Monday, April 7, 2008

I want the old iMovie back!


 I'm very annoyed with the new iMovie. The lack of a timeline at the bottom of the window is driving me bonkers. The bin sort of functions as a timeline, but in a very awkward way. Also, it's skinny on transitions and text animations. Another lacking feature is the ability to draw volume curves when you're adding your sound. I have a very loucd chhhhhhhhkkkk at the end because I wasn't able to draw a volume curve. If you click on the little speaker symbol in the middle right, there is allegedly a volume control, but it's not the same as being able to draw the intuitive volume curves like the ones in GarageBand or Logic. At any rate, I couldn't get it to work, and there's a big chhhhkkkk. If I were thurough, I would edit it in Logic, or Audacity (they have a handy fade-out effect). Alas, I didn't edit it right and there's a chhhhhkkkk. This is going to drive me nuts. Can I resist the O.C.D. tendency to go and fix this problem? Watch the movie and find out.