The new “skimming” feature of iMovie ‘08 that allows quick and easy grabbing of video clips from your library to drop into the current movie project is a fantastic feature for speeding up the creation of content, however depending on your mousing skills it can be quite difficult to get the EXACT start and stop points of the clip that you want.

The new .Mac Gallery feature is certainly impressive but would you subscribe to .Mac for this feature alone ? Personally I have been a Flickr subscriber for over 2 years now mainly to “backup” my photos online, and for this the service is perfectly adequate. However if I wanted to produce a showcase of my best photos ( and videos ) it seems as if .Mac would be a much better choice, albeit a slightly more expensive one.
Obviously there is more to .Mac than the Gallery but this feature alone …

iMovie ‘08 is easily the most changed product in the latest release of Apples iLife Suite and as such is already the subject of a number of web sites aimed at helping you get the most out of the new features. One such site is Unlocking iMovie ‘08 which has about a dozen howtos posted already.
Worth watching this one.
[tags]ilife, imovie[/tags]