iMovie transcodes HD video upon import using this codec and stores it in the QuickTime file format. To facilitate this, iMovie includes the Apple Intermediate Codec on the system as a QuickTime component. Later versions added support for footage from AVCHD camcorders, and H.264-compressed video from MPEG-4 or QuickTime File Format files (.mov), as generated by a number of digital photo cameras with HD video recording feature. It gained the 'Magic iMovie' feature, which attempted to automate the whole process of video editing, by allowing a common transition to be added between scenes, a music track to be synchronised with the video and a DVD to be created with the accompanying iDVD software. iMovie HD 5 imported MJPEG files as DV by default, which introduces noise MJPEG files are cryptically lumped with 'iSight' files in this version. It gained features to integrate it with the rest of the iLife suite, with toolbox buttons allowing the importing of images from iPhoto, music from iTunes and the setting of chapter markers ready for exporting to iDVD. History Ī blank movie project in iMovie HD, included with iLife '05īeginning with version 5, iMovie was renamed to iMovie HD, to highlight its new support for HDV (720p and 1080i) camcorders.

IMovie is pre-installed on all new Macs, iPhones, and iPads, and is available for free on the App Store. The iOS version of iMovie came out in 2010. iMovie '08 was a complete rewrite, and lacked many of the features of previous versions, which returned in iMovie '09 and iMovie '11. With version 3, iMovie became part of Apple's now-defunct iLife suite, alongside other multimedia apps. IMovie was originally released in 1999 for Mac OS 8, and bundled with the iMac DV. iMovie's professional equivalent is Apple's Final Cut Pro X. It includes a range of video effects and tools like color correction and image stabilization, but is designed to be accessible to users with little or no video editing experience. IMovie is a free video editing application made by Apple for the Mac, the iPhone, and the iPad.

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