iMovie '09 & iDVD: The Missing Manual

Back and Forth to iMovie 6

Owning a copy of the new iMovie used to mean that you got a free copy of iMovie 6. It was Apple's way of saying, "OK, look, we know that the new iMovie ('08) is, ahem, a work in progress. To tide you over, here's a link to download the old version."

That link, and that offer, are gone now. Clearly, Apple feels that in iMovie '09, all the necessary missing features have been restored (like fast/slow/reverse and special effects).

The following pages, therefore, are only for people who already have a copy of iMovie HD (or iMovie 6, as it's also known), sitting there in the Applications → iMovie (Previous Version) folder—or for people who know how to find a copy kicking around online.

So why do you care about iMovie 6? Because even though iMovie '09 brought back many iMovie 6 features, not all of them made the trip. The following leftover iMovie 6 features may tempt you to continue using iMovie 6:

• Audio rubber-banding. As shown in Figure 11-2, this term refers to manual volume adjustments on an audio track. It's like iMovie '09's automatic ducking feature (Volume Adjustments), except that it's not automatic; you get complete control.

  Of course, when you export your iMovie '09 movie to iMovie 6, your audio gets mashed down into a single track. So passing off the project to iMovie 6 doesn't mean you'll be able to do elaborate mix adjustments of the camcorder audio, the background music, and so on.

  But you can do most of the editing in iMovie '09, using what it's