audio effects in new iMovie '08 - what's to become of Logic Pro ? what about a truly integrated media authoring environment?

[j o a r]

On 17 aug 2007, at 20.23, Kevin Callahan wrote:

> I've said numerous times that if Apple fixes this, I'll return to  
> that workflow.  However, I don't see why this feature can't be  
> implemented in iMovie.


There is obviously no _technical_ reason why it couldn't be  
implemented, but as soon as you have to factor in things that compete  
for priority in the development of a new application, even things  
that are technically possible and nice to have, might have to get  
scrapped or postponed.

To get that feature in this version of iMovie, they would have had to  
drop something else. What would you suggest that they should have  
dropped, that would have been less important to the majority of their  
users?


> Also, don't forget: iChat (not a PRO app by any stretch of the  
> imagination), allows me to take video in on my Canon DV and audio  
> in on my MOTU -
> I use it all the time for giving online lessons.  So I really don't  
> think we can argue this is a PRO feature request.  The technology  
> is already in place.


That is not a good way to define consumer features vs. pro features  
in my opinion. I would argue that while iChat _requires_ live  
capture, iMovie can certainly succeed without supporting it at all.  
What is a consumer / entry level feature in one app, doesn't have to  
be that in a completely different app.

I wouldn't expect that most consumers use iMovie for live capture,  
they use it like they use iPhoto, to import material that they  
recorded using their digital video camera, and they use it to edit  
that material and later export it to other formats. That's what I  
expect it's used for by 99% of the users and 99% of the time.

The fact that Apple also already have other pro apps that can do what  
you're asking for - available at a very reasonable price also from a  
consumer perspective - certainly doesn't make it more likely that it  
will show up in new apps.


>> Until that time you can always "simply" revert to the earlier,  
>> working, version.
>
> can you ?  does iLife 08 work with QT7.1 ?
> I thought all the new apps require 7.2 ?


This is obviously a tradeoff where you win some and loose some. That  
it isn't perfect is what makes this a workaround, and not a final  
solution.

Another thing that you might consider is to install a new copy of Mac  
OS X + QT 7.1 on a separate partition / HD that you reboot to and use  
when you need to capture. A fairly OK workaround IMO, at least if a  
fix will eventually appear in an upgrade to QT.

j o a r