“9 to 5 Mac points to a book listing [Google translation] on Amazon’s German site discussing the as-yet-unreleased iLife ’11 suite,” Eric Slivka reports for MacRumors.
“The cover artwork and Amazon description for the new book, which is set to launch in December, appear to reveal several features of the next revision of iLife, including the possibility of additional iOS apps beyond the current iMovie offering,” Slivka reports. “In particular, a red ribbon graphic across the top right corner of the book’s cover reads as follows: “iPhoto, iMovie and more with Apps for Mac, iPhone 4, iPod and iPad.”
Slivka reports, “Additional text as automatically translated in the book’s description claims a number of other features, including a 64-bit codebase, iWeb revamp, and the disappearance of iDVD.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: Actually, 9 to 5 Mac’s article states that “iDVD is also listed as part of the iMovie App even though some had written if off for dead.”
Full article here.
Makes perfect sense to roll iDVD into iMovie..
Makes perfect sense to roll iDVD into iMovie..
I like iDVD.
I like iDVD.
What about those of use that use Final Cut Express to make our movies and iDVD to burn them?
What about those of use that use Final Cut Express to make our movies and iDVD to burn them?
iWeb overhaul. Woohoo!
iWeb overhaul. Woohoo!
I make DVDs for my granny, aunts and uncles, and family without fast broadband connections.
I send them shiny discs that they can stick in their players and they “just work”. Not everyone in the real world has a computer and can stream video, and those that can know that most streaming video is much poorer quality than DVD.
I’ve used Macs since 1984, but I am getting bored of this “you don’t need that” attitude … Steve Jobs says DVD is history and iDVD goes from iLife.
Thanks, not, Macs are supposed to make my life easier — now I am going to have to research new dedicated software, etc. Not happy with this move.
I’ve also wanted to burn Blu-rays for a while — all my camcorders have been HD for years, even my iPhone 4 is HD for goodness sake — but I cannot make optical discs for my players. Pathetic.
I make DVDs for my granny, aunts and uncles, and family without fast broadband connections.
I send them shiny discs that they can stick in their players and they “just work”. Not everyone in the real world has a computer and can stream video, and those that can know that most streaming video is much poorer quality than DVD.
I’ve used Macs since 1984, but I am getting bored of this “you don’t need that” attitude … Steve Jobs says DVD is history and iDVD goes from iLife.
Thanks, not, Macs are supposed to make my life easier — now I am going to have to research new dedicated software, etc. Not happy with this move.
I’ve also wanted to burn Blu-rays for a while — all my camcorders have been HD for years, even my iPhone 4 is HD for goodness sake — but I cannot make optical discs for my players. Pathetic.
@ I Can HAZ DVD
You can still burn DVDs Moron. it’s built into iMovie now.
Maybe you should read before you spew crap. And you should wipe afterwards.
@ I Can HAZ DVD
You can still burn DVDs Moron. it’s built into iMovie now.
Maybe you should read before you spew crap. And you should wipe afterwards.
The cover of the book says:
“iPhoto, iMovie und mehr!
Mit apps für Mac, iPhone 4, iPod und iPad!”
In other words, all these applications, available for Mac, as well as iOS.
The message implies that Apple is porting the other components of the iLife over to the iOS. Could it be that we’ll be seeing iWeb and Garageband on the iPad soon…?
The cover of the book says:
“iPhoto, iMovie und mehr!
Mit apps für Mac, iPhone 4, iPod und iPad!”
In other words, all these applications, available for Mac, as well as iOS.
The message implies that Apple is porting the other components of the iLife over to the iOS. Could it be that we’ll be seeing iWeb and Garageband on the iPad soon…?
This makes sense to me. One thing that I have been expecting for a while is to bring the owners of Mac and iLife the ability to create their own apps. Not for store submission but to be able to add and create their own widget style apps for use on iOS devices. I believe this could replace dashboard. Small apps instead of widgets. The ability to run iOS apps in place of widgets would be awesome as well.
This makes sense to me. One thing that I have been expecting for a while is to bring the owners of Mac and iLife the ability to create their own apps. Not for store submission but to be able to add and create their own widget style apps for use on iOS devices. I believe this could replace dashboard. Small apps instead of widgets. The ability to run iOS apps in place of widgets would be awesome as well.
@iPhoneEnvy,
Why don’t you both wait until the next version of iLife is officially announced?
@iPhoneEnvy,
Why don’t you both wait until the next version of iLife is officially announced?
As for iDVD, it is really, really time for it to become iBD (or iBluray, or whatever appropriate).
Blu-ray may be “bag of hurt” for playback, with all the onerous DRM and licensing. Authoring is actually cheap to license. If Roxio can do it and sell the authoring plug-in for $20, surely, Apple can afford it.
My child goes to UNIS (United Nations International School). Practically all families over there (except mine) have over $150k annual household income. Since they all live in Manhattan, you could safely say their lifestyle is middle-class (spending at least $60k on housing alone every year). They all have broadband at home (mostly 5-15Mbps cable, or fibre-optic). They all know how to get to YouTube. Yet, whenever we exchange school-related video (class performances, field trips, school projects/assignments), it is NEVER YouTube; it is ALWAYS shiny plastic disc. Over the last year, it has mostly been HD (Blu-ray, encoded in AVCHD, on DVD-R, playable in ordinary Blu-ray players). Currently, the division is about 50-50 (DVD vs. Blu-ray), and BD is (obviously) growing. By next school year, I probably won’t need to burn DVDs anymore.
I have no doubt Steve is passionate about his distaste for Blu-ray and his enthusiasm for YouTube. However, there are several very real and practical reasons why YouTube has a long way to go to displace (never mind replace) physical disc:
1. It is NOT yet on people’s TVs. Some TVs have the ability to go online and access YouTube, but even those that do make it extremely frustrating, and only provide 360p stream, even if there’s a HD version available.
2. 15 minutes is often exceeded by children’s soccer games, school performances or vacation videos. YouTube may try to force people to edit boring vacation videos, so that they can fit in 15 minutes, but the limit is still a significant factor in favour of physical media, where the limit is much more reasonable (1-2 hours)
3. Connectivity — too small percentage of the world today has access to a broadband pipe that’s fat enough for real-time streaming of 6Mbps 1080p YouTube stream.
4. Image quality — 6Mbps is simply not nearly enough to squeeze 1080p stream, even at 24p, without too many pixels being lost or lumped together into a single large one. 6Mbps is only good enough for a high-quality DVD (Standard Def, 480p).
So, please, give us simple HD authoring for physical optical media. Please.
As for iDVD, it is really, really time for it to become iBD (or iBluray, or whatever appropriate).
Blu-ray may be “bag of hurt” for playback, with all the onerous DRM and licensing. Authoring is actually cheap to license. If Roxio can do it and sell the authoring plug-in for $20, surely, Apple can afford it.
My child goes to UNIS (United Nations International School). Practically all families over there (except mine) have over $150k annual household income. Since they all live in Manhattan, you could safely say their lifestyle is middle-class (spending at least $60k on housing alone every year). They all have broadband at home (mostly 5-15Mbps cable, or fibre-optic). They all know how to get to YouTube. Yet, whenever we exchange school-related video (class performances, field trips, school projects/assignments), it is NEVER YouTube; it is ALWAYS shiny plastic disc. Over the last year, it has mostly been HD (Blu-ray, encoded in AVCHD, on DVD-R, playable in ordinary Blu-ray players). Currently, the division is about 50-50 (DVD vs. Blu-ray), and BD is (obviously) growing. By next school year, I probably won’t need to burn DVDs anymore.
I have no doubt Steve is passionate about his distaste for Blu-ray and his enthusiasm for YouTube. However, there are several very real and practical reasons why YouTube has a long way to go to displace (never mind replace) physical disc:
1. It is NOT yet on people’s TVs. Some TVs have the ability to go online and access YouTube, but even those that do make it extremely frustrating, and only provide 360p stream, even if there’s a HD version available.
2. 15 minutes is often exceeded by children’s soccer games, school performances or vacation videos. YouTube may try to force people to edit boring vacation videos, so that they can fit in 15 minutes, but the limit is still a significant factor in favour of physical media, where the limit is much more reasonable (1-2 hours)
3. Connectivity — too small percentage of the world today has access to a broadband pipe that’s fat enough for real-time streaming of 6Mbps 1080p YouTube stream.
4. Image quality — 6Mbps is simply not nearly enough to squeeze 1080p stream, even at 24p, without too many pixels being lost or lumped together into a single large one. 6Mbps is only good enough for a high-quality DVD (Standard Def, 480p).
So, please, give us simple HD authoring for physical optical media. Please.
@ iPhoneEnvy
I use Final Cut Express, jeez I think I have Macs older than you.
@ iPhoneEnvy
I use Final Cut Express, jeez I think I have Macs older than you.
I Have IBD! it’s a pain in the butt!
Pun intended.
(Inflammatory bowel disease.)
I Have IBD! it’s a pain in the butt!
Pun intended.
(Inflammatory bowel disease.)
Somehow I doubt the feature list for the iOS apps will be quite as extensive as for the OSX versions. Even given that the Mac versions are supposed to be teasers for the Pro versions, they offer a lot. Less of everything in the iOS versions should lead to a judicious editing of the feature list.
Of course, that doesn’t mean many users will be pining for the loss. Darn near anything included will be a feature not available on most “competing” mobile devices. Recording input, editing what you’ve recorded, inserting stock content … all are less than “Just Do It” easy on about anything else.