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iLife Apps Available for Download
gsfprez writes "iMovie 3.0.1 and iPhoto 2.0 are available for download. iTunes 3 has been out for a while, and iDVD 3 is only available from your friendly neighborhood Apple Store or the virtual one." They are also available via Software Update, and Air Mapster writes "Those of us who ssh in from work/elsewhere can do 'sudo softwareupdate iMovie-3.0.1' and 'sudo softwareupdate iPhoto-2.0' to have them ready when we get home."
I think they own a large chunk of Akamai, which spreads out the information over a large net. Or something like that. Anyway, it's hard to bring them down.
iMovie 3.0.1 - 84,5MB
iPhoto 2.0 - 33,3MB
That's nearly 120MB to download..
> softwareupdate
Software Update Tool
Copyright 2002 Apple Computer, Inc.
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
- - iMovie-3.0.1
iMovie (3.0.1), 86530K
- iPhoto-2.0
iPhoto (2.0), 34100K
To install an update, run this tool with the item name as an argument.>softwareupdate iMovie-3.0.1
This will start the process, and all you have to do is wait to see if you are prompted to restart. Given the size of these two, it will naturally take some time depending on your setup, etc. I use this method from the office, as a routine, so that everything is ready when I get home. Nice to see it mentioned along with the update notice. Now to get Apple to announce the item names on their support pages...
I'm sure when Apple calls, they jump right to the front of the line. :-)
New in iMovie 3.0.1
>>
New resizeable window; Liquid Timeline editing interface
Custom volume control for clips, music and sound effects
Ken Burns effect for still photos
Stunning sound effects from Skywalker Sound
Pro-quality video effects and titles
DVD chapter markers
Send movies to iDVD with one click
Media browsers let you use your iTunes music and iPhoto pictures
=======
New in iPhoto 2
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Make photos picture-perfect with one click of the Enhance button.
Eliminate unwanted blemishes with the new Retouch brush.
Archive photos to CD or DVD for easy organization and safekeeping.
Create slideshows complete with soundtracks from iTunes.
Burn slideshow DVDs with a click of the iDVD button.*
Email photos from iPhoto using your favorite email application.
Use the new printing templates to get the most from your expensive photo
paper.
Unlimited keywords help keep your photos organized.
Retrieve accidentally deleted images from the new iPhoto Trash.
*Requires Apple SuperDrive
Well, the app size in Finder is 46MB, then in /Library/iMovie/Documentation there is 60MB of manuals and lessons in PDFs in a number of different languages (no sample .DV stuff inflating the download).
.DMG format.. I thought that was the new OS X way of doing things..
If they wanted to they could offer smaller, country specific versions (which they might already do)...
Also, it wasn't in a
iPhoto 2 uses a different storage format than iPhoto 1.x used.
As of 1/31/03 Brian is testing iPhoto Library Manager for compatibility with iPhoto 2. He recommends LM users delay installing iPhoto 2 until he reports on his test results in a "few days".
I am sure we will soon hear if iPhoto 2 has cured iPhoto 1.x's performance and scaling problems. Since iPhoto 2 does allow mini-album exports, better performance would remove the need for iPhoto Library Manager. Consolidating those disparate libraries may be interesting, however.
(I'd love to hear why iPhoto 1.x scales so very poorly. I do know that a bug that causes iPhoto to "forget" to use the more efficient library outline/roll view doesn't help.)
john
John Faughnan
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I do hope you got the keynote with this. Currently Apple is offering ilife with Keynote for $14.95. (this is the deal on the education page).
Alas, I am a student, and don't qualify.
www.nilepoc.com
Well I have updated my iMovie and taken the new one for a whirl...
I was initially excited to hear about the resizeable window, because the previous (full screen) iMovie just looked stupid at resolutions above 1024 x 768. Big voids of space between the three main elements (the timeline, the bin, the viewer) just made using higher screen resolutions a pain, so I would always scale down my screen just to run iMovie.
I figured the resizeable window would be great, but when I make it fill my screen, the viewer gets bigger while the clip bin and the timeline don't expand at all. I would really like to see it expand so that you could see more thumbnails without having to scroll, but instead you just get a GIANT preview screen.
I find the single-window nature of iMovie to be very limiting. I know, I know, it's a consumer app, it's supposed to be very simple for very simple people, but I was always under the impression power is supposed to lurk behind the simplicity for those who need it.
If Apple is going to keep iMovie all in one window, they should make the panes between the screen elements moveable as well, so that I can have a bigger bin when I need it, and then make it small at my whim so I can watch a bigger preview.
This'll be small comfort, I'm sure, but the SuperDrive is a Pioneer DVD-R/RW drive that makes fairly regular discount appearances under CenDyne and a couple of other brand names. I haven't tried this yet (but my birthday's coming up, and as long as I'm dreaming, God, I would also like a pony), but it is documented that if you install the drive in your G4 tower, iDVD will be none the wiser that you didn't get it at the factory.
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