After upgrading to the iPhone 4 I decided to "splurge" on the iMovie app (at $4.99 it was the most expensive app I had ever purchased).
According to Apple, I could use the app to "Make beautiful HD movies anywhere with iMovie, the fun, feature-rich video editing app designed for Multi-Touch. Create a video postcard of your day at the beach and publish it to the web — without ever leaving your spot in the sand. Or make a movie of your child’s birthday party and send it to your parents — while the party is in full swing."
Sounds great, right? Except I soon realized that a) I generally don't take much video (which is why my Flip video camera is stuck in a junk drawer) and b) if I'm at my child's birthday party I have little time or energy to create a HD video to send to relatives.
While attending CES in January, I decided to give iMovie a test using still photos I took on my phone. Standing in line for the shuttle bus back to the hotel, I was able to select one of the pre-designed themes, string together the photos, add music and edit clip lengths. I was also able to upload my creation to YouTube before we got back to the hotel! (Check out the video below).
iMovie for the iPhone certainly doesn't give you the flexibility of the full version of iMovie, but it's a nice tool to have for movie editing on the fly. Available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, it was just announced yesterday that Apple would be releasing a universal version that will work on the iPad.
Have you made an iMovie from your iPhone?