
It’s strange to think of iMovie—the first app in the series that later became iLife—as an underdog, but Apple’s video editing application has found itself trying to overcome the initial poor impressions of iMovie ’08 by longtime iMovie users. iMovie ’11, introduced at Apple’s Back to the Mac media event, adds long-awaited features like improved audio editing and 1080p HD output, and takes advantage of the program’s editing strengths to introduce One-Step effects such as instant replays.
iMovie ’11 also includes surprises, large and small. The main draw is the ability to quickly cut together movie trailers, but just as exciting are features for identifying when people appear in clips, correcting for rolling shutter side effects, and the return of a traditional timeline using the new Single Row view. Continue reading →