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iMovie 08 Sucks!

imac abuser

imac abuser

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I have to say that I think iMovie '08 sucks! I have used the previous versions with ease, and minimal difficulty. I have not been able to find a way iMovie 08 to complete a video. I'm sure it works, but scrubbing through the clips so small sucks where's the Fing time line!

How do you feel about it?
 
I love it but then I come from trying to edit videos/create DVDs on Linux which was driving me into an early grave... it was one of the main reasons I switched to Mac. I got to be OK with Kino and the latest version I had finally stopped crashing all the time but it was a PITA to get it set up with all the dependencies I needed. I just couldn't get a single app to make me a nice DVD though.

iMovie '08 and iDVD make it so easy a chimp could do it.
 
shinchook said:
Swap over to adobe after effects
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may need to consider the considerable time and cost, and you'd have to have premiere pro and encore too.
I do admire apple though on their ability to let users create media that give a professional designer and Adobe Creative Suite a run for his money.
 
I honestly haven't even tried iMovie 08. iMovie 06 works perfect and is so easy to use, I haven't bothered switching. I'm not sure I've even launched 08.
 
sharky05 said:
may need to consider the considerable time and cost, and you'd have to have premiere pro and encore too.
I do admire apple though on their ability to let users create media that give a professional designer and Adobe Creative Suite a run for his money.
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Not entirely sure why you would need premiere pro and encore. I don't use them at all. I use After effects for all of my special effects and editing. You render the movie and then burn it to dvd with iDVD or Toast.

I definitely don't use those programs.
 
After effects to expensive

iMovie is free. After effects is like 1000 dollars. I would use After effects if I had it but I don't so I have to use imovie. And they are used for different things, After effects is an effects editor and iMovie is a program for arranging your film.
 
iMovie is great for what it is, a video editing app that any consumer can pick up and use.

For those that have used previous editing apps, it is too basic, and not for us. If you need better tools to do what you want, get better tools.

FCE isn't that much.
 
shinchook said:
Not entirely sure why you would need premiere pro and encore. I don't use them at all. I use After effects for all of my special effects and editing. You render the movie and then burn it to dvd with iDVD or Toast.
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After Effects is a fantastic compositor, but a pretty piss poor substitution for a proper NLE.
 
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