One of iMovie ’08’s major departures is the lack of a timeline. Here’s how to get the most out of the software. And a subsequent update, version 7.1, adds other enhancements. It can still perform some of its predecessor’s tricks-just not in obvious ways. Although iMovie HD 6 still works, and is available for free to people with iLife ’08 installed, jumping between the two programs is a hassle.ĭespite iMovie ’08’s seemingly missing features, the program has hidden depth. The new version abandoned the old code, along with many features that iMovie users had grown accustomed to. It represented a complete rewrite of the iLife suite’s previous video-editing component, iMovie HD 6.

When Apple introduced iMovie ’08, the program received more attention for what it was missing than for what it offered.