Mac OS X Platform and Videography Tobi on 21 Dec 2007
When creating a DVD menu in iDVD, there is an option from the Tools menu called “Show TV Safe Area”. What this means is that pretty much anything outside that box won’t show up on your TV. It also won’t show up on you computer when testing the DVD from a disk image.
Videography Tobi on 15 Nov 2007
Finally, after waiting for over 6 months Apple released an update to FCE 3.5, now offering Final Cut Express 4.0. I am thrilled. In the past months I have been trying to find out if it would make sense to buy version 3.5. In many different discussions and elsewhere people said, FCE is likely dead [...]
Videography Tobi on 09 Aug 2007
I just read on Macworld that Apple offers iMovie HD as a free download to iLife ’08 customers. This seems equivalent to admitting that this upgrade is none, why else would you want to download an 18 month old program when you just upgraded? The referenced article also has a good discussion on the topic. [...]
Review and Videography Tobi on 08 Aug 2007
My initial joy of the redesigned iMovie ’08 UI with clip browser did not last very long. Last night I checked out the tutorials and the getting started manual, and after reading some research today it appears all too clear that iMovie ’08 did away with the timeline. Inconceivable!
Videography and Workflow Tobi on 27 Mar 2007
Authoring my first movie in iMovie took quite some time for three reasons, first because I didn’t know the program, second, because I didn’t have a fine tuned workflow, and last not least, because it was footage from my wedding, so of course I wanted it perfect, so I went back many times to redo [...]
Videography and Workflow Tobi on 17 Mar 2007
Starting point: The movie has been properly edited in iMovie and now you want to share it with friends and family. What’s the quickest and easiest way?