New MacBook Airs, iLife Software from Apple

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the new MacBook Air as he speaks during an Apple special event at the company's headquarters on October 20, 2010 in Cupertino, California. Jobs announced the new OSX Lion operating system for Mac computers Mac computers, iLife 11 and MacBook Air in 13 inch and 11.6 inch models.

Steve Jobs announced the new OSX Lion operating system for Mac Mac computers, iLife 11 and MacBook Air.

Apple announced a new version of it's iLife suite and is expected to announce a new operating system for its Mac computers.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the new MacBook Air. The MacBook Air comes in 13 inch and 11.6 inch models.

The new Apple Macbook Air laptop is seen on display at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.

The new version of iPhoto offers an array of full-screen modes for viewing events, Faces, Places, albums, and projects. You can also do all of your editing in this mode, as shown in the screen shot here. (Jasmine France/CNET)

The app includes a variety of new slideshow themes, but one of the most compelling is the Places pin mode shown here. It aims to tell a trip-based story and looks pretty neat. (Jasmine France/CNET)

iPhoto now creates complete themes within an e-mail message. There are eight to choose from, and you can even rearrange photos from within the compose screen of the e-mail. (Jasmine France/CNET)

The program has also expanded its Facebook integration. For example, once your account is linked, you can browse albums from your profile from within iPhoto.(asmine France/CNET)

In addition, you can tag your friends from within the software, rather than having to enter Facebook separately. (Jasmine France/CNET)

Apple has made noticeable upgrades to the book creation feature in iPhoto. Here you can see the dynamic theme browser, which lays out your project in a carousel for easy viewing.(Jasmine France/CNET)

Autoflow is now purportedly smarter, laying out your photos automatically in the order they were taken. There's also a new layout view that lets you see the entire arrangement of your book on a single screen. (Jasmine France/CNET)

For those who miss iCards, Apple has added a new printing feature to iPhoto '11. You can build them easily from the theme carousel shown here. (Jasmine France/CNET)

The most exciting addition to the new iMovie is the ability to easily create movie trailers for your videos. You can add your own titles, cast, credits, and even a studio name. (Jasmine France/CNET)

There are a handful of new auto effects in iMovie. Select "instant replay" to automatically insert text over a particular scene and have it repeated in slow motion. There's also "flash and hold" and "jump and cut to beats. (Jasmine France/CNET)

The video-editing program already included several themes; Apple has now added some geared for sports and news. (Jasmine France/CNET)

GarageBand '11 doesn't have a huge amount of updates, but one major addition is a feature called Groove Matching. It lets you easily select tracks that play at different speeds and get them in sync. (Jasmine France/CNET)

Finally, you get 7 new guitar amps for a total of 12. You can also reproduce the sound of classic foot pedals with 5 new stomp box effects, which brings the choices to 15 in all. (Jasmine France/CNET)