iMovie 08 and iDVD 08 for Mac OS X Visual QuickStart Guide

by Carlson, Jeff

• ISBN13: 9780321501875
• ISBN10: 032150187X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-28
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

Visual QuickStart Guide-the quick and easy way to learn! This full-color, amply illustrated, accessible book teaches readers the essential skills necessary for creating compelling movies with iMovie and iDVD, Apple's consumer-friendly digital movie and DVD-burning software applications. Readers can follow the step-by-step instructions from the beginning to get a tour of the applications or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. Longtime Macintosh and technology writer Jeff Carlson takes extra steps to ensure that readers understand all of the key aspects of digital movie making. Easy visual approach uses pictures to guide you through iMovie and iDVD (and how they interact with the other iLife rs"08 applications) and show you what to do. Concise steps and explanations let you get up and running in no time. Page for page, the best content and value around. Companion Web site at www.jeffcarlson.com/imovievqs offers links mentioned in the book, sample movies, and ongoing news and information about iMovie, iDVD, and video editing.

Author Biography

Jeff Carlson divides his time between his Seattle design company, Never Enough Coffee Creations (www.necoffee.com), and writing for publications such as Macworl d and HOW magazines. He is the author of both editions of Making a Movie with iMovie and iDVD: Visual QuickPro ject Guid e, and he wrote all of the previous editions of this book. Jeff is also managing editor of TidBITS (www.tidbits.com), the weekly electronic newsletter on Mac technology, and is the Mac co-columnist for the Seattle Times.

Table of Contents

The Digital Camcorder	p. 3
Composition and Coverage	p. 17
The Camera in Motion	p. 31
Lighting	p. 39
Capturing Audio	p. 47
Make a Movie in a Hurry	p. 55
iMovie Overview	p. 61
Importing Footage	p. 69
Managing Video	p. 79
Editing Video	p. 97
Editing Still Pictures	p. 115
Editing Audio	p. 123
Transitions and Titles	p. 137
Scoring Your Movie in GarageBand	p. 149
Sharing to iTunes and Online	p. 155
Exporting Movies	p. 167
Moving from iMovie to iDVD	p. 179
iDVD Overview	p. 181
iDVD Themes	p. 197
Customizing iDVD Themes	p. 211
Slideshows	p. 225
Archiving, Encoding, and Burning	p. 233
Troubleshooting	p. 243
Resources	p. 247
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