This won’t be a comprehensive review, because those exist elsewhere (best of breed here), but I have put this app through its paces and have a few points to make about it for those on the fence about whether to buy or not.
Things that annoy me:
- Location services must be on to use the app. Why? You can geotag clips, but I don’t want to be FORCED to do so.
- Only video clips shot with an iPhone can be used.
- Added text lasts the entire length of the clip and takes up a big portion of the frame.
- Audio can’t be moved at all, and when it ends, it ends.
- You can trim video from both ends by using handles, but it’s difficult to see what you’re trimming (easier to trim and then import).
Things that I like:
- It’s relatively easy to cute-ify video clips.
- You don’t have to have a desktop computer to join clips on the fly.
- You can pick what size to export, and it includes HD, which looks good (way to make use of the new iPhone 4 video-recording capabilities!).
- You can add video and photos, and you can do the Ken Burns thing with photos. Result: quick-and-dirty video that looks pretty polished.
I spent a half hour messing with this software and slapped together a project of my trip to Italy (see on YouTube). Keep in mind this video was shot with a 3GS—not in HD).
Screenshots:
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Ken Burns effect
Choosing image transitions
For $5 this is a fairly sophisticated app. For people who shoot a lot of video clips and like to share them, it’s probably a should-have (eg, people with kids or active blogs). For people who shoot longer videos or videos with multiple devices, it’s probably best to stick with a desktop video-editing software. Beyond a few minutes of editing, iMovie on the iPhone’s limitations just get too frustrating.
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Posted by admin on Jul 12, 2010 in Blog, Product Reviews | Comments Off
