I finally finished the entire iMovie ’11 course today.  Wow, there have been a lot of new changes to the program and I am really impressed with everything I have seen.  I have to admit that I was a little quick to judge the program.  After a few days of working the different tutorials I have really come to like the way iMovie has been changed.  It is easy to use and more importantly, fun to use.

AUDIO BROWSER

One section I wanted to mention is the new audio section.  iMovie is not connected with iTunes which makes it much easier to get music in to iMovie.  If you want to add some audio elements to your movie, all you have to do is click the music note and all of the available media is listed in an easy to use column view.

AUDIO LEVELS

Changing audio levels used to take several clicks which were at times not very accurate.  Now, if you want to turn something up or down, all you need to do is move your curser to the line and drag it up or down.  The best part is the wave form gets bigger or smaller so you can see what your changes have done to the sound.  You can also see if something is too loud because the peak changes color.  This is very useful for a quick check.

MY VIDEO

Here is the video I made for the class.  It isn’t exactly like the one in the tutorial but it is close.  I decided to play around with some transitions and other elements and liked what I did.  Let me know what you think in the comments below.

ONE DOWN

Well, I have now finished one Lynda.com class and am looking forward to doing many more.  I feel like I have learned a lot more through the tutorials then I ever would have learning the program on my own.  I even have a neat certificate of completion for the class.