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iMovie 3.0.1 Users "Upgrading" to 2.1.2
gsfprez writes "It seems that the general consensus is that iMovie 3.0.1 really sucks bad. Compaints range from randomly splitting cuts when importing, audio/video syncing issues, random crashing, and most common - performance issues so bad that capture and playback at full framrate is unattainable - and that's on DP machines. My experience is all this and worse on my previously very useful iBook 800. One can only wonder how galactically awful iMovie 3.0.0 was. Can anyone give a positive report on iMovie 3.0.1?" It looks nice. I just wish I could use it without it crashing.
Yeah, so iMovie doesn't recognize my analog-digital firewire bridge with any kind of reliability. It didn't before, and it might not for some time.
In the mean time, Final Cut Express does as much for me as Final Cut Pro, is within my price range, and supports my hardware. iMovie is nice, but it's still a free (as in beer) product coming from a commercial company.
Those buying from Apple because of the good things they've heard about the video editing should really consider shelling out some money for a better video editor. I've been a mac user for 15 or so years, and I know they're often pricey. Paying a little more to get more functionality than iMovie provides should make sense to those who want a decent looking video.
And to those who want a more refined iMovie, go ask for a refund. Really.
Twelve fingers or one, its how you play. ~Gattaca (Vincent)
The overwhelming majority of user comments here indicate exactly the opposite of the story -- that iMovie 3 works exactly as advertised (though it might not be totally bug-free).
I edited a one-hour VCD project the day iMovie3 came out. No problems whatsoever.
Those of you who are having problems might try repairing permissions and defragging the drive.
At what point does Slashdot rescind a story that is so obviously mistaken?
the story says the "consensus" on the accelerate your mac bulliten board is that imovie sucks. Not true. read the article.
I think the people having problems are ones using obsolete imovie2 plug ins or camera drivers.
I would say that rest of the people are posting some non-problem but simple issues thay are discovering unexpectedly
like
- "imovie3" cares about file permissions more than "imovie2",
or
- it complained it could not locate my mp3s on my fire wire disk that was turned off. Or
- it was slow the first time I ran it.
Or
i accidentally dragged the sound track and my audio became out of synch (well duh!).
Whoop tee doo. this also sounds like the false alarms sounded when safari came out.
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