iG.STUDiO: Ilya I. Gerasimenko

Just a technology I explored yesterday, hope someone might find it useful... How to make static titles over video clip for iMovie (or any other QuickTime DV editing application). You will need: Adobe Photoshop (I used v. 7.0, not sure if Elements would work) QuickTime Pro (I used 6.3) iMovie (I used 3.0.3, but 2.1.2 should work just as well) In Photoshop: Create a new (720x480 px, transparent fill) .psd file as a template for your titles. Type your title (creating a new text layer), using whatever font of combination of fonts you want. You can use layer effects as well (Drop Shadow, Stroke, etc.), just make sure you stay within "TV-safe" area, use NTSC colors (there is a filter to adjust that), and remember, that QuickTime does not seem to support Photoshop's layer "blending modes" other than "Normal" very well (the default setting for Drop Shadow effect is "Multiply". If you change it to "Normal" and tune your drop

I've been monitoring the Apple Discussions ever since I foolishly "upgraded" to iLife. I've been keeping track of people reporting bugs, and people, suggesting hacks and workarounds. I've been running my own tests and following suggestions. All I wanted to accomplish was to regain the ability to export to MiniDV tape two projects, I had compiled in iMovie2 just hours before I installed iLife (I know, that was stupid). Nothing worked. I can live with occasional crashes, awkward default settings, slow interface, loosing control of the camera, and many other bugs. Before yesterday I didn't even care about burning DVDs, although I was planning to do it in future. All I wanted was my video signal to be in sync with my audio signal, regardless of the length of the movie. It wasn't. I have come to the point, where I created a brand-new project, hooked up the camcorder, and imported one hour of footage - directly to the timeline (standard tape speed - 60 min

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