IMovie

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iMovie

iMovie HD 6
Developer:	Apple Computer
Latest release:	6.0.3 / September 28, 2006
OS:	Mac OS X
Use:	Video editing software
License:	Proprietary
Website:	www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/

iMovie is a video editing software application, created by Apple Computer as part of the iLife suite of applications for the Macintosh, which allows users to edit their own home movies. Earlier versions of iMovie (2.0.3 and earlier) run in Mac OS 9. iMovie 3 and later versions run only in Mac OS X.

When iMovie was first released, it proved popular due to its simplicity, with most tasks easily accomplished by clicking and dragging. Its praise was so widespread that even PC magazines gave it reviews, one even giving it the front page.

Jonathan Caouette's film Tarnation, edited entirely with iMovie, was shown at the Cannes film festival in 2004.

Integrated with FireWire, iMovie takes the raw footage from most digital video cameras (or analog to digital converters) and loads it onto the Mac. From there, iMovie can edit, add titles, and music. Effects cover basic color correction and video enhancement tools, and transitions such as fade-in, fade-out, and slides are included by default.

In early 2005, Apple introduced iMovie HD as part of iLife '05, including support for editing high-definition video.

[edit] Features of iMovie HD 6

iMovie 6 was released in January 2006 as part of the iLife '06 suite. It is integrated with iPhoto, iTunes, iDVD, Garageband and iWeb. New features include:

Five Apple-designed iMovie "Themes". Designed for ease of use, the user can easily drop movie clips or photos into preset themes to give the project a professional look. Each theme includes full motion-graphic bumpers and transitions.
Real-time effects. There is no longer the need to wait for rendering because iMovie takes advantage of the user's graphic processing unit in their computer.
Cinematic real-time titling
Enhanced Audio tools and effects
Multiple open projects
Video Podcasts and blogs (using integration with iWeb)
Refined look based on iTunes 5 and 6.

[edit] Features of iMovie HD

iMovie 5 boasts integration with the rest of the iLife suite, with toolbox buttons allowing the importing of images from iPhoto, music from iTunes and the setting of chapter markers ready for exporting to iDVD. Other features include:

Full-screen previewing.
One video track, two audio tracks.
Sample sound effects included, some from Skywalker Sound.
Voice-over narration can be recorded from a microphone and added to an audio track.
Titles with effects such as 3D spin, converge, bounce across and ending credits motion.
Transitions, such as cross dissolve, disintegrate, twirl, scale down and warp out.
Video effects, including fast motion, slow motion, reverse fast/slow motion, brightness and contrast, electricity and fairy dust effects.
Creation of still frames from video.
Splitting and trimming clips.
Showing and editing audio waveforms.
Extracting audio from clips.
Exporting a movie or scene as a QuickTime movie, or sharing it via e-mail, Bluetooth or .Mac homepage, or sending it back to a digital camera.

Another new feature is 'Magic iMovie', which attempts to automate the whole process of video editing, by allowing a common transition to be added between scenes, a music track to be synchronised with the video and a DVD to be created with the accompanying iDVD software.

There are a number of third party plugins available for iMovie, such as the Geethree Slick series.

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Apple's iLife

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OS:	Mac OS X \| Mac OS 9
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Bundled:	Front Row \| iChat \| Photo Booth \| QuickTime \| Safari \| TextEdit
Server:	Apple Remote Desktop \| Mac OS X Server \| WebObjects \| Xsan
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