Filmmakers , check your local iTunes App Store for itemisation : Apple ’s iMovie app is now playing everywhere . On Thursday , Apple released a major update for its fluid redaction app , adding support for the iPad 2 and a myriad of unexampled feature .
iMovie now sports a completely redesign interface , preciseness editing instrument , new multitouch gestures , and support for multiple audio track , some of whichwere previewedat the fellowship ’s iPad 2 event last week .
Originally resign for the iPhone 4last Juneand , later , the fourth - generation iPod trace , Thursday ’s update adds universal support for the iPad 2 ( but not the original iPad , alas ) . Thanks to the iPad 2 ’s more wide exhibit , the redesigned iMovie interface mostly resemble that of its background first cousin , sporting a media viewer , preview screenland , and traditional timeline comprise within a three - pane layout ( in landscape mood ) .
In summation , iPad users alone will get to take advantage of precision redaction putz within the app — which allow for all right thinning between magazine and modulation — and a on/off switch for viewing audio waveforms .
For further editing tweaks on any compatible iOS gadget , iMovie has incorporated an assortment of multitouch gestures for zooming in or out , splitting , trim , and run down through a clip , rotate video recording , and alternate through the undertaking timeline .
Those hop for audio improvement wo n’t be disappoint : the app now bear out up to three trenchant audio trail layered on top of an optional background audio track . For background trail , user can draw from one of eight themes ( three of which are new ) or their iPod library ; individual track can also incorporate songs from the iPod app or one of 50 raw heavy effects . Additionally , user can record an audio recording voiceover on the spot using their gadget ’s built - in microphone .
iMovie has added new and improved option for photo , too : the nonpayment Ken Burns consequence has been affix with automatic face sleuthing ( though you could still define custom first and end points , if you so opt ) , and substance abuser can now overlie any picture with report - styled title text .
Other features admit new share-out options ( Facebook , Vimeo , CNN Report ) , themes , and setting , as well as AirPlay support for movie playback . Last — but not least — users can back up and transport their projects from their iPhone to iPad using the File Sharing viewer in iTunes . lamentably , unlike Apple ’s GarageBand app , iMovie projects can not currently be transfer to the Mac for edit out in iMovie ’ 11 .
iMovie is available for purchase from the App Store for $ 5 ; users who originally bought iMovie for iPhone wil receive this as a free update . The app is compatible with the iPhone 4 , quaternary - genesis iPod touch , or iPad 2 and demand iOS 4.2.6 or later .
