New features in Apple’s iLife ‘09

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Here are the new features in Apple’s iLife ‘09:

iPhoto ‘09

• Faces — Allows you to organize your photos based on who’s in them. iPhoto uses face detection to identify faces of people in your photos and face recognition to match faces that look like the same person.
• Places — This feature uses data from GPS-enabled cameras or the camera on iPhone to categorize photos by location and convert GPS location tags to common, user-friendly names.
• Themed Slideshows –Six themes let you create beautiful slideshows in seconds: Classic, Shatter, Snapshots, Scrapbook, Ken Burns, and Sliding Panels. Every slideshow uses face detection to position photos correctly and keep the faces onscreen.
• Online Sharing — Publish photos directly to Facebook and Flickr.
• Enhanced Editing — A new checkbox in the Saturation slider makes the colors in your photos pop without affecting skin tones. The Definition slider improves clarity and brings out detail. The Retouch brush adds a Detect Edges feature that prevents blurring of detail when you remove spots or blemishes over solid edges. And the Auto Red-Eye tool works with face detection to remove red-eye with just one click.
• Travel Maps — Custom maps that illustrate your journey. iPhoto uses the location data from your photos to generate a beautifully rendered map showing the countries and cities you visited.

iMovie ‘09

• Advanced Drag and Drop — Movie editing gets easier with new features. Now you can replace or insert clips using a single pop-up menu. Or edit just your audio. When you choose to show the Advanced Tools menu in iMovie preferences, drag-and-drop editing includes additional options such as cutaways, picture-in-picture, and green-screen effects.
• Precision Editor — Skim and click your clips to fine-tune every edit.
• Themes and Maps — Enhance your movies or add an animated map. Choose a theme such as Bulletin Board, Filmstrip, or Comic Book and apply it to your project instantly.
• Video Stabilization — Analyzes how much your camera was moving while you were recording, then automatically reduces camera shake.
• New Titles, Transitions, and Effects — Get 18 new animated titles, 8 new transitions and 19 new one-click video effects, including Aged Film, Dream, Sci-Fi, and Cartoon.
• Library Browser — Flip through video just as you flip through music in your iTunes library — using full-screen Cover Flow.

GarageBand ‘09

• Basic Lessons — Follow along at your own pace with interactive lessons that teach you the fundamentals through HD video instruction, synchronized notation, and animated onscreen instruments.
• Artist Lessons (sold separately) — Have Sting teach you how to play “Roxanne,” Colbie Caillat teach you how to play “Bubbly,” Fall Out Boy teach you how to play “I Don’t Care,” and many more. Browse, preview, and purchase Artist Lessons from the Lesson Store inside GarageBand. Then get step-by-step instructions for chords, finger positions, and techniques from the people who know your favorite songs best.
• New Guitar Features — New amps and stompbox effects re-create the sound of legendary guitar rigs.
• Magic GarageBand Jam — Assign instruments and styles to your guitarist, bassist, drummer, and keyboard player. Shuffle instruments randomly to instantly hear a new sound from your backing band. Create a custom mix using volume sliders or by muting and soloing any instrument. Quickly navigate to any part of the song using the new Arrangement Track, or just repeat your favorite part. When you’re happy with rehearsals, you can record right into Magic GarageBand.

iWeb ‘09 adds:

• New iWeb Widgets, such as iSight(R) video and photos, a countdown timer, YouTube video and RSS feeds
• Integrated FTP publishing allows you to publish your website to virtually any hosting service and updates to your site can now be automatically added to your Facebook profile.

Source: Apple

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