Riveting performances. Major effects. Inspired directing. Amazing how iMovie has changed the way people look at home movies. Now, with more cinematic tools to offer, iMovie makes you even more comfortable in the director’s chair. And the editor’s chair. And the special effects guy’s chair. And, well, you get the idea. iMovie is the fastest and easiest way to turn home movies into dazzling Hollywood-style hits.

Instant theme, instant classic

iMovie themes give you moviemaking power you never imagined. Just click one and the fun begins. Each theme contains a collection of professionally designed scenes that give your movie a personality from start to finish — including video and graphic overlays and advanced transitions. All you have to do is drag-and-drop your movie clips and photos into the scene’s drop zones, type in your titles and iMovie does the rest. You get the quality of a feature film. Without the cost overruns.

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Now showing: major video effects

You’ll love the new video effects made possible by Mac OS X Core Video. You’ll also love the fact that you can preview the results of your video effect choices in real time. At any size. Right in the main window. iMovie does all the rendering in the background, so you can experiment to your heart’s content. Or just dive right into all your other creative options without delay.

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The sounds of cinema

Great movies sound as amazing as they look. So iMovie comes complete with a sound studio built in. Summoning the power of Mac OS X Core Audio, iMovie offers eight new audio effects, including noise reduction (perfect for squelching the noise common to home movies), reverb, pitch change, a handy graphic equalizer, and more. And, with the iLife Media Browser, you have full access to your original GarageBand songs. How’s that sound?

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Keep your options open

You never know where that creative spark will lead. Maybe you’ll want to re-use a section of a previous movie. Or open multiple versions of your movie for easy comparison. With iMovie, your options are wide open, because now you can now keep multiple projects open at the same time. Drag-and-drop video clips, audio clips and photos from one project to another. Or save multiple versions of the same project for easy comparison.

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Video podcasts and blogs with iWeb

Use iMovie to share with friends, family, and now — the world. iMovie, working hand in hand with iWeb, makes it easy to publish video to websites and blogs. You can even use iMovie to create video podcasts, complete with chapter markers and live URLs. Using iWeb, you can submit your video podcast to the iTunes Podcast Directory, where it can be seen and subscribed to by everyone.

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