's G4 mini, my mom's iMac G4, and even my dads 1.8 iMac G5 are left in the cold.
I know the installer app won't install iMovie if your system doesn't meet the requirements, but has anyone tried to copy the app over from a supported system to a G4 or Gen A iMac G5?
I know the installer app won't install iMovie if your system doesn't meet the requirements, but has anyone tried to copy the app over from a supported system to a G4 or Gen A iMac G5?