Comments on: iMovie…the new rough cut. http://www.matthewkappenman.net/blog/2007/08/08/imoviethe-new-rough-cut/ VFX/MoGraph/Editorial : Life Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:32:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matthew Kappenman http://www.matthewkappenman.net/blog/2007/08/08/imoviethe-new-rough-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-55853 Matthew Kappenman Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:15:51 +0000 http://www.matthewkappenman.net/blog/2007/08/08/imoviethe-new-rough-cut/#comment-55853 Rich, Thanks for your comment. I don't know for certain if they've taken out the timeline or not. From all the videos and pics I've seen there does not appear to be one. However, it sounds like you are doing more professional sounding work than iMovie was designed for. You might consider upgrading to Final Cut Express. It is only $299 and it will give you a plethora of new tools, both audio and video to further polish your videos. Also, FCE is very similar to FCP and would give you a great way to broaden your software experiences should you choose to do so. Rich,

Thanks for your comment. I don’t know for certain if they’ve taken out the timeline or not. From all the videos and pics I’ve seen there does not appear to be one.

However, it sounds like you are doing more professional sounding work than iMovie was designed for.

You might consider upgrading to Final Cut Express. It is only $299 and it will give you a plethora of new tools, both audio and video to further polish your videos. Also, FCE is very similar to FCP and would give you a great way to broaden your software experiences should you choose to do so.

]]> By: Rich http://www.matthewkappenman.net/blog/2007/08/08/imoviethe-new-rough-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-55824 Rich Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:41:31 +0000 http://www.matthewkappenman.net/blog/2007/08/08/imoviethe-new-rough-cut/#comment-55824 Sorry, but the removal of the timeline in iMovie '08 makes it a complete nonstarter for me. The ability to fine-tune and manipulate two tracks of audio seems to be gone--you can only make global adjustments. This makes it useless for me, where I add background music and need to match recorded voiceover (specifically, bride and groom wedding vows) to the main track. Apple has taken away the ability to fine-tune the audio, and instead gave us this ridiculous dumbed-down blunt tool. Sad. Very sad. Sorry, but the removal of the timeline in iMovie ’08 makes it a complete nonstarter for me. The ability to fine-tune and manipulate two tracks of audio seems to be gone–you can only make global adjustments. This makes it useless for me, where I add background music and need to match recorded voiceover (specifically, bride and groom wedding vows) to the main track. Apple has taken away the ability to fine-tune the audio, and instead gave us this ridiculous dumbed-down blunt tool. Sad. Very sad.

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