iMovie '08

I like the new iMovie 08; it serves a useful purpose for when you want to turn out a quick and dirty item in a hurry. I can still use iMovie 06 for more careful and thoughtful productions.

I was VERY sceptical about this iMovie 08 Version, specially after reading all the very negative comments. But I gave it a try yesterday. Yes, plenty of features are missing and the themes, effects and other libraries are very thin. But I needed only 5 minutes to get it going and it is awesome. I was just back from a tour in Peninsula Valdès (argentina) where I did some whale watching. I had over 50 minutes of footage (90% just filming the sea in case a whale would suddenly appear). I cut it down to 13 minutes in less than 20 minutes, with effects, transitions, titles and all. A neat little clip that I would otherwise have made in at least 60 minutes. Imovie 08 is as intuitive as the mac itself. I'm sure there´ll be updates that will make all the naysayers happy.

Cheers to the iLife team.

Mark

In a nutshell. iMovie 08 sucks.

So, where's all the video effects living? I can find transitions and titling but no video effect. And if you search the web you can find plugins for older versions of iMovie but noting for '08. Can anyone help me out? Apparently Apple is talking: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1105208&tstart=135

If you had iMovie HD prior to installing iMovie 08, it keeps the HD version in a folder named "previous version" look in the applications directory. Which allow you to run both versions....
...Whew! Thank goodness the apple peeps knew we'd like a little more editing control that the previous version's timeline provided.

Oh god, guys...i08 (movies) is BAD really bad... No audio wavelengths, sound editing all screwed up...as far as I can tell... no "extract audio"...No effects...
Biggest Mistake I ever made was installing this product...THIS IS NOT AN "UPGRADE" in any manner...in fact, I am SEARCHING the web to find out what my options are for UNinstalling it...any suggestions??? Yuck.

I have to eat my words, I have now completed 45 minutes at thel Apple Store
Galleria Fort Lauderdale. Chis, the genius I was assigned to, showed me how to make this new '08 iMovie work. I must say adios to the '06, this new program is actually much better in many ways.

I have made over 200 movies on iMovie 06.
The new iMovie 08 is not nearly as "intuitive" as iMovie 06.
They surely will bring some updates...... surely........I hope.
'06 is my choice for now.

Does any one know if it has applescript support. The absense of Applescript in imovie has alwasys annoyed me any idea if this has been added

Okay, I've played with it. It's a totally different paradigm - a completely different way to approach editing movies. It is a simpler program, but since it's totally different it's maddening to use if you're used to the previous versions of iMovie. And by simpler I also mean "limited". Ladies and gentlemen... there is no time line. It's a very non-linear approach in some ways and very linear thinking in others. THe live video scanning is great, and this will work great for jumping in and knocking out a quick flick or a video blog. But I miss the level of features and control that the pervious version provided. Damn you, Apple!