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Installing i movie

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hampshireman

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I thought I had it but every time I opened it, I got a screen prompting to open an exisiting project or creating a new project. I could never get further than this. I have since deleted it from Apps and removed it from the dock.

Pls bear in mind I am not a techie and have very basic needs. Join videos, edit them and add masks where necessary.

I have a G4 Powermac running 10.4.11 and Firefox. It's not new obviously, but does what I want it to do. I wish to use and edit holiday videos taken on my camera.
Do I need a particular version of iMovie and would it be an easy free download?
 
I think iMovie 6 HD (what some people think was the best iMovie) is the version that you will need as I think that it's the last version that supports power pc computers.

It was around for free at some point but not anymore I don't think.

Have you got any of the original install disks as there maybe a copy of it on there?
 
acearchie said:
I think iMovie 6 HD (what some people think was the best iMovie) is the version that you will need as I think that it's the last version that supports power pc computers.

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This is not true. iMovie 7.1 supports PowerPC processors.
 
BTW: What codec does your camera use. If it is AVCHD, you're lost. This format only works with Intel, not with G4 processors. Tape (Digital 8, DV or HDV) is fine.
 
What's the brand/type of your cam? Sounds like a compact still camera with some token video function.
 
It's a Veho Muvi. Micro cam corder. We us it for our activity sports, jogging, camping and orienteering events clipped to clothes and helmets. It does Quicktime Ok.

I did a FIND yesterday and IMovie inc tutorials was in the OS 9 system which when opened, said it was not supported by Classic, whatever that is.
 
I am told that Simplemask plug in by Camtasia will do the job I want, by the ebay seller but he's not sure it will work with i Movie 2. Any thought?
 
Do you have OS X on your machine or OS9? If it is OS X, I wouldn't go below 5. iMovie6 was the climax***, but (AFAIK) you need at least OS X.3 (Panther) for it.

Here's the wikipedia article about iMovie that might help you decide what version you need: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMovie

***only iMovie11 comes to about the same feature set as 6.
 
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