[MacDV] Re: varous newbie questions

[Paul Russell]

>
>You can do a lot more with iMovie than you might first think.
>The difference in power isn't FCP or iMovie. Surprisingly
>enough, it's QuickTime Pro (just $29. A $70 savings from the
>retail version of your mythically suggested "iMovie Pro")
>With iMovie and QuickTime Pro together, you get multiple tracks,
>cut/paste, join clips, add/remove audio/video tracks, etc.
>Mind you, it's not extremely pretty, but it's a heck of
>a lot cheaper than $999 (or even $299 educational).
>

Thanks for the advice Erica - a couple of other people suggested 
upgrading to QT Pro too so I've just done that this morning but 
haven't had a chance to play with iMovie yet (too busy with Xmas day 
calls to folks back in the old country etc).

Cheers,

Paul

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