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iMovie HD 6 superior to all others?

This may have been answered somewhere else on the forum -
but what is it about iMovie HD 6 that makes it superior to all other iMovie versions?
Someone gave me the answer long ago but it's gone out of my head.

(PS I'm sorry I didn't get more clarity re answers to my last question on this page)

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Posted on Mar 10, 2011 5:19 AM

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Mar 10, 2011 6:09 AM in response to prof d hall

Hi

Exactly as Lennart writes.

AND - It has a logic close to FinalCut or Adobe Premiere and other Video editors

Not as iMovie'08 or 09 or 11 - That has a way of working - far from all other and
may be faster for some - but if one has any aspirations to learn and go to more
Pro applications - it can be very confusing (and frustrating)

And I would not use it (iMovie'08 or 09 or 11) in any educational situation due to
that if any student wants to go on - they have to start all over.

iMovie'08 or 09 or 11 - is a fun tool but far off for those with more ambitions.

Yours Bengt W

Mar 10, 2011 9:01 AM in response to Bengt Wärleby

iMovie 6 has a great timeline and a really simple clip browser. The trimming and splitting of clips is also a lot easier than in later incarnations of iMovie.

I would say that having explored iMovie 11, I think it does offer better resolution than any of the others. Am I right in thinking iMovie 11 can edit 720p50 and even 1080p50 on a fast enough mac ?? Better than any previous version plus even better than Final Cut ??

Mar 10, 2011 2:33 PM in response to Lennart Thelander

In iMovie 6 you can see when the (beginning) of a DV video clip was shot by double clicking the clip or via File > Show Info...

I don't have Final Cut, but I have been very surprised to read in FCP forum that it can't display the timestamp of a DV video! Please correct me if I'm wrong!

I've been considering to switch to FC, but this is a show-stopper for me because my basic editing needs are very modest, and I really want to insert a short 2 second title when that day's home video was shot.

So yes, I still use iMovie HD 6.0.3 with my Mac OS 10.6.6 Intel Mac mini.

Mar 10, 2011 5:19 PM in response to Klaus1

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2264


Thanks for the link, but I'm surprised at the following extract:-

+In order to import footage directly into iMovie from a video camera, the camera must be either a DV or HDV camera connected to the computer via FireWire+

I sometimes import short movies, through USB, from my iPhone and video bursts from my stills camera to the desktop which read in 'info' as QT movies, but are not originally DV. I even occasionally extract VOB files from DVDs...
I then import them into a created iMovie DV format file. All work, iMovie 6 has accepted and converted them to DV, no problem (...but whether these pieces are actually enhanced to 'true' DV must be questionable)

Mar 10, 2011 6:26 PM in response to Klaus1

Since my last entry above, and further reading of your Apple link, I must assume it was written for iMovie 11?
90% of the does and don'ts simply don't apply to iMovie 6. I can import almost anything to an iMovie 6 DV file very easily, from almost any source. There seems very little restriction. Once my various sources are embedded in the iM DV file I can edit with zero problem. It is a dream. My tip - use nothing else.

Mar 11, 2011 12:02 AM in response to Keith Barkley

Yes, but I believe it converts it to DV internally.


Only if you have a DV project. You can also have 720p, 1080i and MPEG-4 projects.
Projects that are 720p or 1080i uses Apple Intermediate Codec internally.
MPEG-4 projects uses (you guessed it) MPEG-4 internally.

Footage imported gets converted to the internal format, but only if its not already in the internal format.

Mar 11, 2011 12:08 AM in response to prof d hall

In order to import footage directly into iMovie from a video camera, the camera must be either a DV or HDV camera connected to the computer via FireWire


The quote applies only to importing directly from cameras into iMovie. Footage stored on file systems (hard drives, DVD discs, CDs, memory cards, USB sticks etc) is another story.

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