Compare iMovie08 Video Capture/Categorizing to FootTrack and iDive

Can anyone compare the iMovie08 video capture and categorizing capabilities to FootTrack and iDive?

Hi,
I am the German translator of FootTrack and thought I'd jump in here with an example of things FootTrack can do, the way I use the program, anyway. I shoot a lot of documentary footage, some of which is of a stock variety, i.e. I shoot on spec and might not use the footage for a few years. FootTrack lets me capture the footage and compresses it to a smaller size that I can keep on my internal drive after I have deleted the original DV footage. That means I can tag, organise and scan compressed versions of my clips without having to have access to the original tape. When I have decided which clips I need for a project, I can export a FCP XML file to use as the base for a batch capture, because FootTrack captures timecode as part of its metadata (although it doesn't capture this for HDV at the moment, I believe FootTrack HD is in development). This saves a lot of time. iMovie on the other hand only knows the footage you have on your machine, which in my case is only the current project footage, so the organisation that it does the iPhoto way is not much use to me for older footage.
I think of FootTrack as a pro video editor's organisational tool that gives me access to all of my footage without having to store huge amounts of DV data on external drives, or having to index my tapes with detailed info. I don't edit with it, preferring to edit with a video editing program. Those tasks are quite separate.
I hope this helps. If you are trying to decide whether FootTrack is for you, try asking questions at the FootTrack yahoo group or contact Todd, the developer. He is a great dude, as mentioned before.
Later,
Fiver

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[http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10930286#10930286]
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