iMovie
iMovie '08
Developer:	Apple Inc.
Latest release:	7.1 / September 26, 2007
OS:	Mac OS X
Genre:	Video editing software
License:	Proprietary
Website:	www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/

iMovie is a video editing software application which allows users to edit their own home movies. It was originally released by Apple Inc. in 1999 as a Mac OS 8 application bundled with the first FireWire-enabled Macintosh model^[1]. Since version 3, iMovie has been a Mac OS X only application bundled in the iLife suite of Macintosh applications.^[2] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... “Software development” redirects here. ... Apple Inc. ... Code complete redirects here. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... An operating system (OS) is the software that manages the sharing of the resources of a computer and provides programmers with an interface used to access those resources. ... Mac OS X (pronounced ) is a line of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function, type, or field of use. ... Video editing software is application software which handles the editing of video sequences on a computer. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... Proprietary software is software with restrictions on copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Video editing software is application software which handles the editing of video sequences on a computer. ... Apple Inc. ... Mac OS 8 is a series of versions of the Mac OS that supported a transition through major changes in the Macintosh hardware platform. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... Mac OS X (pronounced ) is a line of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

iMovie imports video footage to the Mac using the FireWire interface on most MiniDV format digital video cameras. From there, the user can edit the video clips, add titles, and add music. Effects include basic color correction and video enhancement tools, and transitions such as fade-in, fade-out, and slides. The 6-pin and 4-pin FireWire Connectors The alternative ethernet-style cabling used by 1394c FireWire is Apple Inc. ...

Features of iMovie

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• Full-screen previewing.
• One video track, two audio tracks.
• Sample sound effects included, some from Skywalker Sound.
• Voice-over narration can be recorded from a microphone and added to an audio track.
• Titles with effects such as 3D spin, converge, bounce across and ending credits motion.
• Transitions, such as cross dissolve, disintegrate, twirl, scale down and warp out.
• Video effects, including fast motion, slow motion, reverse fast/slow motion, brightness and contrast, electricity and fairy dust effects.
• Creation of still frames from video.
• Splitting and trimming clips.
• Showing and editing audio waveforms.
• Extracting audio from clips.
• Exporting a movie or scene as a QuickTime movie, or sharing it via e-mail, Bluetooth or .Mac homepage, or sending it back to a digital camera.

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Features of iMovie HD 6

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• Themes. Designed for ease of use, themes allow the user to drop movie clips or photos into professionally-designed backdrops. Each theme includes full-motion graphic bumpers and transitions.
• Real-time effects. iMovie takes advantage of the computer's graphic processing unit to perform some effects without rendering.
• Real-time titling
• Enhanced audio tools and effects
• Multiple open projects
• Video podcasts and blogs (using integration with iWeb)
• Refined look based on iTunes 5 and 6.

Features of iMovie '08

iMovie '08 (7.0) was released in August 2007 as a part of the iLife '08 suite. iMovie '08 was a complete redesign and rewrite of iMovie. New features include

• A completely redesigned interface with an iPhoto style library.
• A new dock icon was introduced.
• A new feature called skimming for quickly previewing video in the library at a user controlled speed.
• A feature that allows one to highlight parts of video clips just like highlighting text.
• More exportation formats with support for iPhone size video and many other sizes.
• Support for non-tape based HD or non-HD video cameras such as DVD camcorders and HDD camcorders.
• Many features were dropped, including video effects and plug-in support, the timeline, the themes, the ability to create DVD chapter markers, several transitions and advanced audio editing and control.

In response to the reduced feature set, Apple released iMovie HD 6 as a free download to those who had purchased iMovie '08, because a lot of professional videographers who used iMovie for their productions claimed that iMovie '08 had less features than iMovie HD 6, including the loss of some special effects, in order to make iMovie '08 easier for everyone to use.^[3] Similarly, Apple also reduced the $299 price tag for Final Cut Express to $199 in response to the new iMovie. However, the current (7.0.1) version of iMovie is unable to import some video formats. For example, the H.264 QuickTime 640 x 480 file from Kodak V705 does not work.^{[citation needed]} Final Cut Express is a non linear video editing application created by Apple, Inc. ...

According to Apple's system requirements iMovie '08 requires at least a PowerPC G5 1.9GHz or an Intel Processor. G4s are not supported, even though Apple sold its last G4-based Computers (iBook G4) merely 14 months before the release of iLife '08.

Version history

References

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External links

• Apple: iMovie