iPhoto 5 offers advanced photo editing tools.Apple announced a major upgrade to its iLife package of multimedia software at
the Macworld Conference & Expo San Francisco. iLife ?05 includes substantial
updates to iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, and GarageBand, as well as the latest version
of iTunes and tighter integration of all these applications. The iLife ?05 suite
will be included with all new Macs and available separately for $79 (as of
January 22 in the U.S., January 29 worldwide).
The new
version of iPhoto delivers:
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advanced editing tools so you can optimize exposure, saturation, sharpness and
more, and straighten horizons with a tool that includes its own grid.
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Support for uncompressed RAW photos throughout the application so you can take
advantage of all the image data your digital camera can capture.
? An
advanced slideshow builder that lets you apply effects, transitions, and
durations to individual slides.
? A new way to create more
affordable soft- and hardcover photo books, with new book layouts and individual
4x6 prints priced at 19 cents each (down from 39 cents each).
With iMovie
HD, you can capture and edit widescreen (16:9) high-definition (HDV 720p and
1080i) video from the new generation of HDV camcorders, though iMovie HD also
imports video from standard digital video camcorders and from video cameras
generating MPEG-4 video.
iDVD 5
features:
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Support for HDV and widescreen video.
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new themes that include dynamic drop zones.
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OneStep DVD, with which you can create DVDs by plugging in a DV camcorder and
clicking a button.
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Support for all single-sided DVD formats, including -R, +R, -RW and +RW, with a
compatible Apple SuperDrive.
The
GarageBand 2 music recording software adds eight-track recording so different
instruments could be recorded simultaneously and then manipulated separately.
GarageBand also displays and edits musical notation in real time. iTunes 4.7.1
is also included in the iLife 5 suite. This latest version of Apple?s digital
music jukebox software is also available as a free download.
