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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

iMovie - iphone 4

iMovie

£2.99/$4.99 Edit on the go

Before we begin, can we say: you can now shoot HD video, edit the clips into a slick movie with titles, transitions and sound, and publish it to the web... on a phone. Amazing.

It's a shame then, that this app, technically only available for the iPhone 4 (though some have hacked it to run on older models) is so basic, but we suspect it'll improve with future updates.

You can import clips and stills from your Camera Roll, or shoot directly into the app, then arrange them. You can trim clips, as well as add transitions, titles, themes, remove audio and add a soundtrack from your music library (copyright nightmare!). 

Finished projects can be exported to your Camera Roll, from where you can upload to YouTube, for example. Frustratingly, even though the videos are in 720p, they get downsampled to 568x320 pixels when published.

There's no option to split clips, nor any control over audio levels, fading or looping. Also, it has a baffling interface; many reviews on the App Store criticise it for lacking features that are actually present. Learn how to use iMovie on page 46.
   



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