Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Funny...I found the new imovie to be easier to use than the old one. I found doing Ken Burns effects and keeping it in frame for TV to be much better than the old version of iMovie...I have Final Cut Express and love it...but I have not upgraded it. Doing things like Ken Burns in Final Cut is not quick, takes about 5 stepes to do, but it is an awesome program...so many things you can do in it, almost unlimited in its functionality...kinda like Photoshop...can use it every day for your life and still not learn it all. Before spending money on the new software maybe play with imovie more and see if after re learning the interface it still does not work for you? I know re learning an interface is annoying, like going from OS9 to 10..all the keyboard shortcuts were wrong...how stupid was that. Don Lawrence wrote: > I have for many years used imovie on the Mac to make slide shows with > video excerpts and music for family and friends. > In the latest version, Apple totally reworked the user interface and to > me it has become very difficult to use the way I am use to. > > I am looking for suggestions for a Mac software to replace the imovie > program. > I found a simple and cheap ($49) program called 'Photo to Movie' that > works quite well for simple slide shows with music. > It will let you do advanced panning (Ken Burn's effect), but its > limitation is not accepting video clips. > > I have considered Final Cut Express, but have read that the newest > version has a similar interface to imovie and that is not good. > > I would appreciate any suggestions. > > Thanks > Don Lawrence > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Harrison McClary Harrison McClary Photography harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography http://www.imagestocksouth.com Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: http://www.mcclary.net/blog