Chapter 5. Edit Video on the iPad

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I admit, I look at the title of this chapter and am a little amazed at its implications. Editing video was once something you could do only with a massively expensive infrastructure of equipment. Even as computing power increased (and the cost of software decreased), one still expected to need a high-powered desktop or laptop computer to edit video.

And now here we are, editing high-definition video in real time on a tablet computer. Oh, and using an app that costs $4.99. Granted, the iPad is no slouch in the processor department (though it still offers a comparatively small amount of RAM, which is why iMovie ...

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