Oh yes it's almost a clone of iPhoto, but it's not a poor imitation:- it's very well presented, fast and has the feel of a professional program about it (ie rock solid). Enough blathering now, I've posted more today than I have in about 6 monthsĮdit: Ok guys, I've just downloaded Picasa to give it a try. What you need is a marketing campaign that has everyone thinking of all the other products as "like i" eg: If on TV, deinterlace, if on pc, first you have to isolate the flickering segments, then, cut them apart, apply a deflickering. But when you mention the word "iTunes" everyone immediately associates things like the iPod etc.
I think what CubaTBird is saying is that unless everyone associates lifestyle software with iLife, they will just use what they can get for their home pc: it may not be as good, kludgy etc. But what I appreciate about the mac is how it's suite of supporting software (iLife etc) actually compliment your lifestyle. Quite honestly, I don't mind windows (uh oh, I'm in trouble now.). Apple iDVD (Classic) is an (MP3 & Audio Software) application on Mac that usually can be installed easily and smoothly on the computer, but some times you.
Other Software Devs: similar experience or have you had a much nastier time with WinXP Pro or 2k? and it was Adobe eBook reader that caused it too ) and I work in quite a OS-hostile environment all day (enterprise software development). Generally speaking, Microsoft Windows DVD Maker is considered as the Windows alternative to iDVD. However, there is no iDVD for Windows (Windows 8 included). With it, you can easily burn movies and photo slideshow to DVD for playback on DVD players.
However, I've been using XP Pro at work (and at home atm - iBook go boom ) and I haven't experienced a BSOD since the beta (. Every Mac user knows iDVD is a good tool to burn DVD on Mac. Look, if we were talking windows 98 or ME or exen XP Home, then yes there is the Fed-Up with windows factor. And with the apple products focussed on enriching a person's lifestyle experience (ie iLife etc.) I found it extremely compelling. Nice design is good, but the reality is I want something that does what I want it to do.
Once you have the file on your PC, use the burning software that came with your DVD recordable drive to burn the ISO file to a DVD.Actually, when I bought my mac it was the software and feature set that tipped me into the mac camp. You can either burn it to a CD or DVD or copy it across your network.
add windows movie maker, and iTunes and all their missing is an iDVD and a garageband killer. this, being a free application for windows does kinda make it an iphoto killer.
but for years the pc had programs just as good, but some were shareware. This will enable your DVD burning software on your Windows PC to recognize the file format.Īll that is left is to copy the file over to your PC. i would say that the iLife package is a reason people are interested in the mac. You must now change the file extension of the file from cdr to iso. Now, click the Save button.Ĭonvert to DVD or CD Master with Disk UtilityWait for the conversion to complete, and browse to the new file in the Finder (remember that it is the one that ends in .cdr). Give your file and name, and end that name with .cdr. When the ∼onvert Image dialog appears, select ∽VD/CD Master from the Image Format popup menu. Now, click the Images -> Convert menu item. (The left-hand pane is where all the drives on your computer will be located.) Once its added, click the file in Disk Utility. Converting this disc image into an ISO file that can be burned on your PC is the next step.ĭisk Utility Window with a Disc Image AddedOpen Disk Utility (located in the Applications/Utilities folder), and drag your new disc image from the Finder to the left-hand pane of the Disk Utility window. This step will give you something you can work with in Disk Utility. Once you have your iDVD project, and you are done with it, you need to click File -> Save As Disc Image. The page on my site has pictures, if you are interested. Just so no one thinks I'm trying to spam this forum with links to my site, here is the text of the tip. Someone posted it on here before, and I wrote a tip on my site. Burn iDVD Projects to a DVD Using Your Windows PC