I Movie 2: The Missing Manual

by Pogue, David

• ISBN13: 9780596001049
• ISBN10: 0596001045
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

When it created iMovie in 1999, Apple Computer made digital video editing almost as easy as using a word processor--and even less expensive. Built into most modern Macintosh models is the circuitry needed to record pro-quality video from a digital camcorder, and then send the edited movies back to TV or tape with zero picture-quality loss.Now Apple takes the revolution to the next level with the dramatically enhanced iMovie 2.0. The new software adds the option of inserting new video over a continuous audio track; removes limitations on the number of raw clips from which to choose scenes; and offers bonuses such as special effects and brightness and contrast adjustments, much greater typographical flexibility in its title- and credit-maker, and a far more useful and complete audio-track editor.But one thing hasn't changed: iMovie 2, though much more sophisticated than its predecessor, still doesn't come with a single page of printed instructions.Pogue Press/O'Reilly's "iMovie: The Missing Manual, released in May 2000, became an instant bestseller, requiring two reprints in three months and earning rave five-star reviews on Amazom.com. This entertaining guide covers every step of iMovie video production, from choosing and using a digital camcorder to burning the finished work onto CDs. The book's philosophy: Giving someone iMovie without also teaching basic film technique is like giving a map to a teenager without teaching him to drive.Now author David Pogue is back with an expanded, revised edition, now called "iMovie 2: The Missing Manual, rewritten to cover iMovie 2 and nothing but.Far deeper and more detailed than the meager set of online help screens included withiMovie, the book helps iMovie users realize the software's potential as a breakthrough in the cost, complexity, and difficulty of desktop video production.With a technical review by Glenn Reid, architect and lead engineer of both iMovie and iMovie 2.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(1)
Meet iMovie 2	2	(1)
About this Book	3	(3)
What's New in iMovie 2	6	(1)
Editing Changes	7	(1)
The Timeline Viewer	7	(1)
New Commands	7	(1)
Titles and Text	8	(5)
Part One: Capturing DV Footage
The DV Camcorder	13	(24)
Meet Digital Video	13	(7)
Buying a DV Camcorder	20	(17)
Turning Home Video into Pro Video	37	(34)
Film vs. Videotape	38	(1)
Film-Technique Crash Course	39	(2)
Get the Shot	41	(3)
Replace the Microphone	44	(3)
Limit Panning and Zooming	47	(4)
Keep the Camera Steady	51	(2)
Video Lighting: A Crash Course	53	(6)
Keep it in Focus	59	(2)
Video Composition: A Crash Course	61	(10)
Special-Event Filming	71	(18)
Interviews	71	(4)
Music Videos	75	(1)
Live Stage Performances	76	(3)
Speeches	79	(1)
Sports	80	(1)
Photos and Old Movies	80	(2)
Weddings	82	(2)
Actual Scripted Films	84	(5)
Part Two: Editing in iMovie
Camcorder Meets Mac	89	(26)
iMovie 2: The Application	89	(3)
Connecting to FireWire	92	(1)
Getting Into iMovie	93	(8)
Importing Camcorder Footage	101	(7)
How iMovie Organizes Its Files	108	(4)
Importing Footage from Non-DV Tapes	112	(3)
Building the Movie	115	(7)
Navigating your Clips	115	(6)
Three Ways to Trim a Clip	121	(1)
Building the Movie	122	(19)
Splitting a Clip	127	(1)
The Movie Track: Your Storyboard	128	(5)
Tricks of the Timeline Viewer	133	(3)
Playing the Movie Track	136	(3)
Full-Screen Playback Mode	139	(2)
Transitions and Effects	141	(26)
About Transitions	141	(1)
When to Use Transition	142	(1)
Creating a Transition	143	(6)
Transitions: The iMovie Catalog	149	(7)
The Effects Palette	156	(3)
Effects: The iMovie Catalog	159	(8)
Titles, Captions, and Credits	167	(30)
Setting Up a Title	168	(11)
Inserting and Rendering a Title	179	(5)
The iMovie Titles Catalog	184	(13)
Narration, Music, and Sound	197	(28)
Audio in iMovie 2	197	(3)
Recording Narration	200	(4)
Importing CD Music	204	(4)
AIFF Files and Sound Effects	208	(1)
Editing Audio Clips	209	(10)
Overlaying Video Over Sound	219	(3)
Extracting Audio from Video	222	(3)
Still Pictures and QuickTime Movies	225	(22)
Importing Still Images	225	(12)
Using Still Images as Titles	237	(1)
Creating Still Images From Your Footage	238	(4)
Importing QuickTime Movies	242	(2)
Grabbing Clips from Other Projects	244	(3)
Professional Editing Techniques	247	(12)
The Power of Editing	247	(5)
Popular Editing Techniques	252	(7)
Part Three: Finding Your Audience
Back to the Camcorder	259	(12)
Why Export to Tape	259	(4)
Transferring Footage to the Camcorder or VCR	263	(4)
Notes on DV Tapes	267	(4)
From iMovie to QuickTime	271	(30)
Saving a QuickTime Movie	271	(3)
Understanding QuickTime	274	(8)
The Expert Settings	282	(9)
The Video Codecs: A Catalog	291	(3)
Burning QuickTime-Movie CDs	294	(7)
Putting Movies on the Web	301	(20)
Make the Big Screen Tiny	301	(1)
Free Movie-Posting Pages	302	(6)
Posting a Movie on Your Own Web Site	308	(9)
Optimizing Online Movies	317	(4)
Part Four: Beyond iMovie
QuickTime Player Pro	321	(14)
QuickTime Player (Free Version)	321	(4)
QuickTime Player Pro	325	(10)
Final Cut, Premiere, and EditDV	335	(48)
Intro to the Pro Leagues	336	(4)
Working with Pro DV Software	340	(4)
Specialized Efficiency Tools	344	(1)
Special Effects	345	(8)
Part Five: Appendixes
Appendix A: iMovie 2, Menu by Menu	353	(10)
File Menu	353	(2)
Edit Menu	355	(5)
Advanced Menu	360	(2)
Help Menu	362	(1)
Appendix B: Troubleshooting iMovie 2	363	(20)
How iMovie Likes It	363	(1)
Starting Up and Capturing Video	364	(5)
Problems Editing Video	369	(4)
Problems with Sound	373	(3)
Problems Exporting to Tape	376	(1)
The Secret Preferences Document	377	(6)
Where to Get Help Online	383