I finally tested  my iPad 2 video capabilities when I did behind the scenes footage for a video shoot at Community Praise Center Church.

Here are my findings:

• iPad 2 video works best outside on an overcast day (that way you can see what you are filming and footage will come out better)
• It pics up video articfacts you can see when it looks over exposed or when the video is "hot"
• The front facing camera is not good at all, its SD quality and mostly for FaceTime.
• You look a little akward holding that screen, but you can hold it fairly steady.
• iMovie software on the iPad 2 was very easy to use and intiuative.

I enjoyed shooting with the iPad 2, but I will use it for family and behind the scenes videos, there won't be a need to give up my gear.

This is another iMovie '09 tutorial and this one focuses on editing in iMovie '09 to a beat.  It's fairly easy to do, and  I have mentioned in the past, iMovie has some nice features. I will always be partial to Final Cut Pro. Hat tip to Andy Russell again the iMovie guru at the Apple Store in Columbia, MD.

I have to admit iMovie is getting better and better with each release. I used to write it off and never touch it, but now I have been converted, well at least 25% of the time. Here is a quick tutorial on how to do a voiceover and change the clip speed. Enjoy and happy editing. Hat-tip to Andy Russell at the Columbia, Maryland Apple Store for encouraging me to use iMovie.

I was talking to my friend Andy Russell and he showed me how amazingly simple it is to do a chroma key in iMovie '09.  Watch the 2 minute tutorial below and happy keying!