iLife '08
iLife '06, the must-have update to Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications, delivers major upgrades to iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD and GarageBand, plus an innovative new application called iWeb for creating stunning web pages, blogs and podcasts.
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Overview
iPhoto ‘08
Organize. Enhance. Share. Turn pictures into a photo book, calendar, and personal MobileMe Gallery.
New Features
- Organize your photos in an intuitive new way using Events.
- Hide photos without deleting them to get rid of clutter.
- Quickly find the photos you’re looking for with new unified search.
- Use advanced editing tools to make your photos look great.
- Delight your friends and family with new photo books, cards, and calendars.
- Showcase your photos in a MobileMe Gallery where visitors can view and download images.
iMovie ‘08
Easily create amazing movies and share them with the world.
New Features
- Store all your video in one central library, organized by Events.
- Import from popular video devices including AVCHD.
- Click an Event to see your clips and quickly skim to preview.
- Create movies by dragging clips to the project window.
- View your video on your Apple TV, iPod, or iPhone.
- Publish directly to your MobileMe Gallery or YouTube.
GarageBand ‘08
Create and record music, make podcasts, and play with your own virtual band.
New Features
- Create and play with a virtual band using Magic GarageBand.
- Organize sections of your songs with Arrangements.
- Capture the perfect performance with multiple-take recording.
- Use Visual EQ to graphically shape your sound.
- Create high-fidelity recordings with 24-bit audio support.
- Print sheet music with simple notation printing.
iWeb ‘08
Quickly create a stunning website, complete with photos, movies, and live web widgets.
New Features
- Add live web content to your website with widgets.
- Place an interactive Google Map on your site with a few clicks.
- Put Google AdSense ads on your site and get credit for visitors’ clicks.
- Organize photos and videos on an elegant “My Album” index page.
- Choose from eight new themes and change them at any time.
- Publish to your personal domain name hosted on MobileMe.
iDVD ‘08
Turn your home movies and slideshows into gorgeous Hollywood-style DVDs.
New Features
- Choose from 10 new Apple-designed themes.
- Author and preview your project with faster performance.
- Use new menu customization tools for more design control.
- Mix photos and video in your slideshows.
- Select pro-level encoding for higher-quality DVDs.
Most Recent Reviews
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iLife '08
Garage Band
Written by KR
5/09/2008
Garage Band Rules. I love doing it because I compose my own songs and It is easier to have garage Band To go and do It Quicker. Li…Read moreke I don't Always have to drag my Piano
every where I go(4 of 7 people found this review useful)
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iLife '08
Imovie 08 a horrible program
Written by JM
1/09/2008
Not what i expected to find from apple this would be good for the pc folks. It fights you the whole way. I movie 06 hd rocks than…Read morek god it was left behind. The rest of the suit is good and enjoyable but imovie 08 is a bomb!
(11 of 13 people found this review useful)
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iMovie '08 killed it.
Written by KC from Abingdon
29/08/2008
I bought a new Mac Book Pro for college and I used to use iMovie before upgrading to iLife '08... and now I wish I had just kept t…Read morehe old laptop... iMovie '08 makes me want to throw my laptop across the room. It is much harder to use than the previous version... I mean, Adobe Premiere Pro is easier to use than this junk. I want my old version of iMovie back.
(64 of 71 people found this review useful)
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iMovie 08 is TERRIBLE and a step backward
Written by SB from Lisle
12/08/2007
While almost every Apple and Mac product I have used is first rate, well designed, and really intuitive, the new iMovie 08 is a MA…Read moreJOR disappointment. The new iMovie 08 is a watered down, light version of the previous iMovie HD, which was outstanding and one of Apple's true triumphs. Potential buyers need to beware that iMovie 08 does not have the best features that are built in the older version (iMovie HD): timeline, audio controls for cross soundtracking/volume, and timing control of transitions. The new iMovie 08 has few new features and really no improvements for video production that I can see. This is the first real disappointment I have had with an Apple product. For a new Mac user, the new weak version may be OK, but for those of us who have used previous versions of iMovie, this is a big setback.
The other features in iLife, iWeb and iPhoto ARE improvements and worthy of the upgrade. It is unfortunate that a decision was made to change to a light version of iMovie, that is really useless for me (and anyone who used iMovie HD for great movies with many special effects).
Finally, I will add that to Apple's credit, they do support the more powerful, robust, and useful iMovie HD (which allows for more better editing, more features/options, and is more intuitive). It might be that in the future, the new light version (iMovie 08) and the more robust and professional iMovie HD may work together in a new program (and one that is easy to use, unlike the complex Final Cut Express).
Back to the drawing boards, iMovie team! Bravo iWeb and iPhoto!(5132 of 6976 people found this review useful)
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iLife '08
Really, Really Needs to be Patched
Written by NB from Grand Haven
10/08/2007
I bought this at an Apple store less than 3 hours after the Keynote and I was all excited. I started with iPhoto, and I love it. …Read more I photo worked great and I instantly created a web gallery (which is totally awesome).
Then I opened iMovie and all I got was a spinning beach ball. Didn't really care because I don't use it that much anyway.
Then things got really bad. I opened iWeb and it completely borked my existing website (that I use with dot mac). Luckily, I had backups of the files on my MacBook Pro, but they are useless because iWeb crashes everytime it tries to upgrade the files!
My suggestion, if your a big iWeb user, is too read the discussions in Apple support, because it seems that everyone who uses it with an existing site is having serious issues, from losing pages to system hang-ups and crashes.
We are all keeping our fingers crossed for a patch from Apple, hopefully sooner than later!(4076 of 5922 people found this review useful)
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Ilife 08 extremely buggy. Wait for update to install.
Written by DE from Sacramento
12/08/2007
This is a very buggy group of software. Don't even attempt to run iweb if you have been using an older version. It will destroy …Read moreyour old site completely. If you still want to try it, then you better backup your old domain somewhere safe first. I photo works reasonably well, but still has some annoying bugs. Imovie is very slow on an imac G5. Wouldn't use this thing unless you have a newer intel machine. No experience with garage band. This is the worst update bug wise to the ilife sweet since it war first introduced. If it doesn't crash the new features are nice.
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