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Apple iLife '08 (Mac)

by Apple
Mac, Mac OS X
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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System Requirements

  • Platform:   Mac, Mac OS X
  • Media: DVD-ROM
  • Item Quantity: 1

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Product details

  • Item Weight: 113 g
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  • ASIN: B000BX5JQG
  • Release Date: 8 Aug 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 903 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Product Description

Never has it been so simple to get so much out of your photos, video, and music--and to share your memories with friends and family. The powerful new Events feature works the same way your memory does, automatically organising your photos and video by the events where they were taken. The completely reinvented iMovie collects all your video clips in one library where you can make movies in seconds with drag-and-drop ease. GarageBand makes it simple to produce great music, whether you're an accomplished musician or you've never played a note. You can showcase photos and movies online with a few clicks in a .Mac Web Gallery, create stunning websites, photo books, calendars, DVDs, and much more. All with the new iLife '08.

Now iPhoto automatically organises your library by Events.

iPhoto. Your photos, like you've never seen them before.

Your Web Gallery visitors get an interactive experience, viewing your photos as they wish.

A whole palette of retouching tools and an array of effects to play with.

New in iPhoto '08.
Don't be daunted by all those digital photos you've been taking. Have fun with them. Share them by email or create amazing web pages, cards and calendars. iPhoto automatically organises your photo library and makes editing as easy as clicking your mouse --so you can get the most out of even the biggest collection.

Organise by Events.
You don't remember photos by time and date. You remember them by events, like "Karen's graduation" or "Nathan's first bike ride." And that's exactly how iPhoto '08 organises your entire photo library. So it's more fun to browse, and much easier to find a specific photo.

.Mac Web Gallery.
In iPhoto '08, it's easy to share photos with friends and family. With a couple of clicks, you can send an Event or photo album to your personal .Mac Web Gallery, where visitors can enjoy your photos, download high-quality images, or even contribute photos of their own from a Mac or PC.

Powerful editing tools.
Your photographic talents are legendary. But even the pros take photos that need a little work. With iPhoto, improving photos is almost as easy as snapping them. You have a whole palette of retouching tools and an array of effects to play with. And all of your edits are nondestructive--so you can always go back to the "negative" if need be.

Unified search.
How do you find that one special photo when your library has thousands of photos? In iPhoto '08, the answer is: with ease. You have a number of ways to search your library and they're all in one place. Search by name, keyword, rating, or date and see your results in an instant--neatly organised by Event.

Theme-based home printing.
Print beautiful, frame-worthy photos based on Apple themes, directly from your home printer. Make them perfect--change layouts, add effects and borders, enhance photos--and just hit "print."

New calendars and books in iPhoto '08
Stunningly beautiful hardcover photo books. Bigger calendars. iPhoto raises the standard again with eye-opening new ways to enjoy and share your photos.

The most personal gifts and keepsakes are the ones you create with your own photos. Now iPhoto gives you even more ways to dazzle friends, family, and yourself with professionally printed memorabilia--from a new hardcover photo book complete with dust jacket and foil-printed cover to a larger 10.4-by-13-inch calendar.

Completely redesigned to help you make movies in minutes.

iMovie. Now showing: Your entire video library.

With iMovie, putting together a great movie is as quick as drag and drop.

Have iMovie send your movie to iTunes and you can sync it with your iPod or iPhone.

New in iMovie '08.
iMovie '08 makes viewing and working with video as intuitive as enjoying your photos. A built-in library automatically organises your video, so all the clips you've captured and movies you've created are just a click away. With its revolutionary interface, iMovie makes it quick and easy to browse your library and create new movies. And iMovie is built for sharing. In just a few steps, you can add movies to your website, publish them on YouTube, and create versions for iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV.

New video library.
i Movie makes it easy to view, explore, and enjoy your video. All of your video clips and movies are automatically organised in the iMovie library, where you can browse by Events or use simple search tools to find specific videos.

Skimming and playing.
With a central library organised by Events, you can quickly locate the Event you're looking for and browse the clips inside each Event. View in real time or quickly skim through a clip to find a favorite scene.

Superfast moviemaking.
Everyone's a director. Really. With iMovie, putting together a great movie is as quick as drag and drop. Drag your best video clips to the project area. Drop in Apple-designed transitions, effects, titles, and your favorite iTunes soundtrack. Then schedule your opening night.

Quick ways to add polish.
iMovie is designed to make everything simple--including the professional touches that help your movie stand out even more.

View and share anywhere.
One of the great things about digital video is that it can be shared with friends, family, and the world. And iMovie lets you share in many different ways. Every online sharing option lets you "tell a friend" about your newest creation with an email announcement, complete with a link to the web page where your video can be viewed.

Make music, audition instruments, even create your own virtual band.

GarageBand. Take the stage.

With your arrangement set, you can quickly rethink the structure of your song.

GarageBand gives you a range of powerful-yet-intuitive tools to help you get the mix you want or experiment with your sound.

Assign the instruments and styles to your musicians. Then let Magic GarageBand generate a new project file based on your choices.
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New in GarageBand '08.
GarageBand '08 and a little inspiration are all you need to make incredible music, even if you've never played a note. The new Magic GarageBand turns your desktop into a virtual stage, where you can choose the band and instruments they play to easily create amazing songs. Then plug in and jam along. You can even add a singer to your song with the new Jam Pack: Voices. And accomplished musicians will appreciate other new features like multi-take recording and 24-bit quality.

Magic GarageBand.
Get the creative juices flowing. Bring the band together and let Magic GarageBand generate a new song. Create a virtual jam session or use the song project as a starting point to create your next hit.

Arrangements.
Most songs are arranged in distinct sections: introduction, verse and chorus. GarageBand brings this kind of structure to your song. With the different sections clearly defined, you can rearrange your song at any time.


Multi-take recording.

  • Define a region.
    Mark off the section of the song where you want to add your part. GarageBand repeats that section as you play, so you can lay down as many takes as you like.
  • Save every take.
    Every take you perform is recorded and saved. GarageBand displays that part of your song as a multi-take region.
  • Pick your favorite take.
    After you've recorded all of your takes, GarageBand makes it easy to pick the best one. As you play back your multi-take region, you can switch between takes in real time. Simply select your favorite and move on.
  • Change your mind, change your take.
    Even after you've picked a take, GarageBand saves them all. That way, if you're so inclined, you can select another take days or weeks later.

Visual EQ.
You don't need to be an expert to tweak the sound of your mix in GarageBand. Using the built-in Visual EQ, you can adjust a track's equalization simply by dragging the EQ bands until you get the sound you want.

Automation of tempo effects and instruments.
Record producers use dynamically changing effects to keep a song sounding fresh and exciting from start to finish. GarageBand makes it easy to do the same by automating effect changes within a composition--so you don't have to settle for one constant setting throughout.

Create websites that are more custom, more complete, more you.

iWeb. Your life: Now playing on the web.

New in iWeb '08.
iWeb makes it easy to create a website that's stunningly beautiful--and totally you. Start with an Apple-designed theme, then customize it with your own text, photos, movies, and podcasts until it's exactly what you want. And switch themes with a click anytime.

Web widgets.
With iWeb, it's easy to add live content from other websites--like videos, stock tickers, and news headlines--directly into your web pages. So you can create pages that are informative, interesting, or just plain fun.

iWeb makes it easy to incorporate some of Google's most useful features.

Google Maps and Google AdSense
iWeb makes it easy to incorporate some of Google's most useful features. With just a few clicks, you can add a fully interactive Google Map to your site. Or you can place Google AdSense ads on your pages and get Google credits every time a visitor clicks.

My Album pages.
It's so easy to create new photo and movie pages using iWeb that you'll probably create quite a few. But don't worry about your site's navigation growing too cluttered as a result. My Albums will keep things perfectly organised and easy to find.

Enhanced photo pages.
Dream big when you think about making photo pages with iWeb. With a click, you can turn iPhoto albums and Events with hundreds of images into beautifully designed, customizable photo pages.

Theme switching.
Apple-designed themes in iWeb make it easy to create a stunning website, page after page. It's also a snap to refresh your website at any time by switching themes. All it takes is a click.

Create Hollywood-style DVDs featuring your movies and slideshows.

iDVD. Hollywood-style DVDs made easy.

New button library, drop zone editor, and dynamic alignment guides provide total control.

Apple-designed themes with animated menus give you more choices in 16:9 and 4:3 formats.

New in iDVD '08.
Let your admiring audience enjoy those movies and slideshows in their living rooms. Quickly create a Hollywood-style disc with iDVD, using Apple-designed animated themes to give your DVD a gorgeous style from main screen to chapter selection. Ten new themes and snappier performance make iDVD more fun than ever.

Better performance.
iDVD is more responsive, so the creative process is faster and more fun. Rapidly switch among themes as you try out different looks for your menus. Quickly navigate between menus. Preview your completed project with smoother real-time playback.

Ten new animated themes.
iDVD lets you choose from more than 150 Apple-designed animated themes, including ten new theme families with coordinated designs for every screen in your DVD. Simply choose a theme, then drag your videos and photos into the drop zones to make them 100% yours.

Advanced menu customization.
Make every DVD uniquely yours. iDVD '08 gives you a range of options for customizing your menu screens. You can edit drop zones, choose from an expanded button library, and use built-in alignment guides to make your layout perfect.

Pro-quality encoding.
See movies and slideshows in superb quality. The new professional-quality option in iDVD uses advanced encoding technology to maintain the highest possible quality for DVDs that are near or at the disc's capacity.

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Brand New - Full UK Retail Boxed - Exactly the same as amazons - Price includes VAT and invoice supplied.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
IMovie 12 Oct 2007
The new '08 version of iMovie is ultra simple to use and you can genuinely edit a movie in minutes. And, as a bonus you get to keep iMovie '06 or download for free from Apple so you get the best of both worlds!

The changes to the rest of the iLife apps are worth the cost in themselves. iPhoto and iMovie with skimming and events is just amazing. Mac gallery and YouTube uploading is a dream to use and the new templates and printing options with frames is excellent. In my opinion you won't be disappointed. And no, I don't work for Apple!
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By Alan TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
iLife '08 comprises 5 applications for £55, so £11 per application. For 4 out of 5 of these applications, iLife '08 is an improvement over its predecessor iLife '06 (there is no iLife '07) and a great upgrade. However, iMovie '08 takes 2 steps back from iMovie HD, in an attempt to take 1 step forward. More on that later.

iPhoto '08 is excellent and worth £55 alone. It has some excellent new features such as Events, the .Mac Web Gallery, Unified Search, New Calendar and book styles, Theme-based home printing and new Editing Tools. The editing tools are worth pointing out as iPhoto now does something very clever when you edit a photo. It remembers every single alteration you made to it, in a truly non-destructive way, down to the positions of the adjustment sliders, the exact angle of straightening, the cropping, everything. So, for example, if you increase the contrast of a photo to +10 and then quit iPhoto, when you re-open it iPhoto remembers that the contrast was set to +10 and you can adjust it down to +5. There's no need to save, or remember what adjustments you made; iPhoto takes care of it all. This enables you to go editing crazy, rapidly cropping, straightening and fixing colour casts on all your photos, without worrying about destroying the original or getting the edits perfect the first time. Brilliant.

iMovie '08 has nothing in common with the previous version, iMovie HD. It is a brand new application, starting from scratch. While it introduces some excellent new features, it loses a lot of the control and creative power of iMovie HD. The new video library system is great, automatically capturing and archiving your MiniDV, HDV and AVCHD camcorder footage. It's like iPhoto, but for your home video. The whole of iMovie '08 works in real-time, even with mixed format footage in the same project, processing all of the edits, transitions and titles on the fly. Very impressive. The new tools for skimming and dragging make editing extremely easy, enabling you to chuck a series of clips into whatever order you want in an incredibly short amount of time. Due to the new library system, the video project files are now tiny, since they only contain a list of instructions, not the actual video files. This means you can make 10-20 different projects, but using minimal disk space, since all the projects reference the same collection of video files. Plus, iMovie '08 incorporates an automated YouTube uploader, offering to put your projects directly on YouTube where they can be viewed by millions, literally. The most viewed video on YouTube currently has 71 million views!

Where iMovie '08 goes wrong is in what's missing. Gone is the traditional timeline view, making editing video to music very very difficult. Gone are all of the slick real-time video effects that made iMovie HD so impressive. Gone are most of the transitions. Gone is the ability to record your project back to MiniDV tape. Gone is the ability to maintain interlacing (iMovie '08 automatically de-interlaces everything, reducing the fluidity and clarity of MiniDV video). iMovie '08 is clearly aimed at the YouTube generation, not the DVD generation.

The good news is, iMovie HD is available as a free download to anyone that owns iLife '08. So, nothing is really lost. iMovie '08 clearly has brought down the reputation of the iLife suite, turning a 5 star product into a 4 or 3 star product. If Apple have any sense they will focus all of their iLife '09 efforts into iMovie, adding back the missing features and turning a disappointing application into an excellent application. Apple are extremely fast and focused at pumping out new software, so I wouldn't dismiss iMovie just yet. Watch this space...
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Almost wonderful 9 Dec 2007
I love the upgrades made to Garageband and iPhoto but the new iMovie is somewhat lacking.

Some of the things it does are good - it organises your movies very well, and some of the features (like colour grading) are useful. However it lacks some real basics, like a decent titling system, control over audio and support for the old iMovie effects.

It's made for someone playing around with home-movies; not someone starting out in video editing.
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ilife08 on a G4 Mac
Product was simple to install and notified me that it would not install the version of iMovie due to the specification of my machine. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2010 by Simon S. Mennens
The value, and not so value
I bought a MacBook some months back for University/Music production, and got iLife to go with it. Whilst overall, their are a number of genuinely positive outlooks to be had, the... Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2008 by Tom Cat
Great iPhoto upgrade, but iMovie failed
I have a G4 PowerPC running at 1.67 GHz with 1 GB memory and using Leopard. I upgraded to iLife '08 because it appeared to be the sensible thing to do, and the cost was reasonable. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2007 by Bernard Smith
Stick with iLife '06
As you'll notice from the other reviews, imovie '08 has caused a stir in the Apple user community because the new revised version is pretty to look at but completely useless. Read more
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iDVD hiccup
In general this is a good improvement. For some reason, iDVD stopped working properly when I added this update, but after using the online software update from apple, it worked... Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2007 by M. Turner
Mostly great
For me this is worth it just for the iPhoto which is great but iWeb, iDVD and Garageband have all had quite decent upgrades. Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2007 by Mr. A. J. Kelsall
What have they done to iMovie?
OK, positive first:

The upgrades to iPhoto and iWeb are great and enhance the overall experience of using these programmes. Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2007 by Stephen Lodziak
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