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Apple releases iLife 06, Photocasting, iWeb addition

by David Chartier Jan 10th 2006 at 2:28PM

Apple today unveiled iLife 06, a major update to their award-winning suite of multimedia applications. The largest updates came to iPhoto, which can now handle 250,000 photos and features better, full-screen editing options. A major new feature is called Photocasting, which will allow an iPhoto user to publish their photos to the web using RSS technology, allowing anyone to subscribe to a feed of their images and the ability to be notified of updates. You can also subscribe through your own copy of iPhoto 06, which will allow you to actually download the images and use them as if they were your own, enabling editing as well as ordering prints, cards and now calendars.

GarageBand 3 now features a "Podcast Recording Studio," along with professional podcast sounds, a Podcast Radio Engineer, iChat Interview Recording and iMovie Scoring.

iMovie HD 6 adds Apple-designed iMovie themes, real-time effects, cinematic real-time titling, enhanced audio tools and effects, multiple open projects and video podcast/blogging abilities.

iDVD 6 brings Magic DVD, widescreen DVD abilities, an enhanced map view and the much-requested compatibility with 3rd-party DVD burners to the table.

A new addition to the iLife family is iWeb, a much rumored new app that does what everyone had assumed: it will allow .Mac members to easily publish content from other iLife apps such as podcasts, imovies, photos, blogs and more to their .Mac space. It features Apple-designed templates, easy flexible site creation, and iLife media browser and one-click .Mac publishing. I guess there was a reason behind that 1 TB bandwidth upgrade back in Dec.

Even with all these great new features, iLife 06 still sells a single license for only $79, with a 5-license pack for $99, and is available today at the online store. I'm sure local stores will have it in soon, as well.

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Jennifer

I'm working on a project in imovie using still images. As usual, it is pixelating the images no matter how good the quality. Does anyone know if imovie in this new version works any better with still images? Thinking of upgrading.

February 05 2006 at 5:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike Johnston

Obtuse? Is that the Google word of the day or something?

You can't print to your own printer because it would look like crap on 99% of peoples printers. The scale of photobooks and calendars that are done correctly are not 8.5x11 folks!

Don't you remember why you purchased an Apple in the first place. There is a commitment to quality here.

At the prices charged for these items (with binding, high quality print and delivery) its a freakin' bargin!

January 16 2006 at 10:13 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
coldheart

"You can also subscribe through your own copy of iPhoto 06, which will allow you to actually download the images and use them as if they were your own, enabling editing as well as ordering prints, cards and now calendars."

Obtuse, at best; a sleazy way Apple can increase revenue through third party printer parasites, at worst. Why can't I use my own printer to print the calendars, cards, prints, etc.? Or am I wrong? Snapfish, Ofoto can print calendars, cards and prints without the purchase of iLife'06. What's the deal?

January 13 2006 at 6:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brett

I received my copy already, I ordered it yesterday from the online store and got next day shipping. It comes in a small box, like CD size which is nice. Pretty bare bones package, just the install DVD, a separately packaged iWork '06 trial, install notes, and software coupons (what are those for anyway?).

January 11 2006 at 5:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Cassian

The data transfer on my .Mac account, alas, says 10GB, not 1024GB. I think perhaps Apple might have realised they couldn't get get THAT much bandwidth for everyone!

January 11 2006 at 1:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rick

As far as I can tell looking at the features of iWeb, it appears as if you don't actually need a .Mac subscription to publish your stuff.

January 10 2006 at 3:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tony Scida

I just bought a PowerBook last week, and while I'm not distraught over the new MacBook Pro, I do wish they'd upgrade me to iLife '06 without making me pay! Oh well.

January 10 2006 at 3:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Duran Ross

Will iWeb let you to publish you're creation to your own webserver or just to the bollox .Mac?

Thanks

January 10 2006 at 3:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rafik

i couldn't really find an answer on the ilife page, but will the new version run on ppc still?

January 10 2006 at 3:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nik Fletcher

iLife is available tomorrow from at least 1 U.K. Retail Store - Trafford Centre. None of the others would give details as to when they'll get copies. Look out for instore-mac-demo copies to be usable by the beginning of next week.

January 10 2006 at 2:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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