Usable, but frustrating and not user friendly – iMovie Review

It’s so broken. So many issues, not user friendly, they don’t explain anything, but you’ll make a video alright. There’s no help whatsoever with finding your way around so you have to do it yourself, you can’t even upload GarageBand music that’s over a certain storage limit (despite countless articles written by Apple themselves saying you can import any GarageBand music into iMovie) and whenever you want one of their songs, you’d better take some Advil because you’re about to get the biggest migraine of your life. If you add in a song you think will be good, it’ll stretch the whole video. It doesn’t matter if the video is 2 minutes or 12. It’ll go the full video length. And, if you perhaps, split the song, because it’s too long and you only want it in that area, the song changes. Suddenly it doesn’t fit into your video. Then you have to delete the other portion and move the song. Oh, wait, it’s a different part of the song now because you moved it! It doesn’t matter how far you move it, how small you trim it, you ultimately have to conform YOUR movie to THEIR songs because no matter how minute the change is to the song, it just picks a new part and assumes you want it there. Example: I wanted a song with a slight buildup of drums to match up with one part of the video that would transition when the chorus kicked in. Then, the moment I confirmed it to my video, I listened and it was at the end of the song, completely silent by the end of my first clip. After about forty five grueling minutes, the song still isn’t confirmed and I’m writing this review. Don’t get this app if you’re seriously considering editing videos. This isn’t for real editors, this is for people who want to get something free and make short videos. But this isn’t the only program Apple has that isn’t user friendly, and all that (including horrible customer service and lack of care on Apple’s part) makes me regret buying my iPhone. “Best phone in the world, with the best systems in the world.” Best way to get cash quickly, I think.
Review by Everything-else-was-taken on iMovie.