iMovie 08 madness

[Kevin Callahan]

On Sep 23, 2007, at 5:39 PM, Ashley Aitken wrote:

>
> Hi Kevin (et al.),
>
> On 24/09/2007, at 6:41 AM, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to keep a positive view regarding iMovie 08 and the  
>> direction Apple might be taking it (being somewhat of an Apple  
>> apologist),
>
> Good to see you're upfront about that ;-)
>
>> but I'm getting flack from several folks I convinced to upgrade to  
>> iLife '08.  Everything from "I hate it" to "I'm SOOOO MAD!" - and  
>> it's all about iMovie 08.
>
> Yes, such remarks are common on the Apple discussion forums too.
>
>> So is the suggestion to stick with iMovie 06 (and its problems) -  
>> and is Apple's decision to leave so much out of iMovie 08 a  
>> indication they want to sell more FCExpress licenses ?
>
> Disclaimer:  I haven't used iMovie 08 (but I watched Steve's  
> presentation and have learnt a lot about it from Apple's Web pages  
> and more generally on the Web).
>
> I think iMovie 06 and iMovie 08 are very different products and  
> Apple should have changed the name of iMovie 08, perhaps to  
> something like iVideo.
>
> I believe iMovie 08 is not aimed at people wanting to make "feature- 
> length" movies to burn to DVD -  Steve thinks that era is over (at  
> least for the consumer).  iMovie 08 is about making short (to  
> medium length) videos for YouTube or posting on your .Mac Gallery  
> or putting on your iPod.
>
> That's the future Apple sees for consumer video production.  Of  
> course, they will add features to iMovie 08, probably some that  
> help it at making longer movies for DVDs (because of the backlash),  
> but I still think the primary goal is "videos."
>
> Of course, that leaves us consumers who wish to make "feature- 
> length" movies to burn to DVD with a dead-end product or a  
> (relatively) cheap upgrade to Final Cut Express.
>
> I'm guessing your friends could probably benefit (in the long run)  
> from having both iMovie 08 and Final Cut Express (and that will  
> help your friends at Apple too ;-).
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Cheers,
> Ashley.
>
>

I'm not as concerned about "full-length" videos - you can do them in  
iMovie 08 right now.

But features such as fast/slow motion, visual effects, audio effects,  
plugins etc

things we had in iMovie 08 - are gone ..

let's hope they bring them back --
otherwise, it's essentially a forced upgrade to FCExpress -

but I know the folks I'm talking to say they aren't about to do that

Maybe we'll see the features put back in over the next few months.

K