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I had enough faith in Apple to fork out 3,500 Thai baht for a genuine copy and had the upload done assuming that the new version of i-movie would be an improvement from i-movie 06.
With the new i-life installation web, photo and DVD were also updated to version 07. i-web I don't use, I photo had a few changes but I got the impression Apple were trying too hard to impress. i-DVD had the sort of update I would expect and want, that being some great new themes - however, none of them have a 'PLAY MOVIE' or 'SCENE SELECTION' button - do we do make this ourselves now and how?
As for i-movie, it has completely changed the format, scrapped half the effects (maybe more) and seeing the footage run through as the mouse is dragged over it is most irritating. Worst of all I can't find any audio timeline and it seems to have been made more complicated in terms of the layout yet patronisingly simple and doing most of the work for the user.
You may say 'Go learn Final Cut Pro if you want to do professional stuff for your emerging videography business' and you'd be right, but I don't have time now and for the job I am working on I was depending on Apple to make the existing i-movie better - that means THE SAME AS BEFORE AND MORE which is pretty much what they have done with the other apps.
A third audio timeline, some new transitions and improved performance would have been enough to justify spending 50 UK pounds but no, they had to scrap the old one and start again with a fancy, flash looking toy for the most amateur of amateurs.
With the new i-life installation web, photo and DVD were also updated to version 07. i-web I don't use, I photo had a few changes but I got the impression Apple were trying too hard to impress. i-DVD had the sort of update I would expect and want, that being some great new themes - however, none of them have a 'PLAY MOVIE' or 'SCENE SELECTION' button - do we do make this ourselves now and how?
As for i-movie, it has completely changed the format, scrapped half the effects (maybe more) and seeing the footage run through as the mouse is dragged over it is most irritating. Worst of all I can't find any audio timeline and it seems to have been made more complicated in terms of the layout yet patronisingly simple and doing most of the work for the user.
You may say 'Go learn Final Cut Pro if you want to do professional stuff for your emerging videography business' and you'd be right, but I don't have time now and for the job I am working on I was depending on Apple to make the existing i-movie better - that means THE SAME AS BEFORE AND MORE which is pretty much what they have done with the other apps.
A third audio timeline, some new transitions and improved performance would have been enough to justify spending 50 UK pounds but no, they had to scrap the old one and start again with a fancy, flash looking toy for the most amateur of amateurs.