can you use iMovie and video editors?
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Do not buy this it's really bad I gave mines away 2 days after I bought it you can't do much on it if I was you I would save money for a better laptop trust me now I don't have a laptop because of this :(
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Do not buy this. it goes very slow, also very heavy, wish I wouldn't have bought this. please save your money and get better version
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Honestly it depends on the laptop you get. Mine came with Microsoft Office 2011 (I thought it was weird that it didn't come with iMovie)
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I use this unit with Imovie8 with no problem. I download movies through a USB cable.
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I've got an Intel-based mac, but I think it's probably more an issue of the software - so you should be fine, provided you are sporting the latest OS and iLife. I've now tried it with both iMovie 08 and FCP (whatever the most recent is). It's very straightforward in iMovie. Here's a crappy example of something I shot, imported and uploaded in under an hour:http://www.vimeo.com/1033464Ridiculously easy with iMovie. Not as straightforward with FCP. You have to find the HDV profile best suited to the camera (I'm still experimenting).
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It was a long time ago that my unit broke but as I recall you can NOT edit video with it. Do you have a computer? That would be better for editing. I recommend that you look at other options. :-)
1661975
Cannot answer that...Not familiar with iMovie. I use Mic for voiceover work. It is very acceptable for what I do...good enough quality and affordable. I like it...works for me. Good luck.
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After you do this, you may have some trouble viewing and editing the video on your mac, but there are several solutions. The best one I've found - mentioned in a review here - is visualhub. You can use the trial version, the full version, or isquint, and change the avi files to mp4s or dv files. It's very easy and works wonderfully! I've found this little camera to be a pleasure to use. Have not yet tried editing files in iMovie, but they look very good on the computer. )
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The provided software CD-ROM is only for PC and not Mac. You don't need any software because the camera is compatible with iMovie 11 but you can only record in iFrame format and not in AVCHD. If you need to record in AVCHD, you can always purchase Adobe Premier Elements. Works great! Here is my review I just posted. Hope this helps.
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I just hook up the usb cable to the iMac and import directly into iMovie. Works great!
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The Camileo H30 shoots in AVI movie format. From a Google search I found out that: According to Apple, iMovie supports these video formats: MPEG-4, QuickTime MOV, MPEG-2, AVCHD, DV (both standard and high-definition videos). And iMovie supports most of the commonly-used video codecs, including H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DV, and AIC. I would contact Apple to see if iMovie can convert from AVI format. Also check out Zamzar.com for free file conversions should you need only one or two files converted.
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Manual says IMovie '09 is supported. Sorry, I don't know anything about MACs so I don't even know what IMovie is! The software that comes with the camcorder is Windows only.
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sorry no one has responded to you. ABSOLUTELY. I am a die hard Mac fan, and with this sony, it is so easy. You do need to buy a Firewire cable. But once you do, as soon as you hook it to your Mac, iMovie will automatically launch and you are on your way to making movies from footage. (this assumes you are on a current system such as Panther or Tiger...)
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As long as you're running OS 10.5.6, you should be fine. But if you're running an older iLife, I might stay with that. Don't know what you'll use the most, but I needed iMovie and I'm not happy with it. I liked the older version better. But I bought my computer used and it didn't have iLife, so I'm stuck with this one. One of the positives is that it still has iWeb (which I use).
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It will take beautiful video. You may be better off with a less expensive camera if you are just learning. iMovie or Final Cut works like magic.
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Yes. Just connect it with the USB cable included. iMovie 11 can play iFrame and 1080/50i AVCHD. I just received this camera and was happy to see I could play AVCHD as I read on some places that mac has issues with AVCHD, but this is not the case anymore. Only the highest setting, 1080/50p needs to be converted first before it can be used in iMovie. However I see pretty much no difference in quality between 1080/50p and 1080/50i.
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I personally used iMovie on my Mac. I couldn't open it with any other application. I couldn't use the files with windows either. Not very happy with that, but it does take good video. All I can suggest is iMovie.
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As far as I know, no you cannot. It puts everything into a video opposed to individual images. But the way we found around that is to use video editing software (there is a range of options from free to high quality professional software) and clip out pieces we do not want. Hope that helps!