Here at iboughtamac are happy to field questions from our readers. This question came from Deborah.

“I love iMovie 08 and have been surfing the net about it after having
completed one video project so far. Read one article on your site that had
an initial review, but… is there any new info on add-ons for iMovie 08? I
would just like more transitions, ANY video (special) effects, etc. Is it
possible to use add-ons (special effects,etc.) that worked with old versions
of iMovie? If so, how do I go about it?”

This is a great question, many of the iMovie purists think that iMovie 06HD was so much better, and that is not truly the case. iMovie 08 is much more different. Unfortunately plugins are not supported in iMovie 08; however as an owner of iMovie 08, you are entitled to download iMovie 6 HD for free. That can be downloaded here,

If you go that route, you can get some iMovie 6 plugins . I have found a pretty good list here or here.

Making your own movies is always fun, and I find it interesting to go back to the movies I first made, and see the progress that I have made. Hope this has helped.

Good luck

I don’t know why I haven’t posted this earlier, so I appologize. Pearl Crescent Page Saver is another one of those super-essential add-ons for Firefox that has really made my life a whole lot easier. For example, the pic above, I snapped instantly from iboughtamac.com. I think the best thing about this add-on is that it snaps the whole page (even the part not showing in the browser window, meaning it scrolls down and gets it all in one image). I use this thing every day for something or another. Being a designer, I am sending screensnaps all the time and having a web page snapper is just about as essential as air (well, maybe not that much, but it sounded cool anyway). I strongly recommend this app, so much so, I created a whole new category for ‘add-ons’. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.