Wednesday, July 7, 2010

iMovie on iPhone 4

So far, I'm pretty happy with the iPhone 4.

It takes reasonably good "HD" video (god, if we could get people to stop saying "is that in HD" or "it's HD" or "I love it in HD" etc etc).

The iMovie app on the iPhone 4 is very well priced at $4.99. As an app it's really basic, with good icons and a pretty slick/simple interface.
Creating a new project is done by selecting a "theme" which will determine the transitions and title text that are offered while you edit.

Editing together different clips is pretty simple as well- you just click the "drop in" icon to sort through your shot videos and then select the clips that you want as part of the project.

Transitions are represented by small "bowtie" icons, which when double-tapped are adjustable. Either leave the theme transition as-is or remove them (I prefer to remove), and then keep working through your clips.

Individual clips can be trimmed in size by clicking on the clip, then using the familiar "copy/paste" goalposts to drag the clip to be longer or shorter. Titles can be changed by double-tapping the individual clips as well.

I have found that trimming your clips to get the "right part" of your video is finicky- in some cases you trim one clip, and iMovie will also trim others that are to the right or left of it. This is super-frustrating.

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