AAUG Reviews

by Chris Tofteberg, AAUG Member

iMovie is quite possibly the most fun application included in the iLife package. I also believe it is one of the most underused. Yeah, everyone uses iTunes, many of us use iPhoto. But how many of you have explored iMovie? Or looked into the plugins available for it? Perhaps that is why there is a somewhat limited number of iMovie plugins out there; we just don’t use it enough! Digital Thought Software is one of a handful of software companies that has gambled on iMovie and made some pretty attractive plugins for it.

Digital Thought Software makes plugins for both iMovie and Final Cut Pro. I reviewed the iMovie specific plugins. Installation was kind of weird in that it not only installed the plugins in the user/library/iMovie folder but also put them in Applications, which they don’t really serve any purpose from. The packs I reviewed included plugins for titles, video effects and audio effects but no transitions. The plugins for this review included all of these. I was somewhat disappointed not to see any transitions in the mix. Good transitions can make or break a movie, in my opinion.

The title effects in the Digital Titles pack were plentiful and creative, including about 60 title options. I personally feel that you can’t have enough titling options when you’re making a movie, but Digital Titles filled that void. (more…)