New iLife ‘08 users can download iMovie HD directly from Apple’s website for free (If they want to use the old “real” iMovie).[...] Thanks to szym9341 for providing this nice story on Digg (more than 787Diggs).
What other users say about this:
bigkevheck: You can download and install iMovie HD 6.0.4 from apple without having iLife ‘08. Simply use Pacifist from http://www.charlessoft.com/ to install it from the disk image you download from Apple’s link. I was able to upgrade from iMovie 4 with no problems.
MikelHolyfield: The human consciousness is really homogeneous. There is no complete forgetting, even in death.
Stockcerts: I am new to Imovie, but dissapointed when I saw there were limited transitions and no timeline interface. If I download 06 are there more transitions? Not sure how it’s different from 08. Also, I sure hope that by downloading 06 it won’t overwrite my 08 version. I probably think this way as I’m new to Macs…coming from the PC world. Thanks!
mtusk: Does iMovie 6 integrate nicely with the new iDVD 07? For instance, can you simply drag iMovie 6 project files into iDVD and it will recognize the video and chapters?
macfoo: been following a few support threads at Apple – alot of people are VERY unhappy with what Apple has done to the supposed “upgrade” of iMovie.
StephenCIreland: thank allah, its the only reason i was holding back on iLife 08, i need decent editing, i dont care about speed
EricG: Sadly the one app I really wanted to use on my (not that old) G4 Mac Mini wont work.. iMovie.. I don’t plan on doing HD video, I don’t see why they can’t enable to run on a G4 even if the performance is poor.. sad.
fooyonghwee: This is great for G4 users too.
FunkyG: The new iMovie is just different. As the keynote said, it allows a very quick and dirty video to be put together very quickly. I have to say I love the media browser aspect of it. It may not offer quite the control, but it’s a whole lot easier to use for newbies and the utube generation.
As far as I can see Apple did a good thing. Gave us a new app for a new style of video editing, and at the same time also made sure that if you want more detail, you can have it with the previous version.
Chuck0078: just because one app won’t run on a machine doesn’t mean they “dropped support”
iapx: I am sad to see that buyer of Powerbooks, top-of-the-line professional notebooks (as Apple intend it), less than 2 years ago, is no more supported by Apple, even for it’s mainstream products!
Giving away nearly $3000 for a powerbook, memory upgrade, disk upgrade and Apple Care, and now, my december’05 top-notch laptop seems just to be ignored by Apple.This is an investment to buy a Powerbook, an investment that has a sense within a 3-years timeframe( for myself), but less than 2 years after it’s availability, Apple drop support!
toetagger: BTW, I bought iLife today…. it included a disk for iWork! Cool… don’t have to DL it…
MinnesotaTwins: I can see where people still want some of the more advanced features without going all the way to a professional type software.
I personally love the new version. All I want to do is import my videos from my digicam and upload them to youtube. This new version makes this a breeze for me, and I love it.
jamesburton1: I bought iLife ‘08 from the store today and it automatically kept a copy of iMovie HD in an “Old iMovie” folder under Applications.
So, what’s this all about!?
nxtort: After using the new iMovie I can’t see why someone would go back to iMovie HD, but it’s nice of Apple to offer the software up. This software feels and runs like a pro app. Photographers are going to love the new Ken Burns controls. Its allot like final cut without the teeth pulling of iMovie.
