iMovie VS Fotomagico
March 05, 2008 08:56 AM
QUESTION: You know, I simply do not see what Fotomagico has that iMovie does not. I have asked those who market the product to explain it to me, to no avail. I love iMovie except for the audio editing. Sounds like Fotomagico does not really have good audio-editing either. Might you be able to distinguish the two? Landya
ANSWER: Both iMovie and Fotomagico are fine pieces of software. iMovie for free gets the nod when you consider the price. I use them both depending on my project. I am working currently working on a video for my Dad's 90th birthday party. I am compiling the video from an interview and going to mix in old still photographs. This definitely will be an iMovie enterprise because I am going to weave the still images into the video.
Also, I still use iMovie 6 because of the audio control, even though it's not great. I'm not exactly scoring a movie or making a music video for MTV. Fotomagico excels when you need to compile lots of still photos into a multimedia endeavor including: a DVD, stand-alone show, screensaver and movies for you iPod or iPhone.
The real difference in the production area is the ease and control over the zooming across your photos (the Ken Burn's Effect). It's so easy to to with the Fotomagico two windows, plus you can rotate the photos as they zoom, which isn't a feature of iMovie. It's the program I use when I want to turn out a quick screensaver, iPhone (iPod or iTouch) movie or DVD for someone. You can leave it up to the automatic features of some of the Mac programs but the zoom cuts the photos in awkward ways making it look like you cropped them that way when you clicked the camera shutter button. - Robert Lachman
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ANSWER: Both iMovie and Fotomagico are fine pieces of software. iMovie for free gets the nod when you consider the price. I use them both depending on my project. I am working currently working on a video for my Dad's 90th birthday party. I am compiling the video from an interview and going to mix in old still photographs. This definitely will be an iMovie enterprise because I am going to weave the still images into the video.
Also, I still use iMovie 6 because of the audio control, even though it's not great. I'm not exactly scoring a movie or making a music video for MTV. Fotomagico excels when you need to compile lots of still photos into a multimedia endeavor including: a DVD, stand-alone show, screensaver and movies for you iPod or iPhone.
The real difference in the production area is the ease and control over the zooming across your photos (the Ken Burn's Effect). It's so easy to to with the Fotomagico two windows, plus you can rotate the photos as they zoom, which isn't a feature of iMovie. It's the program I use when I want to turn out a quick screensaver, iPhone (iPod or iTouch) movie or DVD for someone. You can leave it up to the automatic features of some of the Mac programs but the zoom cuts the photos in awkward ways making it look like you cropped them that way when you clicked the camera shutter button. - Robert Lachman
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