[MacDV] Toast = iMovie + iDVD?

[Mark M. Florida]

On 5/13/04 5:57 AM, Stephen Kerney at stevekerney at earthlink.net wrote:

> Since I don't have a built in DVD burner in any of my Macs, I'm considering
> buying/using Toast 6 instead of iMovie/iDVD (and a hack).
> 
> Toast Six 101 question:  Can I grab video from my digital camcorder, edit
> video (e.g., delete stuff), tweak sound, add titles/transitions/effects,
> etc. with Toast like I can with iMovie?

Short answer:  NO.

> In other words, I know I can burn disks with Toast but can I use it in place
> of iMovie/iDVD to grab/edit/burn DVDs?

You'd do fine using iMovie to capture and edit then use Toast 6 to make the
DVD.  There's no way to make fancy DVD menus with Toast like you can with
iDVD though.  Whenever I use Toast to encode a DVD I don't use menus and
just have the disc start playing automatically.

2 cents.

- Mark