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iLife '09
The new iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, and iWeb. All part of every new Mac. Get the most out of your photos, movies, and music.
iLife ʼ09 makes it easier than ever to get the most out of the photos, movies, and music on your Mac. In iPhoto ʻ09, you can organize and find your photos in two new ways: Faces, based on who is in your photos, and Places, based on where they were taken. iMovie ʼ09 lets you make the movie you want in the time you have. With new themes, you can give your movie a professional look in seconds. Or use the new Precision Editor to fine-tune your masterpiece. With Basic Lessons in GarageBand ʼ09, you can learn to play piano and guitar. And you can compose and record your own songs with new guitar amps and stompbox effects.
Overall New Features
iPhoto ʼ09
Organize and search your photos by faces and places.
New Features
• Organize and explore your photos by location using Places
• Show off your photos onscreen using themed slideshows
• Publish your photos directly to Facebook and Flickr
• Use the new and improved editing tools to perfect your photos
• Illustrate your journey with photo books including new travel maps
Organize and find your photos in two new ways: Faces, based on who is in your photos, and Places, based on where you took them. With Faces, iPhoto automatically detects and even recognizes faces in your photos to help you organize and find photos by people. Places lets you search and sort photos by location, using data from a GPS-enabled camera or the camera on Phone to categorize photos by location. iPhoto ʼ09 also offers a number of great ways to share photos. Create an instant slideshow— complete with animated titles and captions. Publish them on your Facebook page and automatically notify Facebook friends.2 Or create a beautiful, photo book with travel maps that you can print from your home printer.
iMovie ʼ09
Create a movie in minutes or edit your masterpiece.
New Features
• Fine-tune your movies with the new Precision Editor
• Enhance your movie with dynamic themes and animated travel maps
• Smooth shaky clips with automatic video stabilization
• Add finishing touches with new titles, transitions, and effects
Make a great movie in the time you have. Give your movie a professional look in seconds by applying Apple-designed themes with matching titles and transitions. You can even enhance your vacation videos by using eye-catching, animated travel maps. Refine your masterpiece with the new Precision Editor: Use the magnified filmstrip to make precise cuts—even reposition and adjust the duration of titles, transitions, and effects. With enhanced drag-and-drop editing, you can replace or insert clips using a single pop-up menu or even add cutaways, picture-in-picture, and green-screen effects. Smooth shaky clips with automatic video stabilization. And add further polish to your movie by choosing animated titles, transitions, and cinema-quality video effects from the new Preview Palette.
GarageBand ʼ09
Learn to play. Start a jam session. Record and mix your own song.
New Features
• Learn to play a hit song from the artist who made it famous with Artist Lessons1
• Re-create the sound of legendary guitar rigs with new amps and stompbox effects
• Jam using virtual instruments with Magic GarageBand Jam in full screen
Now you can learn to play an instrument right on your Mac. GarageBand ʼ09 introduces Basic Lessons to help you learn piano and guitar. Interactive video lessons teach you the fundamentals at your own pace. And when youʼre ready, you can purchase an Artist Lesson and learn how to play a hit song from the artist who made it famous, including Sting, Fall Out Boy, Colbie Caillat, and others. With GarageBandʼ09, you can rock like a legend with new amps and stompbox effects that re-create the sound of legendary guitar rigs—right on your Mac. Jam with virtual instruments in Magic GarageBand Jam, using a new full- screen view that lets you mix, play along, and record.