Re: [videoblogging] Newbie Questions

2008-07-07 Thread Rupert
Interesting! Thanks, Jen. I found it incredibly frustrating and annoying and didn't really get to know it. But if it's more intuitive for newcomers, then that explains why Apple decided to release it. It also suddenly makes it a lot more attractive to me. I'm going to read the instructions

Re: [videoblogging] Newbie Questions

2008-07-07 Thread Jen Simmons
I don't know about iMovie '08 having less in the way of semi-advanced features. I haven't spent much time with it (preferring to edit in FCP). That may be true. That would be sad. What I did like about it was that when I was teaching new people -- people who typically struggle to understand

Re: [videoblogging] Newbie Questions

2008-07-07 Thread Rupert
Except, it seems to be sorely lacking in video effects & audio editing and pretty much any of the semi-advanced features that iMovie 6 had, no? On 7-Jul-08, at 3:16 PM, Jen Simmons wrote: I highly recommend the video tutorials Apple has posted online: http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imo

Re: [videoblogging] Newbie Questions

2008-07-07 Thread Jen Simmons
I highly recommend the video tutorials Apple has posted online: http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie They are for the new version — iMovie '08. While many people complain about the changes Apple made in this last release of iMovie, and are hanging onto the HD '06 version because they

Re: [videoblogging] Newbie Questions

2008-07-07 Thread Michael Verdi
We have a pdf chapter on editing from our book "Secrets of Videoblogging" up on freevlog.org - http://www.freevlog.org/2008/06/21/3-make-a-video/ Also Bre Pettis recently made a video about editing - http://www.imakethings.com/2008/06/19/getting-started-in-video-editing-and-publishing/ Verdi On

[videoblogging] Newbie Questions

2008-07-07 Thread Michael Harren
Hey everyone! I have been audio podcasting for about three years now at mikeypod.com and am beginning to dabble in video. I love the thought of it, but when I get to the editing part I seem to be cursed with massive fail at every turn. I think the problem is that I lack basic knowledge.