As expected, Apple’s given its iLife software suite a refresh in the form of iLife ‘08, which Jobs calls the “biggest jump since we introduced it.” Here’s the breakdown app by app:
iPhoto: New to iPhoto this around is “Events,” which promises to let you more easily organize your photo albums, and the .Mac Web Gallery which’ll let you publish and share your photos on the web, with other folks also able to contribute to it. What’s more, you’ll also be able to send photos to the gallery from your iPhone, and sync up your iPhone with photos already in the gallery.
iMovie: Described as a “whole new app,” iMovie’s taken on some more iPhoto-like characteristics and is now being touted as “one library for all your video.” It’ll let you work in resolutions “higher res than DVD” and, like iPhoto, you’ll be able to share those videos on your .Mac Web Gallery. It’ll also encode and upload directly to YouTube and, of course, tailor videos for your iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV.
Click on through for details on the rest of the apps iWeb: Apple’s website builder gets a few updates, including built-in support for GoogleMaps and Google’s AdSense, along with something called “live web widgets” that’ll let you copy any “web snippet” and paste it on your site. You’ll also get some new options for putting together photo pages, some new themes, and support for personal domains.
iDVD: Not a whole lot new here, it seems, but you will get “pro encoding” and some new themes, which promise really high production values.”
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/07/live-from-apples-summer-mac-product-press-conference/
