iMovie '08 (7.0.x) Special Report: Third-party plug-ins not compatible

As Apple said during the announcement of iMovie '08, it is a "completely new application." That means it also has no plug-in architecture, and previously functioning plug-ins no longer work after the update. Fortunately, iMovie '06 will remain on your drive (and is available free to iLife '08 buyers) safter installation of iMovie '08, so plug-ins can be used with the older version of the application.

MacFixIt reader Chris emailed GeeThree, creator of the plug-in "Stabilizer," regarding iMovie '08 support. The company replied:

"We got our copy of iLife '08 today. The new release of iMovie '08 is a complete rewrite from the ground up and lacks the support for plug-ins. There are just a handful of transitions and titles, and no effects in this new version. It is nice if you need to create a very basic video quickly, but you will likely want to keep using iMovie 6 for most of your video projects. Fortunately, if you install iLife 08, a copy of iMovie 6 stays on your system. Please bug Apple to update iMovie'08 to support third party plug-ins."

Index:

• Displays wrong help version, fix
• Import issues: AVCHD, Keynote
• Crashes and kernel panics, fixes
• Knowledge Base articles
• Performance problems on G5 Macs
• Poor export quality; update to iMove 7.0.1
• Third-party plug-ins not compatible

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