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ZDNet Reviews iMovie

Posted by pudge on from the ismile-for-the-icamera dept.

ajw1976 writes "David Coursey of ZDNet reviews iMovie in his 'Month on Mac' series. It's a pretty a good article that tells how easy it is to create a movie and burn a DVD." A lot of people seem to think home movies/photos/music (the Apple "Digital Hub") is the killer app for consumer Macs these days. iPhoto has a long way to go, but iTunes works great, and I've heard little but good about iMovie.

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  1. Dead simple to use by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    The first time I used iMovie, I turned 20 minutes of raw video into a snappy presentation just under six minutes long. My mini-masterpiece includes 11 edits, eight transitions, a fade-in with titles at the beginning, and a fade-out with credits at the end. And all this took about an hour to create--the very first time I ever used the program.

  2. And plugins becoming available by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    There are a number of plugins that are now available (e.g. http://www.virtix.com/)that allow you to add special effects. I suspect that this will become a huge area for the add on market.

  3. New Virtix plugins for iMovie by nedron · · Score: 4, Informative
    Virtix has released plugins for iMovie (X and classic) that include both effects (Bravo) and transitions (Echo).

    They were well worth the $39 I spent on them. You can see a quickie test I did with the "Sparkle" transition, which is basically a transporter effect.

    I agree with everyone who says that iMovie is the best entry level editor around. For one-offs and quickies (like the above), I use iMovie and iDVD. For more involved projects, I own Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro.

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    * As is generally the case, my opinions do not reflect those of my employer.