


So you drag yourself out of bed and head back to your iMac, open iMovie and BAM! Instead of your project opening so you can jump right in to edit, you get an error message. That mole on Aunt Mary's chin is pretty scary and even iPhoto's "retouch" tool couldn't hide it, so maybe you should soften up those frames to make your film a little more kid-friendly. But in the morning you'll realize you forgot something. You'll finally finish, at 3 in the morning, and finally settle into bed, content that your flick is masterpiece on par with It's a Wonderful Life. You'll spend days, if not weeks, clipping here and there, adding effects and transitions and titles and picking the perfect soundtrack and getting the timing of that Ken Burns effect just right. Once you've captured all the merriment, most of you will probably use iMovie to edit your work.

With fast approaching, I'm sure many of you will be dusting off the trusty video cam and shooting hours and hours of home movies, with the goal of subjecting your family and friends with tedious hysterical clips, for years to come.
