Another alternative to iMovie

I use iMovie a lot for creating DVD slideshows of photos with no video in them at all. The Ken Burns affect is pretty important but its been heavily documented that the Ken Burns does export to DVD too well because of some interlacing issue that causes it to get all wavy.
I like iMovie but this problem is a deal breaker. I need something that works pretty much the same way but does not have bugs like this. FInal Cut is great and all but creating a Ken Burns affect is no where near as simple as clicking a check box.
Any thoughts?

Hi Kevin - also check out Still Life:
http://www.grantedsw.com
This is fully compatible with iMovie but can also stand alone. It is cheaper than Photo to Movie, and maybe not quite so versatile, but still does the Ken Burns effect very well.

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How to use iMovie 08 imported footage on another computer in iMovie 09?

I had to import quite a lot of video from tape and had only firewire 400 cable so did it on a Mac running iMovie 08.
Now, how can I move the imported data to another computer using iMovie 09?
When I open iMovie 09, I can see the disk on the other computer (over the LAN) but how can I get iMovie 09 to recognise and use the data that iMovie 08 has imported?

You can use these files, but the first time you open them in iMovie 09, they will be upgraded so they will no longer work in iMOvie 08. New cache and thumbnails files will be created.
It is probably not working now because, for performance reasons, iMovie 09 will not work with a network drive. There are workarounds involving symbolic links. But you still have to deal with the performance issue.
So, do you want these files to still work in iMovie 08?
*If no...*
Simple drag and drop these Event Folders to a locally attached external drive that is formatted as MacOS Extended (journaled). They should be placed in a folder called iMovie Events at the top level of the drive. Attach this drive to the computer with iMovie 09, and start iMovie 09.
Note: You could also move these files to your internal hard drive if you have plenty of room. In this case, they go in the Movies/iMovie Events folder.
*if yes..*.
Attach a properly formatted external drive to the computer with iMovie 08. In the finder, copy (not move) the Event folders to folder named "iMovie Events" at the top level of the drive.
Also, if you have created projects from your imported footage (the events), and you want to port your projects to iMovie 09, it gets a little more complicated. Let me know.
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Canother when them from another application eg imovie? 150 files but only 30 show.

Aperture 3 help please. Can anyone tell me why I lose photos from files when trying to access them from another application eg imovie? file may have 80 photos but only 20 might be seen in application.

Can anyone tell me why I lose photos from files
Do you mean from folders, albums, or projects?
How do you access your Aperure images from other applications? Do you show Aperture in the Media Brower?
Then you need to ensure that Aperture renders previews for all images you want to access externally. Check your settings in the Aperture Preferences -> Previews and enable "Share Previews ..." and "New Projects automatically generate Previews". If reviews are missing for older imports select the images, ctrl click and "Update Preview".
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Attempting to watch a video on a social media site, I get a response you must upload a later version of Flash. Is there an Apple alternative, or another alternative, or should I just go ahead and download the Flash.

Attempting to watch a video on a popular social media site, I'm asked to download a Flash Media upgrade in order to view. Is there an Apple alternative, or another alternative, or should I just go ahead and download Flash, but will it still take as long as it used to, to play?

Adobe Flash Player version 11.1.102.55 is the latest and it works fine for me on several Intel Mac's.
Adobe - Install Adobe Flash Player
Won't make your download speed any faster, but should play the content in question.

An affordable alternative to iMovie?

is there an affordable alternative to iMovie? I do not need anything as professional as Final Cut but would like more effects than are offered in iMovie08 (since they took some of the stuff away from the previous version)

iMovie version 6 (available free to iLife 08 users)?
QuickTime Pro? A powerful authoring, editing and conversion tool ($30).
Final Cut Express?

How do you crop an audio that is in the background for it to then start again in another point in iMovie?

I'm working on this project and it has background music. I need the background music to stop (i.e crop the background music) and then make it start in another point. In simpler words I just need to crop a part of the audio out and continue by fading, or to simply add two background audios.

You're in much more control with your audio, when you do not use the 'background' feature (which is meant for a very convenient 'auto mode'), but use audio as 'clips':
drag your background music onto the first video-clip of your Project
it appears as a green bar
you can process this bar as any other clip in iMovie:
move it, shorten it, split it, copy it. plus, you can apply fades at front at end ....
http://help.apple.com/imovie/#mov3b0fa95d
http://help.apple.com/imovie/#mov3b0fa323

Since the Touch has no camera is there another alternative?

I don't need an iPhone (on many levels) ,but I like it's cameras.
My research shows that Apple has chosen not to have a camera in the touch so I was wondering if there was another gadget out there that might do movies and pics and works with Mac ?
I have a Flip Mino and it's a hassle to get into iMovie and it doesn't take pics.
Some new models evidently work well with Mac, this one doesn't but the movies are pretty good quality and according to this chart I found athttp://ipod.about.com/od/ipodvscompetitors/a/ipod-nano-video-competitors.htm

I was able to get the download to resume...after 45 minutes of signing out/deleting partials/and "waiting" for download to resume in purchases! Thanks to all anyway!

ANOTHER problem starting iMovie

Okay, I've read some other posts here about iMovie problems, but my issue seems to be different. When I launch the application, it bounces, and the blue light comes on, but then... nothing. I can see the menu options at the top of the screen, and when I click on "file," none of the options are available except "import from camera" (which doesn't work, either).
I can't open any of my previous iMovie projects. I double-click on them, and nothing happens. No error message... nothing.
I just installed version 7.1.1 and it hasn't helped at all. All my other apple updates are current.
I haven't used iMovie in a few months, so I have no idea what is going on here. Any help would be much appreciated.

This really doesn't make any sense, but it worked...
I read on another post that changing the color settings will solve the problem (God knows why). So I went into System Preferences, clicked on "Monitor," then "Color"... and here's the weird part... I didn't do anything else, but I noticed an immediate, although slight, shift in the color palette of my monitor. It still looks good, but slightly different (perhaps warmer). I didn't actually "change" anything, but after I did this, iMovie worked.
I think it works on the same principle as when Fonzie punched the jukebox on Happy Days.
Good luck!

Another Transitions in iMovie (10.0.7 latest)

I just bought my first iMac (brand new) and see transitions in TEMPLATED movies that are not available in 'from scratch" ones.
I previously was in Windoze-land using Corel's video program with all sorts of transitions, where this iMac comes with very few.
Should I assume that industry-standard plug-ins will not work? How do I add some more (like Apple iMovie Plug-in Pack) and to what folder?
Same for titles. So far, the program is great, but titles and transitions seem too few and not addable.
Is this right?
Thanks for helping the newbie!

Hello vennemec,
If you are looking to work with title text in iMovie 10 (2013), including changing the font or color, you may find the information and steps outlined in the following article helpful:
iMovie (2013): Edit a title
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Newbie needs help, advice and alternatives to imovie

Hey all,
I am running into problems using imovie 08. Here is the project: Importing large amounts of VHS footage using a canopus input device. I have no problem importing. the problem exists when I try to delete rejected footage. I know this has been posted before, but i really did not notice a solution. I hear things like, "be patient. it takes time" but I am getting spinning wheel that wont go away. I click on the imovie icon in the toolbar and it says, 'imovie not responding" in the greyed out area of the box. So i am forced to shut down or force quit.....losing not only the clip, but the entire import.
Is there any way to avoid this? it is a fairly new imac, so its not as if the cpu or memory cant handle the project.
Now part two.....I want to import all these ideally with imovie, then edit ideally with idvd. First, i want to import everything (i am borrowing a work imac for winter break) and later (summer?) i want to edit. but, i dont think i will be able to do this since i cannot get rid of the scenes...or do i just wait and do this in idvd? IS there an easier way? snap pro? final cut? i want to avoid the rendering times (takes imovie over an hour just to open!) and the freezing. my end product will be DVD's slideshows,
Could I easily, using these programs, simply make a copy of the DVD's on a LG dvd recorder (stand alone) and edit this video later? or do i have to then import that in DV format, and end up with the same problems? eventually, i want to do lots of editing so the stand alone is not a good permanant solution. I also dont get it: are these DV files or MOV files? the computer shows both. what else imports this format that may allow me to edit the video in an easier, non freezing way?
thanks for reading. meanwhile, i will continue to scan the forums.
Mike

But, let me see if i understand you correctly: import with imovie, but THEN use QT or Mpeg streamclip? or do i import with those programs.
Actually, I would probably use Vidi (free) to import the source files. It is an older utility and does just one thing -- it captures the raw DV footage and stores it wherever I want. This is handy if I have yet to determine which video editor I plan to use. Once the raw footage is stored on my hard drive, and can perform preliminary cuts of footage I definitely don't plan to use. This saves time importing/re-rendering the content I do actually keep and plan to use, as well as, the thumbnailing of content if it went directly to iMovie '08.
also, can you explain why this is what you call destructive editing?
Destructive editing is editing that actually modifies the source file. All versions of iMovie have the ability to "split" the source content into smaller segments and trash ones you don't want. By this I mean it actually divides a source clip into smaller segments, re-writes the segments you want to keep, and deletes those you don't. This is destructive. Once the segments are deleted and the project updated, they are gone for good. iMovie '08, FCE, and FCP, on the other hand, are intended to be used non-destructively. This means You can select a segments and add the segment to one or more projects one or more times without physically changing the source file. In other words, there is no real need to physically remove content you don't want since you can simply tell the project which frames to include in the project. Think of it as either copying the source frames you want to project. In actually, in iMovie '08 you are just copying frame references to the project and not the physical content itself -- which is why I call it "by-reference" editing. Since not actual footage is copied to the project in iMovie '08, the project files are much smaller. In addition, unlike iMovie HD, your edits do not have to be rendered to physicals which also ad to a projects size. Instead, in iMovie '08, the status of the project is simply rendered in real time for viewing which is why the CPU requirements are so high for this application.
do i loose quality on this?
Generally speaking, you lose quality every time you transcode your content. Since there is no physical intermediate file in iMovie '08, every frame in our output is transcoded at least once. In iMovie HD, only the titles, filters, transitions, special effects and such are re-rendered (re-compressed to the default project compression format) which means that all other content is exported as a "reference" file pointing to the original source content as it was imported into the project. This is why you will probably see a lot of talk about DVDs made with iMovie HD looking better than those made with iMovie '08.
a lot?
That really depends on what you are doing and how good the original content is in terms of quality. If you are importing content that is automatically transcoded or manually transcoded as part of the import and then re-render it part of a special effect and then convert it to a target compression for a particular use, then you could end up with the equivalent of a third generation copy of your original content. If the original content was of outstanding quality, then you may see little or no visual deterioration. If starting with something like QVGA digital camera content, then you may be tearing your hear out when you see the finished product.
do i really need to jump thru all these hoops just to primarily delete rejected clips? a process that imovie 08 should be able to handle quite easily, but does not.
The best approach you be for you to do your preliminary editing as you import. Since you will be importing manually, you can plan ahead and only import the content you actually plan to use by starting and stopping the import process manually. By blocking or importing individual segments manually and allowing them to thumbnail independently, you should not be constantly running into the problem where the computer locks up for hours because you are importing an hour plus of content all at once. I have never run any timing tests, but it often seems that the import time sometimes grows geometrically with the amount of content imported simultaneously and not linearly on my rather old G5. (It may just be my imagination, but I'm not sure.)
the second comment i get. So, i can really keep all the cruddy stuff in my import, and simply do not add it to the idvd project?
Normally, each project you create in iMovie will end up as a separate "title" on your DVD. You can crate a single long movie or several shorter projects than can be selected as independent playback selections in your DVD project. The basic function of iDVD is to take the files you send to it and convert them to MPEG2/PCM content to be burned to a DVD along with the interactive menus needed to play them back on a commercial DVD player which access content written to specific types of files. While an application like DVDSP will offer limited editing options, they are nowhere as good as what you can do in the video editor. Use iMovie to create the file as you wish to play it back and use iDVD to write those files to your DVD.
that might help me avoid the issue i am having, but will not help me save drive space.
As I have already said many times before, the best way to save drive space is not to import content you don't really want. The average DV25 file video content alone takes up an average of about 28.5 mbps for or about 12.825 GB of hard drive space for every hour of imported video plus whatever space is needed for your audio. (There are different "flavors of DV but most often it is imported as DV/DV for iMovie.)
that might help me avoid the issue i am having, but will not help me save drive space.
The best way to see what is going on is to simply open one of the files and look at the "Inspector" window. The "Format:" entry should tell you what compression formats were actually used to create the files. The DV file will be DV video with DV audio. The MOV files will likely depend on the actual source file and/or the default project type selected in the case of iMovie HD imports. Basically, if the import routine automatically transcoded the content, it will often end up in an MOV file container as explained previously.
i like the sound of vidi and will check it out now.....ok. did that. looks good! so, basically, i get one big file at no signal loss, that i can mess with first, then bring into imovie?
Exactly.
any reason i would NOT want to do that?
Probably not as long as you import and do your preliminary editing one tape at a time. In this way you can get rid of most of the dross immediately. If however, there is a long segment you know you'll never use, why import it at all.
I only have so much time off work here, and hope to do it all during my vacation. this issue was causing me a headache. hopefully this will now make things a little easier.
Best of luck. Consider it a "learning experience." (I.e., "no pain, no gain.")

Free alternative to imovie?

I just realized imove is gone from my computer, and it can't be downloaded for free anymore. My installer disc is scratched. Where can I download any type of software so that I can record movies with my built in laptop cam? I googled and googled, and can only find free pc programs. I don't want to pay for it. only gonna use it once.

Thank you for that link. At last I have a method for capturing DV video on my Mac Mini.
iMovie HD has consistently refused to recognise my camera ( http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=454859&tstart=0 )
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H
I had a look at Hyperengine AV, a free Mac video
editing software that has an non-standard way of
constructing your movie (ie: sort of free-style with
no actual tracks) but allows multiple tracks of
video, audio, text etc - worth a look, even to do a
few things that iMovie can't do - like multiple video
tracks.
http://www.arboretum.com/products/hyperengine-av/hav_m
ain.html
cheers

HT3775 My iMovie isnt working cause i deleted a file that was transferring from another app, into iMovie and now its frozen, what do i do?

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When i open it back up, its still there. Is there any way i can reboot the whole thing?

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And it was your wife's Apple ID that was used to download and install the Yosemite you are using on this computer? If so then I suggest you need to contact Apple to get his straightened out.
Apple Store Customer Service at 1-800-676-2775 or visit online Help for more information.
To contact product and tech support: Contacting Apple for support and service - this includes
international calling numbers..
For Mac App Store: Apple - Support - Mac App Store.
For iTunes: Apple - Support - iTunes.

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Yes, I tried that.   The files were ordered by their original numbers as imported from the camera, but I batched them through Phocoshop to downsize all of them into a more manageable file size.   I opened that destination folder from quick time from where it said select image sequence.   I clicked on the first one and opened it.   The result was a large image with an arrow indicating a movie was ready to go.   When I pressed the arrow, though, I realized it had only imported that one frame so there was no movie.   The files are Jpgs and are about 450 KB each.
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