iLife ’11

iMovie ’11

iMovie makes it easy to turn your home videos into your all-time favourite films. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll watch them over and over again. And you’ll share them with everyone.

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Movie Trailers

If you thought the movie was great, just wait until you see the trailer. Now you can make one yourself in iMovie ’11. Choose from 15 movie trailer templates in almost every genre: adventure, drama, romantic comedy and more. Graphics and titles flash across the big (or small) screen. The legendary London Symphony Orchestra performs an epic original soundtrack. And suddenly your home video goes Hollywood. Movie trailers are easy to create. Just click your clips to drop them into the storyboard. Add character names. Personalise the titles. Then iMovie works its magic. It trims your clips to fit and adds transitions, titles and special effects. The result? A trailer tour de force.

Your feature presentation.

Create Hollywood-style movie trailers in just a few clicks. Watch the video

All-New Audio Editing

Go from indie filmmaker to master sound editor with new audio editing tools in iMovie. Sound effects, voiceover and music — you control them all. iMovie shows you detailed audio waveforms for all your clips. They’re colour-coded, so you can see where the audio is overpowering. To adjust the audio levels of a clip or part of a clip, just drag the volume slider. To shorten or extend fades, drag the fade edges. As you make changes, waveforms update immediately so you always see what you hear. And the new single-row view shows you your entire movie project in one horizontal row, so it’s easier to preview and edit your soundtrack.

Make it sound great.

Easily add sound effects, create a soundtrack, and edit audio. Watch the video

One-Step Effects

A dog running in slow motion. A wedding ceremony speeded up. College rugby instant replays. Home videos are even more entertaining with visual effects, and you can make them happen with a click. Add jump cuts and flip effects perfectly timed to music. Transition parts of clips from colour to black and white, sepia or a dream haze. Choose a clip, choose from over 12 effects and click to apply.

Wow the crowd.

Create show-stopping special effects with a click. Watch the video

People Finder

What’s a movie without a great cast? iMovie makes it easy to find your stars without digging through all your footage. By analysing your video for faces, People Finder identifies the parts with people in them and tells you how many are in each scene. It also finds the close-ups, medium shots or wide angles so it's easy to grab video clips as you need them. People Finder is great to use while you make movie trailers. You can quickly find the right shots and drop them into the movie trailer storyboard.

Find your stars.

iMovie helps you find the right people and the best shots for your film. Watch the video

Use the Keyword Filter with People Finder to find your shots fast.

Your World Premiere

iMovie ’11 lets you publish your movies in more ways to more places. You can export movies to iTunes and watch them on your iPhone, iPad or iPod. Share them with your friends on Facebook. Premiere them with a YouTube or Vimeo audience. Publish newsworthy content to CNN iReport. And you can create a video podcast in iMovie and send it directly to Apple Podcast Producer. When you export HD video at full 1920x1080p resolution, whatever you share is stunning.