iMovie FAQ - Links

Last edited: 4 November, 2005
Author: Daniel Slagle

BKMS - Melt Through, Melt Away, Pixelate, and Soft Wipes, 4 in 1
BR Perfect Moment - provides the iMovie enthusiast with a professional-grade titler
Cf/x -over fifty powerful plugins including; Movie Canvas, Multi-Movie, Picture in Clip, Chroma Key, Edge Detect, plus many free ones
Digital Arts - The amazing Xe847 color tech plugin
Digital Thoughts Software - Image stabilizer for iMovie
eZedia - QTI, Clip for iMovie, eZeScreen, eZeMotion, Matte for iMovie
ImageIP - Distort and Morph, Pic in pic, Pop effects, Quick Snap
Jerry's Plug-ins - All Free Plugins
JES - Has a few utilities and a deinterlacer for iMovie. Deinterlace movies (half height/normal height/double frame rate). Change field dominance (for PAL films with fake interlace)
SebSofts - Slow motion smoother and iMovie clip joiner
Slick - Literally hundreds of plug-ins and a few helper applications too.
Stupendous Software - Another leader in the iMovie plug-in community. Hundreds more plug-ins. Here is a detailed list.
Trix Software - Movie Edit 3D, DV Time Lapse, DV File Date CM
Virtix - Plug-ins for iMovie and Final Cut plus add-ons for iDVD

Audio Hijack - Record audio from any application for your own use, including Real and Windows media files.
BTV - allows you to view video from any video input source, either in a window or full screen on an entire monitor. Good for those web cam captures
Derbrill - UgrabIt, Full Screen
DropDV - For converting MPEG to DV format (the one iMovie uses)
FootTrack - Import, catalog, and search your digital library.
MediaEdit - Draw and color on your movie like a painting program.
iDive - Another great video cataloging tool for your digital library
iStopMotion - is the tool of choice for Stop Motion Animation (aka. Claymation) and Time Lapse Recording.
Pane Reliever - sort iMovie's Clips Pane by File Name, by Clip Name or by Time/Date created, get rid of all those empty slots on the Clips Pane without having to drag your clips around.
Photo to Movie - Pan and scan for stills (Ken Burns replacement), Image Surfer, and Movie Archiver.
MPEG2Works - Don't have an MPEG-2 compressor and want to create MPEG's?
MPEG Stream Clip - One of the most recommend and free converters
Media Calculator - Calculate how much disk space you are going to burn.
Snapz Pro - Useful for capturing both still and video screen shots from you desktop. So if you wanted that iTunes visual in your movie, this program is how you capture it.
Still Life - Not pleased with the Ken Burns effect in iMovie? This is the way it "should have" been done.
Rolling Credits - A great way to create "fancy" rolling credits.

Cache Out X - Fast and free cache cleaner for Jaguar, Panther.
Free Mac Fonts - Did not know where else to stick this but who does not like FREE mac fonys
Onyx - Free and fast cache cleaner and system helper for Tiger.
Pacifist - Great for extracting Apple applications off CD. i.e. iMovie 2 off your Jaguar install set.
The X Lab - For the latest, most crucial things, you need to know about your OS X operating system.
What Size - Can seem to find where all your hard drive space went to? Try this utility!
Wiretap - Record any sound your Mac can produce and use it in a movie. Free!

Accent Music - Royalty-free music in Real and MP3 demo formats.
Find Sounds - Searches the internet for free sound bytes and audio effects
Free Play Music - Royalty-free music from the same company that provides the free music on your iDisk.
Free Music Archive - Free Music from artist around the world.
Matton Royalty Free Music & Sound Effects - Provider of Royalty Free Music Clips, Royalty Free Songs and Royalty Free Sounds. All available for immediate purchase and download.
Music Bakery - Cheap quality music and effects.
Partners in Rhyme - Free sound effects, Music, Midi files, drum loops, and more.
Royalty Free Music - RoyaltyFreeMusic.com aka Award Winning Music, presents comprehensive Royalty Free Music packages, suited for every musical need.
Smart Sound - Create you own royalty-free music with either Sonicfire Pro or Movie Maestro. Cool stuff!
Sound Dogs - Need a sound clip? They have millions of them.
Wickedwavs - Looking for that "special" piece of royality free music? Check this place out.

A Luna Blue, the creative leader in royalty free stock footage and photography. Images and sequences. . . beautiful, strange, useful, odd, royalty free; perfect for your broadcast, desktop video, advertising and the internet.
Dreamtime - royalty free stock footage the easy way to get into Digital Video in the classroom.
Foto Search Footage - Royalty Free Stock Footage by Foto Search.
Gman Video Backgrounds - 3D Animations, Video Backgrounds, Loops & Motion Graphics, for Video Editing, DVD Motion Menu, and Presentations
Matton Images - Provider of Royalty Free Stock Footage, Film Clips and Flash Animations. All available for immediate purchase and download.
Time Image - provides royalty-free stock film footage for unlimited use and worldwide broadcast.

Lennart's - iMovie Type/Creator fixes, empty PAL projects, extra titles, and more.
Matti Haveri - Tips on making VCD's, SVCD's, (XS)VCD's, ripping DVD's and MPEG conversions.
MacMovieMaker - Mac movie related news, reviews, and forums

iDVD Themes - Beautiful themes and you have to love the clean looking website.
iDVD Theme Pak - Many unique and different themes and a couple free ones.
iDVD Themetastic - Wonderful looking themes with lots of holiday and a few free themes.

DotMac.info - Share all your Mac creations. Only limitation? Must have an active .Mac account.
iMovieFest - designed to offer an exclusive film community for amateur Mac filmmakers where you can post your own movies, get instant feedback, live results, and connect with other filmmakers who edit their movies on a Mac.