iLife is a software suite from Apple Inc. for Mac OS X. The suite consists of iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, and iWeb, which are for organizing, viewing and publishing digital content (pictures, movies, music, and web pages).
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iLife is a software suite from Apple Inc. for Mac OS X. The suite consists of iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, and iWeb, which are for organizing, viewing and publishing digital content (pictures, movies, music, and web pages).
iLife '09 was announced in January 2009 and requires Mac OS X 10.5.6 or later of Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard".
Origins
The first versions of iMovie, iTunes, iDVD, iPhotoApple Introduces iPhoto, GarageBand and iWeb were released in that order. iMovie, iTunes, and iPhoto were originally available free via Apple's website, while iDVD was available only with computers that included SuperDrives. In January 2003, the programs were packaged together as "iLife", while iTunes remains a free application.
Notes about specific releases:
- iLife '08: The company said that this is their most significant upgrade ever to the company's suite of digital lifestyle applications, featuring a major new version of iPhoto and a completely reprogrammed iMovie. iPhoto '08 automatically organized photo libraries into 'Events' and iMovie '08 introduced a new way to quickly make movies and share them online via a user's MobileMe account.
iPhoto
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iPhoto is a photograph organizer and editor that lets users store, view, edit, and share their digital photos. iPhoto allows its user to create photo albums to display pictures on the Internet or on CD, create slideshows for instant on-computer presentation, construct calendars and greetings cards from photographs, and the ability to "photocast" photo albums. iPhoto can also import from most digital cameras with no drivers required (built into Mac OS X by default).
iMovie
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iMovie is a video editor that can be used with digital video. The process of film capture by a digital camera via FireWire is automated, with iMovie allowing users to chop up their videos, add special effects, and reorganize them. It is also compatible with flash MPEG 4 cameras, AVCHD camcorders, HDV cameras, and the Apple iSight. Photographs may also be used, and a soundtrack may be added with tracks in the iTunes music library. These can then be exported into a variety of viewable formats, including Apple's QuickTime Player.
iDVD
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iDVD integrates with iMovie to allow the burning of movies onto a dvd with chapters and menus. Each new version adds more menu themes. There is no support for Blu-ray burning in the current version of iDVD. In iLife '09, iDVD was not updated.
GarageBand
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GarageBand is a music-creation and podcasting application that includes over 1,000 pre-recorded loops. The program also supports software instruments and importation from real instruments, such as guitars and keyboards. In iLife '09, GarageBand sells pre-recorded instrument lessons made by famous artists.
