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| Apple iLife '08 Family Pack [OLD VERSION] | ![Apple iLife '08 Family Pack [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rXYmC8Y-L._SL160_.jpg)
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Category: Software
List Price: $99.00
Buy New: $59.99
You Save: $39.01 (39%)
New (17) Used (6) from $48.88
Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 268
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Macintosh, Mac Os X
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Family Pack
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: MB016Z/A
Model: MB016Z/A
UPC: 718908999660
EAN: 0885909243563
Release Date: August 11, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Good Suite of Programs, but iMovie doesn't do HD AVCHD on a G5 October 18, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really like this new version of iLife
- iPhoto 08 has some great new features and I feel like it is much more user friendly when it comes to managing your photos easily.
- iMovie 08 is cool in that it has support for new video formats like AVCHD, and I like the new interface, but it has taken me a while to get used to it.
- iDVD has some nice new templates
- Garage Band has some nice new features as well.
I decided to upgrade because I purchased an AVCHD camera (Canon's HG10) and the new version of iMovie does a great job with the footage on an Intel based Mac. However, when I tried to import the HD footage on my G5 Mac, it wouldn't import! It turns out that iMovie can only handle standard def AVCHD on a G5 Mac, not HD footage. This really bums me out - so be aware of this caveat.
 Apple Does it again. October 6, 2007
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have not tried all of the new features. But I like what I have used so far.
I Life for Mac October 3, 2007
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have only had time to look at the photo organizational capablities and it is really good. I am looking forward to more use of this software.
 Prefer the old iMovie to '08 October 1, 2007
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
I use both iPhoto and Photoshop Elements. With the old iPhoto I could work on the same file in both programs. Now iPhoto hides the photo files from outside programs, so I cannot locate them in Finder or in File/Open in PhotoShop. Initially, this was frustrating. The workaround is to name PhotoShop Elements as the editor in iPhoto/Preferences/General/Edit photo. It is still possible to use the iPhoto editor ( a "lite" editor) by right-clicking (in iPhoto) on a small photo icon and selecting "Edit." This entirely cures the issue for me.
The "events" orientation in the '08 iPhoto is better than the "roll" orientation of the old iPhoto, because you will often have more than one event on a digital "roll of film" (that is, on a download from the camera's memory chip). Working with events initially was not as easy as I had hoped in iLife '08, though. I had problems creating events, moving photos between events (still an issue when a photo from a recent "event" should be in a long ago event, and it is not possible to drag it to where it belongs). "Cut" and "Paste" did not work as I expected, nor did dragging from the desktop have predictable results. July '08 update: Either the program was updated or I learned to live with it, because these are no longer issues for me (except moving from a new event to an old event, which is still a hassle -- but I have not checked recently on [...] support or by google search for a better way). I now like iPhoto '08 just fine. It cannot do as much as PhotoShop Elements v.4 or v.6.
July '08 comment: I published my photos on iWeb using a .mac account. However, I did not like having all my photos available to everyone to whom I ever sent the link, and I did not want to password pages. Also, I did not feel good about publishing photos of my beautiful nieces on the web. So I deleted to web site and closed the .mac account. Now I can select the exact recipients of each group of photos. I use Kodak EasyShareGallery which I access via the Bridge program that came with PhotoShop Elements. (I use the Mac versions). I used the versions of Bridge that come with PSE 4 and 6 and like both. I first use the batch processing function in Bridge/Tools/PSE/Process Multiple File to convert all the photos to 150 dots per inch (dpi) so that they upload and download faster. I send the converted files to a special folder so that the originals are still in iPhoto. Before I convert and upload a batch of photos, I select and delete all of the old photos in Bridge. (Bridge can be used like iPhoto, but I do not use Bridge to store photos.) Then I select the photos in iPhoto and drag them to Bridge (making new copies of them in the process). Then I convert and upload them in Bridge. It would be great if someone would automate all this -- Apple, are you listening?
I am familiar with PhotoShop Premier Elements to edit video in Windows, and I could use iMovie HD '06, but I could not readily use the new '08 iMovie. I could not get the new iMovie to use .mov files, unless I created them in iMovie with the Mac's camera. I expect that if I watch a video tutorial I will figure it out, but it should not be this hard.
When I moved from Windows to the Mac, it felt like moving from a fixer-upper car to a new Lexus. The new iMovie had that old fixer-upper, beta-version feeling -- definitely not the intuitive, polished Lexus experience I hoped for.
July '08 update: This now seems too harsh, since I use and like iPhoto and iDVD '08 a lot. I would now give iLife '08 4 stars if I could change, but Amazon won't let me change the stars.
July '08 update: To edit video I now use Final Cut Pro as much as possible. I am not a professional editor, though, so sometimes I get stuck in (the infinite complexity of) FCP and go back to iMovie '06. I have never again tried iMovie '08. (I use that energy to try to learn about FCP.) I use iDVD '08 for FCP and iMovie '06 projects and iDVD '08 seems to work very well. iDVD Tip: If you get repeated multiplex errors, force a full rendering by changing the quality from "Best" to "High" or "Pro" quality. Also, I got a LaCie terrabit hard drive connected via the most recent (and fastest) version of firewire, which is a great place to capture and store video projects and the "scratch" versions of audio projects.
July '08 comment on Garage Band: I tried to use GB '08 to digitize music on vinyl and audio cassettes. It is possible to use GB for this, but GB is not the right tool for this. I use Final Vinyl, Audio Hijack Pro and Fission for this now. I never tried to use GB '06 for this. Apple -- do you hear an opportunity here? There are a lot of us boomers with legacy audio media that we would like to get into our iPods.
Fine Program September 24, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
We primarily use iPhoto. Big improvement in managing pictures. Key feature is that create events and group pictures. Then can move mouse over group and see each picture in turn.
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