I bought '09 for the video stabilization. Turns out (and this isn't the fault of iMovie, according to a smart, non-Apple guy on the discussion forums) that when you record using a CMOS sensor that alter the video in some way ( stabilization) that you stand a chance of getting what they're calling the Jello affect. The video becomes slightly warbly. Its still viewable but there clearly something not right about it.
Unfortunately my new camcorder has a CMOS sensor. I hope there's something that can be done.
@Bruno Crosier: I'm having trouble on Safari and its been happening a lot lately. When I click the play button it flashes to another image and then back to the original image without actually playing the video. ANybody know whats going on? My Safari has been acting weird lately.
One thing I'm wondering about though (and haven't seen answered) is the quality of exporting movies from iMovie '09. iMovie '06 was able to export movies at higher quality than iMovie '08, so some people used iMovie '06 over '08 for that reason alone.
So I'm wondering if iMovie '09 is now able to rival '06 (and the final cuts) in terms of export quality, or is it still like '08 and can't export in super unadulterated non-compressed goodness?
SJ may have bailed on Macworld when it became obvious that there was no real ZOMG to announce. In this case, the health thing might have been a fig leaf for no big announcement. Hauling out SJ to announce a new keyboard shortcut for "Save As" in iPhoto, or whatever it is that they announced, would have drawn more attention to the non-event.
Anyway, sort of looking forward to CES as I'm interested in a couple of gadget purchases this year as my personal way of resisting the financiapocolypse.
Crap, CES coverage? WHY?!?! I come to this site for gadget and electronic coverage, not your rabid CES-fanboyism! Give me what this site is about; Gadgets and electronics!!! Is there anyway to avoid CES coverage? I tried using your "special" RSS feed, but it's no good b/c two stories were mis-tagged and I had to look at their abstract before NOT clicking on it. WTF?
One issue with iMovie '08 is export quality, which is apparently better in iMovie '06. Apparently, the idea is that iMovie '08 is geared for internet more than anything else. I wonder if iMovie '09 restores any of the higher-quality output options available in '06 (or FCP).
Consider me one of those that was really disappointed with iMovie HD '08. They practically took everything that was good out of '06 and threw it away. Ugh.
As a side note, I gotta give them props for the Mac Box set pictured here. Good price for all three and much easier to describe to the non-smart people who come by here....
01/29/09
but the only reason i dont edit anything is because I have nothing to film. What are you guys filming?
01/29/09
Unfortunately my new camcorder has a CMOS sensor. I hope there's something that can be done.
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One thing I'm wondering about though (and haven't seen answered) is the quality of exporting movies from iMovie '09. iMovie '06 was able to export movies at higher quality than iMovie '08, so some people used iMovie '06 over '08 for that reason alone.
So I'm wondering if iMovie '09 is now able to rival '06 (and the final cuts) in terms of export quality, or is it still like '08 and can't export in super unadulterated non-compressed goodness?
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Anyway, sort of looking forward to CES as I'm interested in a couple of gadget purchases this year as my personal way of resisting the financiapocolypse.
01/07/09
/sarcasm
01/06/09
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Cupertino
To the sweetest Mac I know!
Goodbye removable battery,
Farewell Steven Jobs!
It's a long, long way to Cupertino,
But my heart's right (I need a rhyme for Jobs).
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I am VERY unimpressed with this year's announcements.
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Yeah, I too am surprised that there's not a whole lot of effects.
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