This week my goal was to select a free video editor and basically "play around" with it. The software that I chose to review was iMovie. Having both a Mac and a PC at home, I am constantly using Windows Movie Maker. I decided to give iMovie a try. From the start, iMovie had a clean interface and was relatively simple to control. Keep in mind, I was looking something that was user friendly so that my campus teachers as well as students could be able to use it. Importing video from a digital camera was very simple. All I had to do was connect it and literally press "Import From Camera" and the rest took care of itself! Once my videos were imported, I was expecting it to crash just like Windows Movie Maker had done so many times. However, this was not the case! I imported quite a bit of film and my computer did not bog down once!
Editing the actual film was simple as well. All I had to do was select what I wanted, and then trim what I did not want. Once I edited what I needed, I decided to see what other features iMovie had. I did notice that everything was "just there." For example, I wanted to import some of my own pictures and music. iMovie let me select these items directly from iTunes and iPhoto. I did not have to go around looking for them; everything was there for me.
Overall I was very impressed with how easy iMovie was to use. I definitely like it better than Windows Movie Maker and would recommend this software to anyone wanting to edit video. The only drawback is that the user must be using an Apple or Mac computer in order for it to run.
Below is a link to my Podcast reviewing iMovie.
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