The new iLife ’11 just came out yesterday and I wanted to see the changes in iMovie. As you know, I use iMovie quite a bit for my video editing. I find it faster than Final Cut Express and well, good enough. One of the major improvements Steve Jobs touted was the improved audio. Did he deliver?
This video takes a quick iPhone 4 video, with the raw audio, and shows you 5 key enhancements iMovie brings to the table. They include:
- Turn on audio waveforms
- Adjust the volume
- Add audio effects
- Reduce background noise
- And, adjust the equalizer
The new iMovie brings lots of improved audio control to your videos. If you’re shooting with the iPhone, I still recommend using a microphone with the kVConnection cable for the best possible audio. But if you need to make adjustments to your raw audio, the new iMovie ’11 definitely does the trick.
I heard that iMovie ’11 runs slower than previous versions, is this something you have experienced? Have you heard of a this?
Eric,
I haven’t noticed any speed issues with the new iMovie ’11. I did get a new iMac at the end of last year so I’m actually feeling it’s faster than before. Of course a new machine makes ya feel that way.
I do like the new features of iMovie ’11 but I’m really looking forward to the new Final Cut Pro. Since FCP is moving to background rendering like iMovie, we shouldn’t have to render each little segment to preview it. It’ll be more iMovie like.
What’s important to me though is the layering of video tracks and graphics. I often shoot with 2 video cameras and being able to move back and forth between them is pretty important. It’s much more than just placing a b-roll on top of your primary. I’ve been using ScreenFlow to edit some of these types of movies because it doesn’t require rendering to preview and it allows me to stack videos and transparent png’s on top of each other.