I am sure you have seen people writing long discussions on how IMove 08 is inferior to iMovie 06. I will admit there are a few (mighty few) features it doesn't include but the additions it includes and the easy of use in my opinion completely make up for this.
If you never tried iMovie 06, or tried it and were frustrated, iMovie 08 will be a breath of fresh air. It provides an easy to use method to create truly stunning videos without needing to become a professional editor. I contend, that those people writing of how iMovie 08 s not very good, were iMovie 06 users (or maybe even Final Cut users).
You see, we were forced by iMovie in the past to learn a methodology called a Time Line to layout a video project. That is how all the pro's do it and the previous belief was amateur needed to do it too. But I contend that using the clips and the timeline really makes more sense. People who want to make a video really want to just lay it out and the method of 'skimming' through the video makes it easy to see what point you are in. In fact, they ability to put in the transitions and have them automatically render in real time allows to be be much more creative with the transitions.
In fact, iMovie 08 has really caused me to rethink video. Where before, I fely that while video was cool, it was hard and tedious to work with. With the changes in iMovie 08, I now have renewed interest in trying video again.
So don't count iMovie 08 out yet. Apple will (and already has) make additions to add back features. Just try it and also try to forget the need for the timeline and I think you will like what comes out in the end.
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