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I wrote in a post the other day how I was impressed with this new concept of how iMovie 08 can skim through video clips and select the content you want via a click and drag method. It is a new way of thinking about editing video video insted of the usual 3-point, IN and OUT point paradigm.

Others are much less impressed. According to reports around the web, with this re-write it seems iMovie 08 can’t access plug-ins, doesn’t allow of multiple audio tracks and no longer has a timeline view. Sure the old iMovie could do this (and you can get iMovie 06 as a free download now) but maybe if you need those kind of tools you should move to Final Cut Express. And now nothing else will ever be said about iMovie.