Editing IDVD (section)

=== Background ===
iDVD was part of Apple's push into [[digital video]] in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Apple had already released iMovie, and [[Steve Jobs]] thought users would want to burn their iMovie projects onto a DVD to show their movies to friends and family. Apple executives decided to add DVD-R drives to Macintoshes and make a simple tool to burn these movies.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Isaacson |first=Walter |url= |title=Steve Jobs |title-link=Steve Jobs (book) |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-4516-4853-9 |edition=1st |location=New York, NY |pages=381–382 |language=en |author-link=Walter Isaacson}}</ref> In April 2000, Apple bought Astarte's DVD department and used their software as the basis for [[DVD Studio Pro]], while also creating a simpler version for consumers, iDVD.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ehrman |first=Stephen |date=October 18, 2005 |title=Apple hat neuen Deutschland-Chef |url=https://www.heise.de/news/Apple-hat-neuen-Deutschland-Chef-138598.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=heise online |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dernbach |first=Christoph |date=2017-05-31 |title=Auf Schnäppchenjagd: Die Strategie hinter den Firmenübernahmen von Apple |url=https://www.heise.de/select/mac-and-i/2017/3/1497018795371870 |magazine=Mac & i |language=de |volume=2017 |issue=3 |pages=8 |issn=2193-8938 |access-date=2023-05-13 |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513201439/https://www.heise.de/select/mac-and-i/2017/3/1497018795371870 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=McLean |first=Prince |date=January 28, 2009 |title=iDVD hung out to dry as Apple pushes movies online |url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/28/idvd_hung_out_to_dry_as_apple_pushes_movies_online |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=AppleInsider |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513210802/https://appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/28/idvd_hung_out_to_dry_as_apple_pushes_movies_online |url-status=live }}</ref> One of the acquired Astarte employees was Mike Evangelist, responsible for iDVD's product marketing and design. Jobs rejected Evangelist's early design proposal in favor of a simpler single-window interface.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-01-10 |title=Reading the runes for Apple |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/jan/10/apple.steve.jobs |access-date=2023-05-13 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513201439/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/jan/10/apple.steve.jobs |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":6" />