One of iPhoto’s more basic “taken for granted” features is its ability to make a slideshow of your photos. Over time, iPhoto has gained a few more transitions to make the slideshows look a bit more interesting, but the idea hasn’t really changed: you see one photo full screen, followed by a transition to the next photo full screen, then the next one, etc. But what if you want more from your slideshows, something that would really wow the audience, or maybe something that would make them think that you’ve gone WAY over the top? Enter PhotoPresenter.
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No, I’m not talking about the next season of new cars. For one thing, I wouldn’t call 95% of the cars out there “worth it”, mostly because their gas mileage would make any non-American laugh with their fingers pointing, and for another thing, I really don’t care about cars anyway. Nevertheless, yesterday, Apple released iLife and iWork ‘08 (along with some other new stuff, which aren’t the focus of this article), which Steve Jobs claims to be their biggest updates ever to both releases. But after spending a couple of hours today following the announcements through Engadget’s live coverage, rubbing my eyes all over the Apple.com website, watching demo videos and tutorials, and all that stuff, I’m ready to judge for myself if iLife and iWork ‘08 are really that substantial, and if they’re each worth their respective $80 upgrade price.
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