iLife
iLife '08
08/08/07 12:33 Filed in: Software &
Updates
Apple's
iLife has received what Apple described as it's
biggest jump with iLife '08.
iPhoto '08 includes the ability to organise your photos by event, which seems a great way of dealing with thousands of photos (I've 3000+) which you can skim through, you can now also hide photos you'd rather not have showing and improved editing.
iMovie '08 is not just an update, but a completely new application, along with icon. Creating a video/movie has never been that simple, but from the demo Steve gave it really does look like they've come up with a quick and easy way to make them without sitting for hours. It's all very drag and drop. You can even directly upload to YouTube.
iWeb '08 the simple web creation app, not that I've ever used it, has also been given a make-over. Widgets allow you to more easily integrate content from other sites (YouTube, GoogleMaps etc.). Drag and drop creation of index pages, and finally you can easily upload to your own personal domain and not just .mac.
Garageband '08 now includes magic, a way of adding instruments to your music based on genre. Really it's another application I've never used much, I tend to just create noise, but who knows? Maybe the magic will work for me?
iDVD seems to have mainly gained more themes and improved performance. Really I think Apple thinks the notion of DVD is a bit old hat and why don't you just publish onto the web instead?
It's well worth looking at the tutorials to get an idea of these new features.
The new suite also offer improved .mac integration, .mac itself has been upgraded to 10GB of storage and with all the new gallery features, you'll probably need it. iPhoto's online gallery feature does look very polished, so much so you might think you're in iPhoto.
So, the bad news; support of G4 Macs is coming to an end, as many of these new Applications require a G5 or intel processor. I think that's fair enough; but when will they make a lightweight laptop?
iPhoto '08 includes the ability to organise your photos by event, which seems a great way of dealing with thousands of photos (I've 3000+) which you can skim through, you can now also hide photos you'd rather not have showing and improved editing.
iMovie '08 is not just an update, but a completely new application, along with icon. Creating a video/movie has never been that simple, but from the demo Steve gave it really does look like they've come up with a quick and easy way to make them without sitting for hours. It's all very drag and drop. You can even directly upload to YouTube.
iWeb '08 the simple web creation app, not that I've ever used it, has also been given a make-over. Widgets allow you to more easily integrate content from other sites (YouTube, GoogleMaps etc.). Drag and drop creation of index pages, and finally you can easily upload to your own personal domain and not just .mac.
Garageband '08 now includes magic, a way of adding instruments to your music based on genre. Really it's another application I've never used much, I tend to just create noise, but who knows? Maybe the magic will work for me?
iDVD seems to have mainly gained more themes and improved performance. Really I think Apple thinks the notion of DVD is a bit old hat and why don't you just publish onto the web instead?
It's well worth looking at the tutorials to get an idea of these new features.
The new suite also offer improved .mac integration, .mac itself has been upgraded to 10GB of storage and with all the new gallery features, you'll probably need it. iPhoto's online gallery feature does look very polished, so much so you might think you're in iPhoto.
So, the bad news; support of G4 Macs is coming to an end, as many of these new Applications require a G5 or intel processor. I think that's fair enough; but when will they make a lightweight laptop?