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Can I run imovies?

  • 08-06-2009 12:37am
    #1
    frazzel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭


    Hi!! I hope this is the right place for this question.

    I have a Dell inspiron 1520 so have windows XP. Im just wondering can i use imovies on my laptop? Is it completely different from running itunes?

    Sorry if this is a stupid question but i really dont know!!
    If i can use it how can i get it?

    Thanks a mill!!


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  • #2
    Soundman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭Soundman


    Taken from wiki.answers after a very simple google search:
    Sadly, iMovie is Apple proprietary software - part of the iLife suite, which costs $79 anyway unless you get it with a new Mac. It won't work on any version of Windows - or any other OS for that matter.

    If you're looking for a program that can read iMovie files, you're more or less out of luck - but if you're looking for a program that can approximate iMovie, there are a few options out there. iMovie is (or was until the recent '08 dumbing-down) industry-standard, so not much comes close, but here are some ideas:

    - Windows Movie Maker 2. Can be downloaded free from Microsoft, and comes free with SP2. It's a bit limited next to iMovie, supporting less layers of video and audio, and a less powerful timeline. Download link:

    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx

    - Adobe Premiere CS3 is much more expensive than iMovie, weighing in at an eye-popping $799, but if you're after downloading something, I'm sure something could be found for it -cough- . Linky:

    http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/

    - Avid provided a free, slimline version of their grotesquely expensive XPress Pro (available for Mac and PC at $1,695) called Avid Free DV. They've stopped offering it on their website (though they still offer tutorials, forums, etc.), and there'll never be an updated version, but you can still find it on the Internet, bittorrent, etc., providing you can get your hands on a serial. Wikipedia article:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avid_Free_DV

    - Finally, Mac and Windows suite "Photo To Movie" is considered superior to early versions of iMovie when it comes to sub-pixel rendering, although it's hardly professional-grade like Premiere. Link:

    http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php


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