I hear that. The only things I'm interested in about Leopard are the new iChat features and the ability to remotely control desktops.
-- Bill Cammack http://reelsolid.tv --- In [email protected], "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Its a nice OS but at this stage doesnt have much of particualr note to vloggers, unless you > use iChat in which case some of its new features might be useful. Photobooth also records > video now, and front row is part of the OS now, although I havent checked to see if any of > its podcasting features are improved. > > If you use Adobe Premiere or After Effects you probably need to avoid Leopard for a while > as I think Adobe need to issue new updates for them to make them compatible. > > On a fast mac with a clean install Leopard is very nice, and things like Motion 3 seem > faster to me. Quickview and coverflow for video files may also be handy for some if you > like that sort of thing. > > But be warned that some features like iChat special effects are disabled by Apple on older > Macs, including all PowerPCs I believe, which isnt going down too well. > > Also it may eat more RAM. > > So probably not too many reasons to rush to upgrade, and it remains to be seen whether > Core Animation will lead to a new breed of sexy apps, as there dont seem to be any apps > that use this stuff yet. > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > PS. If you have Leopard and an Intel Mac, you might want to check out some > iChat/photobooth effects that I butchered together in Quart Composer at the weekend, to > try to make up some peoples disappointment that Apple removed some of the effects that > were demod ages ago. Others have now joined in and started to offer effects too. Here is > the thread, got way more attention than anything else Ive ever said or done lol: > > http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=376295 >
