Wishlist - iLife X

So, now that iLife '09 has been out for a couple of months I've made my own list of what I want to see in the next version of Apple's award winning creativity suite.

Without further adieu...

iLife X (iLife '10) feature requests/wishlist

In addition to current iLife ('09) application features:

All iLife X apps:

-OpenCL integration for increased parallel computing power.

-New unified iLife GUI based on the new OSX Snow Leopard 'Marble' theme.

-Enhanced system integration.

iMovie X

-3rd-party .qtz plug-in support. Effects, themes, titles, maps, transitions, etc.

-Stop-animation mode.

-Music video mode.

-Multiple camera support.

-Built-in advanced keying and compositing. Lights, blasts, impacts, particles, green-screen, and other animations. Something like VisionLab Studio.

-More built in effects, themes, titles, maps, and transitions.

iWeb X

-Integrated dynamic content. Think SproutBuilder or Wix.

-Master Pages. I hate how if you use an image on two separate pages it has to reload when you click on the second page. It looks amateurish in my opinion.

-Built-in widget library. Jukeboxes, video players, mini-pages, lightboxes, slideshows, etc.

-Built-in dynamic transitions.

-Fully customizable site-preloader page.

-3rd-party plug-in/widget support.

GarageBand X

-Ability to program chord/key changes, and time signature changes.

-96khz "best" mode

-Multitrack MIDI recording. For example, use a v-drum kit to record drums while you simultaneously record keyboard parts on a synth controller, etc. Using a pulldown menu in the track editor you would select your midi input device, just the same way you select an audio input on a real instrument track.

-Remote session recording. I live in Minneapolis, you live in Tokyo, our vocalist is in Vancouver, and our drummer lives in London - and we all collaborate/record together. There is a great AU plug-in that exists called Virtual Glass, but the services cost is way out of most users ballpark. I imagine an apple version that uses iChat technology to do it even better with a beautiful GarageBand GUI. In addition, imagine using screen-sharing to collaborate on mixing the final product over the internet.

-Deeper, more advanced right-clickable audio editing capabilities in the editing pane. Cut, Copy, Paste, Silence, Fade, Split, Join, Normalize, Reverse.

-Sample-accurate editing in the editing pane.

-Improved support for REX, and Acid Loops.

-Support for loading Reason Refills, Kontakt libraries, and 3rd-party EXS24 libraries into the generator as well as improved Soundfont library support. I imagine clicking on a box next to the generator pulldown menu, and having a generator GUI pop-up.

-Built-in arpeggiator on Software Instrument tracks.

-Built-in chord generator on Software Instrument tracks.

-An integrated "Remove Noise" slider in the track info/editor of Real Instrument tracks, based on the advanced noise removal algorithm in Soundtrack Pro.

-A "file browser" in the media browser/loops pane where you can search files and folders from your entire hard drive, attached drives, or networked drives.

-Flex Time/Pitch editing similar to Celemony Melodyne.

-Bounce-In-Place.

iPhoto X

-More advanced image editing. Filters, effects, brushes, and tools. See Nolobe Iris.

-Export Library to iDVD.

-3rd-party plug-in support.

-Ability to optimize photos for the web.

-iPhoto Home Sharing

iDVD X

-Complete disc burning/archival and distribution utility. BD, DVD, CD, VCD, YouTube, File-Server, etc.

-Better and easier customization tools. More flexible GUI.

-Tons of more built-in themes, titles, animations, and transitions.