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Astonishingly to me at the time, the app never had a History function (as in Photoshop, list of history you could click through). I had been waiting 3+ years fo

Astonishingly to me at the time, the app never had a History function (as in Photoshop, list of history you could click through). I had been waiting 3+ years for it to materialize, in order to purchase it. Have since moved on to vector editors and don't see a need to go back. *Actually now that I think about it, I don't seem to miss the lack of History in vector editors (and just use undo).

ModernMech 2y ago
Will fit right in with iMovie, which doesn't allow you to select the resolution of the exported video. It's like the island of misfit apps.
- JimDabell 2y ago
  iMovie lets you select the resolution. File > Share > File, and the dialog that pops up has a picker for resolution right underneath the picker for format.
  - ModernMech 2y ago
    It defaults to the maximum resolution of the first clip that you import. So if you import a 720p movie first and want to export to 4k later on, you can't. You can export smaller but not larger. To export at 4K, you have to get rid of everything, import a 4k clip, and put everything back. And even then, resolutions are preset, you can't do a custom resolution.
    - JimDabell 2y ago
      I think “iMovie can’t upscale” is a lot more accurate then. “iMovie doesn't allow you to select the resolution” is very misleading, because it does allow you to do that.
      - ModernMech 2y ago
        No, it's not just about upscaling, please re-read what I wrote. iMovie can upscale. You just have to trick it into doing so, because you can't set the resolution. Also, you are limited to the 720, 1080, 4k etc. If you want to export a square movie you can't. Best option is to export from iMovie and crop it in iPhoto.
        JimDabell 2y ago
        > you can't set the resolution You keep saying that, but you can set the resolution though. I set the resolution every time I export from iMovie. You’re telling me it doesn’t have an option I’ve used every single time I’ve opened the app. Your complaint is not that you can’t set the resolution, your complaint is that it doesn’t have the options you want.
        ModernMech 2y ago
        Okay so how do I set the resolution of an output video to 100 x 100 in iMovie? (The answer of course is that you cannot) And yes, my complaint is that it doesn't have the options I want, which makes it a deficient video editor -- the same way an image editor not having history makes it deficient. I want to set arbitrary resolutions on the output video, not be relegated to 540 720 and 1080, and I don't want to have to do gymnastics to get it to upscale.

ModernMech 2y ago

Will fit right in with iMovie, which doesn't allow you to select the resolution of the exported video. It's like the island of misfit apps.

JimDabell 2y ago
iMovie lets you select the resolution. File > Share > File, and the dialog that pops up has a picker for resolution right underneath the picker for format.
- ModernMech 2y ago
  It defaults to the maximum resolution of the first clip that you import. So if you import a 720p movie first and want to export to 4k later on, you can't. You can export smaller but not larger. To export at 4K, you have to get rid of everything, import a 4k clip, and put everything back. And even then, resolutions are preset, you can't do a custom resolution.
  - JimDabell 2y ago
    I think “iMovie can’t upscale” is a lot more accurate then. “iMovie doesn't allow you to select the resolution” is very misleading, because it does allow you to do that.
    - ModernMech 2y ago
      No, it's not just about upscaling, please re-read what I wrote. iMovie can upscale. You just have to trick it into doing so, because you can't set the resolution. Also, you are limited to the 720, 1080, 4k etc. If you want to export a square movie you can't. Best option is to export from iMovie and crop it in iPhoto.
      - JimDabell 2y ago
        > you can't set the resolution You keep saying that, but you can set the resolution though. I set the resolution every time I export from iMovie. You’re telling me it doesn’t have an option I’ve used every single time I’ve opened the app. Your complaint is not that you can’t set the resolution, your complaint is that it doesn’t have the options you want.
        ModernMech 2y ago
        Okay so how do I set the resolution of an output video to 100 x 100 in iMovie? (The answer of course is that you cannot) And yes, my complaint is that it doesn't have the options I want, which makes it a deficient video editor -- the same way an image editor not having history makes it deficient. I want to set arbitrary resolutions on the output video, not be relegated to 540 720 and 1080, and I don't want to have to do gymnastics to get it to upscale.