[MacDV] Re: iMovie 3: Hurray!

[Steven Rogers]

On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 03:12 PM, Daniel Beck wrote:

> On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 07:24 AM, Mark M. Florida wrote:
>
>> Typically, chapters let you skip to a certain part of a movie or 
>> video, while letting you watch the whole thing from the beginning if 
>> you so choose -- hopefully this is how Apple has implemented it in 
>> iDVD 3 (that's what I asked for on their "feedback" form anyway).
>
> Yeah, I remember when a few of us discussed this about a year ago, and 
> a couple guys gave some condescending answers about how consumers 
> don't want a chapters feature, and we should get DVDSP if we want 
> chapters. Well, where are you now guys? Forgive me if I act juvenile 
> for a moment, but neener neener neener!

I know I weighed in on that - something to the effect that they hadn't 
figured out how to get chapters in and didn't think it would be a 
make-or-break feature. Basically, I still agree. At first blush, most 
people aren't going to think of chapters or say "they almost brought 
video to the desktop, but it doesn't have chapters so I'll buy a PC 
instead".  Chapters is a great feature. I have some stuff I'm putting 
off until iLife arrives - but I don't see the release of chapters as an 
admission of a mistake by Apple. Its just a logical step in the 
evolution of the product. From the pictures I've seen, there's a LOT of 
other changes that will make iMovie much easier to use. Clearly they've 
spent some time thinking about how all the parts go together.

SR