Monday, August 24, 2009
iHate the new iMovie!
I love my Mac. I love how easy it is to use and how many things I can get done with it. It's worth the extra money one pays.
And I have gotten the hang of the version of iMovie that came with my old laptop, and like the various things I can do in it and with it.
The new version of iMovie, in my personal, humble opinion, sucks the Big Hairy Grotty One. It has taken the Mac design philosophy of "just tell us what you want and we'll do it for you" to new depths. I was, after quite a bit of trial and error, able to figure out how to properly load sound to a video clip and get it synched up (essential for making music videos around here), and I actually like the sound editor much better, as it gives you a graphic representation of the sound, much like ProTools or Amadeus, or even Garage Band. However, I wanted to be able to mix the relative level of the sounds from my camcorder and my board the way *I* wanted. And here, the new iMovie failed me. It assumed that I was obviously a total amateur who just wanted to slap together moving pictures and sound haphazardly, and while it was happy to help me do that, it was totally unwilling to help me create the music video I wanted.
So I reopened my old version of iMovie, and mixed up my music video in there. Just like before. Check it out.
Maybe some day before I die, someone will show me how to make the new iMovie do what I need it to do for my music videos. But I won't hold my breath.
And I have gotten the hang of the version of iMovie that came with my old laptop, and like the various things I can do in it and with it.
The new version of iMovie, in my personal, humble opinion, sucks the Big Hairy Grotty One. It has taken the Mac design philosophy of "just tell us what you want and we'll do it for you" to new depths. I was, after quite a bit of trial and error, able to figure out how to properly load sound to a video clip and get it synched up (essential for making music videos around here), and I actually like the sound editor much better, as it gives you a graphic representation of the sound, much like ProTools or Amadeus, or even Garage Band. However, I wanted to be able to mix the relative level of the sounds from my camcorder and my board the way *I* wanted. And here, the new iMovie failed me. It assumed that I was obviously a total amateur who just wanted to slap together moving pictures and sound haphazardly, and while it was happy to help me do that, it was totally unwilling to help me create the music video I wanted.
So I reopened my old version of iMovie, and mixed up my music video in there. Just like before. Check it out.
Maybe some day before I die, someone will show me how to make the new iMovie do what I need it to do for my music videos. But I won't hold my breath.
Labels: Garage Band, iMovie, Macintosh, music videos, ProTools
