Just so you know, the newer iMovie versions are absolutely nothing like iMovie HD. IMovie HD processes HD footage losslessly (without loss of quality) - the newer versions do not. I have the special version of iMovie HD (6.04) which was made available by Apple when people complained about iMovie 08. It is a.dmg and it will work with Mountain Lion and it co-exists along with the newer versions of iMovie. If you have that.dmg version, I can tell you how to install it, but you'd need iLife 08 installed first.
Post back if you have that. Hmmm, frankly not sure since I've only done the installs of 6.04 using the.dmg supplied by Apple. So is your 6.04 a copy of the fully installed version or an installer image (.dmg)? In my case, the.dmg can only be installed if iLife 08 is installed, so I install iLife 08 (nothing works from that in ML, but it doesn't matter), then install the 6.04.dmg, and then update the entire iLife with 09 and then 11, running software update in between. At that point, every app works. During that process, the new iMovie versions will be installed and automatically create a previous version folder for 6.04. If it's the full application, you could try to first install iLife 08 and then create a folder 'iMovie previous version' for your Applications folder and simply drop the application into it.
Then see if you can launch it - if not, just trash the folder. In my case, the.dmg can only be installed if iLife 08 is installed, so I install iLife 08 (nothing works from that in ML, but it doesn't matter), then install the 6.04.dmg, and then update the entire iLife with 09 and then 11, running software update in between. At that point, every app works. During that process, the new iMovie versions will be installed and automatically create a previous version folder for 6.04. Right now I have a Powerbook G4.
I'll be purchasing a new iMac (Mountain Lion) in the coming months. I would like to put both iMovie HD6 and the last version of iDVD on it. I've read numerous threads on the iDVD installation. I'm trying to make sure I understand all the steps to getting both applications installed and working correctly.
I have the install disks for. iLife 08 (says it can install on both PPC and Intel Macs). iLife 09 (with iDVD). iLife 11 (older version with iDVD) I certainly remember disliking iMovie 7 and therefore used the download from Apple to revert back to 6.0.4 on my Powerbook. I did a search and happened to find in my Library an installer package labeled iMovie HD6 (the file info says version 6.0.4 and it's dated Feb 2008). Is this what I would have used to go back to iMovie HD6 from iMovie 7?
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I also found a ton of other installer packages that I had no idea my powerbook must have automatically saved. Included were numerous iDVD 7 update installers.
So would I take these steps on the new iMac with Mountain Lion?. Use the iLife 08 disk to do a custom install of only iMovie (or does the 6.0.4 installer only work if you've installed the entire iLife 08?).
Run the installer package iMovieHD6 to revert from iMovie 7 to HD6. Use the iLife 09 disk to do a custom install of iDVD. Update iDVD by running the update packages and then using the iLife 11 disk to ensure I get all the themes available for iDVD. Run software update to bring everything up-to-date 1.
I did a regular install of all the iLife apps on the DVD, but just iMovie should work (although I've not tried that). Use the.dmg you have. I installed all the apps, but just installing iDVD should work. I'd run Software Update and then use iLife 11 and run Software Update again. I don't have any apps from the app store, so my iPhoto is from the iLife disks (and has been updated automatically by Software Update to the latest version). I do not know how it would work if you've purchased iPhoto from the app store since I do not own any apps from there. It's kinda late here, so let me know if I've missed any of your questions.
I don't have any apps from the app store, so my iPhoto is from the iLife disks (and has been updated automatically by Software Update to the latest version). I do not know how it would work if you've purchased iPhoto from the app store since I do not own any apps from there.
IPhoto 11 came on the Mac where I did the old iLife 11 iDVD install. Somehow software update just automatically new that I needed to do a reinstall of iPhoto so I just hit the 'reinstall' button that magically appeared and iPhoto was back to normal.See fredfrommccornick's comments about halfway down the page.- This is how I knew I'd need the reinstall of iPhoto after installing iDVD from the iLife 11 disk. I didn't have the iLife 09 disk at the time so I'm not sure if the same thing will happen to iPhoto.
Guess I'll find out, though. Apple could have saved us a lot of trouble if they had just kept iDVD as well as the good quality iMovie HD6 -See Bengt Warleby's comments about getting good iDVD quality- it's a wealth of info. Particularly his comments about 'Use of video-editor'.
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Click to expand.If you want to make a DVD playable on nearly any standard DVD player, it's not iMovie.or. iDVD, it's iMovie.and.then. iDVD. Making a DVD is a two-part process: editing and authoring First you /edit/ the video with iMovie - cut out the unwanted scenes, add transitions between scenes, etc. IMovie exports a file that you will import into iDVD. IDVD will /author/ the DVD, allowing you to add titles and such like. Now, just in case you don't have a lot of experience making movies, here are some basic rules that will allow you to make movies that are technically as good as those made by any top director.
Please forgive me if you are already expert at this. The subject moves. The camera does /not/ move. If the camera costs less than about $100,000 it does not have a proper image stabilizer, so it is /always/ fixed on a tripod.
If you think that you will have to pan the camera because the baby is crawling across the floor or taking his first steps, you will get a video tripod with a fluid head for very smooth motion. Amateur-grade models from Manfrotto can produce professional-grade results for under $500. In the final edit you do /not/ show the camera panning when the subject is not moving.
If, for example, you are taping talking heads, you may pan between them, but you will edit out that pan and switch from head to head instantly. The same applies to the zoom. Use it as necessary, but edit out the zoom itself - the final edit has instant transitions from wide view to close-up or vice-versa. 3) Speaking of transitions, don't use /any/ of those cute transitions that iMovie offers.
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They have 'rank amateur' written all over them. And, they tire viewers, including yourself, very quickly. Use either instantaneous transitions (i.e., none at all) or, at worst, a very fast dissolve. No rotating cubes, irises, barn doors, spins, ripples, what-have-you. 4) Lighting is one of the most difficult areas of all. Bright but soft (indirect, no harsh shadows) seems to please most viewers. For amateurs like you and me, that usually means bouncing /bright/ lights off the ceiling.
Problem: keep the baby from upsetting the lighting unit. If a standard table or floor lamp can handle the wattage of a spotlight, you can remove the shade and replace bulbs with spotlights. Camera-mounted lights are out unless they can swivel up to the ceiling because they cast very sharp, harsh shadows. 5) Now you have a movie that /looks/ professional. But it also needs to /sound/ professional.
I use the Sony UWP-C1 UHF Microphone systems, $500 from. These are similar to what they use for TV; a lavalier mic is clipped to the speaker's shirt or blouse (or hidden thereunder) and the transmitter is on a fanny pack behind the speaker (or otherwise hidden). The receiver is mounted atop your video camera and is plugged into the auxiliary audio input, replacing the camera's inadequate built-in mic. You can even fashion and attach the mic and transmitter to a makeshift boom that a hidden adult will operate while baby is crawling and making cute cooing sounds. 6) You will /rehearse/ so that you feel comfortable with the techniques and you know that the equipment works together. 7) When you are taping the cute miniature human doing cute little things you are /not/ enjoying it with the rest of the family.
You are dispassionately focused (no pun intended) entirely on the process of making the movie. You will enjoy it later when you watch the movie and hear others say how much better your movies are than so-and-so's vibrating movies with inaudible sound. OK, now I've spent over $1k of your hard-earned above the cost of the camera. But your friends will be asking for autographed DVD's after your first Oscar.