After just scratching the surface of Apple’s new iMovie ‘08, color me very very impressed. I made the video above in about 20 minutes just by poking around the interface and playing with video clips taken with our point-and-shoot digital camera.

The result is, I think, pretty fun.

Some have complained that the new iMovie takes away some features and fine control. But I think it more than makes up for it in making the whole thing accessible and fun.

Now, instead of making carefully constructed timelines of every wipe, fade, and dissolve, you just fling short clips into your project, add some polish, and one-click upload to YouTube. It’s really pretty slick.

So, congrats again to Jim and Gretchen. Let me know what you think!