edit movies on the go wo n’t be just for iPhone and iPod touch exploiter anymore . On Wednesday , Apple announced a new , universal version of iMovie for iOS with iPad support , which will bump off the App Store in metre for the camera - equipped iPad 2 ’s March 11 release .
At Wednesday ’s press event , Steve Jobs land Randy Ubillos — the company ’s chief designer for TV diligence — on stage to present the newly - renamediMovie for iOS . In his introduction , Jobs noted “ [ the app ] is not a plaything ; you could really edit a moving-picture show on this thing . ”
iMovie for iOS has a redesign projection see that resembles a movie pavilion .
iMovie for iOS has a redesigned projects view that resembles a movie marquee.
The app has incorporated a numeral of multitouch gestures and societal media share-out pick , as well as three newfangled themes — Neon , Simple , and CNN iReport — for a total of eight . AirPlay support allows you to well out your iMovie videos to a second - generation Apple TV , or you could habituate Apple ’s new Digital AV Adapter with iOS 4.3 ’s new mirroring feature to play higher - res version over HDMI to high-definition television , projectors , and other devices .
you could use multitouch motion to activate the precision editor for a more finely - tune edit .
If you ’d like to incorporate photos , you’re able to take them with either of the iPad 2 ’s photographic camera or import them from the Photos app , and using face detection engineering , a Ken - Burns - expressive style panning event will intelligently keep face in frame . Additionally , you may use any of the Modern title mode usable with each theme to add graphic and text overlays to photos and clips .
You can use multitouch gestures to activate the precision editor for a more fine-tuned edit.
gratefully , when it make out to audio , iMovie for iOS does n’t skimp on the options . The app supports up to three distinct audio tracks along with an additional background sound recording track ; on these , you’re able to record your own sounds , blame from a program library of over 50 legal effect , integrate your chosen melodic theme ’s soundtrack , or break up a song from your gimmick ’s medicine program library . Once you ’ve lay down your audio clip , you could fine - tune it using per - clip volume accommodation , catch audio waveforms , or launch the preciseness editor for closer cuts .
start up a project on your iPhone 4 , but you ’d like to carry on the work on a fully grown canvass ? you’re able to transfer projects to the iPad 2 — or frailty versa — using iTunes , but not , unfortunately , to the desktop version of iMovie .
At the event , a interpreter from Apple noted that the original iPad will not be able to take vantage of iMovie for iOS ; if you require to bunk the app , you ’re modified to the iPhone 4 , fourth generation iPod touch , or iPad 2 . For those devices , iMovie will be available March 11 in the App Store for $ 5 .
update at 4:00 p.m. PST with more detail on iMovie for iOS ’s characteristic .
Updated at 5:54 p.m. PT to clarify iPad compatibility and to add information about labor transferring .
