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i love iphoto as it has allowed me to organize and categorize my images....

i just wish there were water mark tools in Iphoto.... i know is else where... but everything else is in here.... by not THAT...

but over all iphoto is great!

(66 of 74 people found this review useful)

I HATED iMovie 08, it was so confusing and we couldnt do anything creative with it or anything, but now with iLife 09, I can edit movies with style again like I did with iMovie 06 and below. I only gave it 4 stars because I never use iPhoto or iDVD or iWeb all that much, so I can't speak for those applications.

(39 of 46 people found this review useful)

After using PC and the years of trouble with PPt and word, it is a super pleasure to use all of Mac's products. I use both iWorks and ilife with pleasure.
Design is easy no matter which one I use and I have used it plenty for the past 3 years.
Thanks to the staff at Apple and I hope to see more.

(42 of 51 people found this review useful)

I work in the back sound room of a church twice a week and it get's pretty hectic back there! iLife '09 is the perfect tool for this job! I've been doing it for a few years now and the church recently switched from Windows to Mac (and iLife). It surely made all the difference! It's fun, easy, and extremely convenient! Try it!

(19 of 24 people found this review useful)

I gave a negative review to iLife 08, as I really disliked iMovie 08. This new version of iMovie has made me quite happy and was a great deal (Mac Box Set). It is easy to use a flash-based camcorder, import, and make a quick movie to post on the web. That is all I want, and the final result is fine, including picture in picture and greenscreen. Yes, it was easy to adjust audio in iMovie 06, but I find I never use it having bought iMovie 09. Now if there were a button to click to bring down a timeline option for more involved work...heaven.
When you add in the two websites I built in iWeb, and the photo slideshows I quickly made in iPhoto...well, I am fine with the new version. I invested $200 in Final Cut Express but found it difficult without real training, even after buying a training DVD. I do wish iPhoto had a way to turn off faces and places, and there were a few more themes in iMovie.

(28 of 35 people found this review useful)

I've just upgraded on a G5 1.9Ghz with 512Mb RAM and it works OK... but I have also just ordered a RAM upgrade in order to speed it up.

would definitely recommend.

(5 of 7 people found this review useful)

DISCLAIMER: ONLY REVIEWING GARAGEBAND '09

I like to think of myself as a savvy guy when it comes to software, but I really misjudged Garageband '09. I guess I just wasn't reading close enough, but it really looked to me that it was gonna have a lot of new guitar SOFTWARE instruments and settings. My only real problems with GB thus far has been that the guitars and string instruments just don't quite sound real, at least not on the level of the other software instruments. So when I saw this, or thought I saw it - I was over the moon. Finally I could make the kind of music I wanted. BUT - it turns out all these great new instruments and settings ARE FOR REAL INSTRUMENTS ONLY - IE when you plug in a real guitar. Seeing as I don't play guitar - just keyboard, it was a MAJOR letdown.

(40 of 61 people found this review useful)

First off, the interface in iMove is amazing. I used iMovie '06 and this is 100 times better than that. I love the work flow. Going from '06 to '09 was like going from a Pinto to a Ferrari. I love it!! I was able to make a stunning video in no time. I bought this iLife upgrade just for one project. It was well worth the cost. Between using the new themes for slide shows in iPhoto and combining the new power of iMove, the possibilities are endless. Ya, sure, you can get a full movie editing package, but what you get for $80 is well worth it. If you can't make something nice with this suite, you just aren't being creative enough. I did run into situations were I was limited, but that just made me think about how to do it another way. In the end I was able to get exactly what I wanted with very little hassle. I work with different kinds of programs all day long. This new interface was very refreshing to use. Thank you.

I ran this suite on a Mac mini 1.83 Core 2 Duo with 1gig of ram with OS X 10.5.6. As long as I kept most other program closed I was hassle free. If I had Firefox, iTunes, Quicktime and everything else under the sun open, I could make the machine hang. When just using iPhoto and iMove by itself, I was problem free.

Don't hesitate to buy this upgrade, it's worth it.

(28 of 35 people found this review useful)