At a Glance
Expert’s Rating
IMovie for iOS and iMovie for macOS are designed to work together. You can start cutting a project on your iPhone, then use AirDrop or iCloud Drive to wirelessly transfer it to your iPad. You can also send a project from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac for finishing. Global Nav Open Menu Global Nav Close Menu; Apple; Shopping Bag +. Top 10 Common iMovie Problems and Solutions. Elva updated on 2021-08-30 12:06:11. IMovie Basic Video Editing. 1.1 Combine Videos in iMovie. 1.2 Split Video in iMovie. 1.3 Trim Video in iMovie. 1.4 Cut Video in iMovie. 1.5 Crop Video in iMovie. 1.6 Rotate Video in iMovie.
Pros
- Real-time previews are helpful
- Audio effects are a welcome addition
- New themes are visually interesting
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Cons
- Performance annoyingly seems to vary by machine
- A few cosmetic glitches persist
Our Verdict
In my review of iMovie HD 6 ( ), I predicted that Apple, as it did with iLife ’05, would soon release a bug-fix update to address some of the glitches I encountered. And true to form, Apple’s patch to iMovie HD 6.0.1 arrived in mid-February.
The update arrived one day before the print edition of Macworld went to press, so I was able to take these fixes into account and subsequently raised my mouse rating from to .
What’s new in this update?
Apple’s 6.0.1 release notes indicate that Ken Burns Effect rendering performance improved, but I haven’t seen a difference in image quality, and Apple hasn’t specified the exact nature of the improvement. I did notice, however, that Apple fixed a bug in which the live preview of the Effect would continue even after users disabled the Ken Burns Effect checkbox in the Photo Settings palette.
Apple also says that version 6.0.1 improved the Scrubber Bar editing performance. Previously, if multiple clips were selected in the timeline, and you dragged the crop marks that appear below the Scrubber Bar (useful for selecting a large amount of footage), iMovie HD 6 would frequently give you the spinning rainbow cursor and lock up for a few seconds. That problem is now gone.
Apple didn’t address my critique that the Scrubber Bar’s extension to the edge of the iMovie window makes it appear that the playhead is never at the absolute beginning or end of the bar. But, that’s still just a cosmetic issue.
Another criticism was that the image quality of video or photos within themes was rendered at fairly low resolution. The difference was especially apparent when creating an element such as Chapter in the Reflection-Black theme, where the video zooms to fill the entire screen. The good news is that the image quality is better, though the difference between theme and regular video footage is still noticeable.
I’m happy to report that one major problem I ran into now appears to be fixed: Locking an audio clip to a video clip now retains the connection when you reposition the clip in the timeline. I haven’t been able to reproduce that problem since I upgraded to version 6.0.1.
However, I stand by my observation that iMovie remains an often inconsistent player that works fine for some people (such as on my two Macs) while giving others fits.
If you fall into the latter camp, be sure to run a suite of diagnostic procedures (repair permissions, delete iMovie’s preferences, try running it in another bare-bones user account on your Mac), and give Apple your feedback.
Earlier this week Apple introduced iLife ‘08, and with it a radically redesigned version of iMovie, the popular software Mac users can use to edit and publish their own digital movies. Apple has now released iMovie HD 6, the previous release, as a free download from its Web site.
iMovie HD 6 has been released, according to Apple, “for those who have purchased and installed iLife ‘08.” The download clocks in at 154.6MB.
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System requirements call for a G4 or better, including Intel, 256MB RAM, mac OS X v10.3.9 or Mac OS X v10.4.3 or later. Additional requirements are necessary for some effects and HD video processing.