Comments on: iMovie ’09: Improved Editing, Maps & Stabilization

By: M.C. Thompson

M.C. Thompson — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:39:45 +0000

It's your last comment that was also my problem. I almost threw my Macbook Pro out the window. I had exported a bunch of videos and didn't realize that none of the transitions had exported, because of my PIP watermark.

If it helps anyone, I finally used a workaround that doubles the time, but gets the job done. I edit a video without the PIP, then export it. I then re-import it as a complete movie, add the watermark, then export it a second time. Works pretty well and retains the transitions, even after then re-encoding into another format (generally Flash).

By: Angelo Barreto

Angelo Barreto — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:28:56 +0000

Interested in upgrading from Imovie 8 to imovie 9

By: DRAG

DRAG — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:20:35 +0000

imovie ’09 is not a success — keep your old one.

By: DRAG

DRAG — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:19:38 +0000

I agree — WHERE IS THE TIMELINE. This is a big mess. I also cannot drag from my events folder into my project folder. It rejects it. I wish I never would have updated to ’09, they’ve dumbed it down so far it is a mess.

By: austeja

austeja — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:24:50 +0000

It happenend for me exactly the same. It crashed end and i wasnt able to run it after reinstalling. I hope this wont happen again, because i havve a really important event to create right now.

By: igor

igor — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:17:29 +0000

iMovie 9 keeps crashing. I have lost -once again- 5 hours of editing! It does not make sense to create a program that does not save all the work done.
I am really disappointed with Apple for selling such a lousy product.
Do not upgrade from 8. It’s just a waste of money.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:29:21 +0000

Should I be able to use Precision Editor with still photos in iMovie 09? Having much difficulty, although, it seems straightforward in tutorials. Also, seems as if I don’t have the same options as are available (shown in tutorials) when I right click or insert a photo.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:33:11 +0000

check out this site http://karsten.schluter.googlepages.com/imovie09tricks it has a good tip for this issue

By: Austin Taylor

Austin Taylor — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:02:05 +0000

Can you insert special effects such as explosions and green screen effects in imovie 09?

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:32:01 +0000

Moving a project to DVD seems very painful. iDVD seems to be a very oddball system. I am wrestling to get the Text added in iMovie to be reproduced on the DVD. Is Toast a better DVD burner than iDVD. It seems the Apple crew don’t want us to cut an iMovie project to a DVD rather to You Tube etc…
Richard