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Create Thousand-Dollar Video Effects with iMovie and QuickTime Pro You can do more with iMovie than you might think. You don't have to trade up to Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere to build stylish and exciting videos. iMovie 2 Solutions brings high-end visual effects to the iMovie community with easy-to-follow projects, step-by-step instructions, and companion sample videos. Whether you're a hobbyist, a budding producer, or a dedicated video prosumer, iMovie 2 Solutions will help you create unique and breathtaking videos on a budget. Inside, noted author Erica Sadun shows you the ins and outs of iMovie video tricks, including: * Adding logos and watermarks to your movies * Producing exciting picture-in-picture effects * Creating larger and more dynamic title sequences * Combining animated elements with your iMovie footage * Making slide shows with great special effects, including camera pans * Designing interactive QuickTime skins that surround your iMovie videos * Converting your PowerPoint presentations into iMovie form * Authoring captions and subtitles for your movies * And more!

Erica Sadun is the author of the best-seller Digital Photography! I Didn't Know You Could Do That and the just-released Digital Video! I Didn't Know You Could Do That. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech's Graphics, Visualization and Usability center.

Introduction

xiv

Power Tips

xxiv

Reveal iMovie's Secret Files

2

(8)

Meet the Project

2

(2)

Edit Your Preferences

4

(2)

Extract Your Transitions

6

(2)

Normalize Sounds

8

(2)

Get Started with QuickTime Pro

10

(10)

Getting Help

10

(2)

Know Your Tracks

12

(4)

Add Tracks to Your Video

16

(2)

Annotate Your Movies

18

(2)

Move between iMovie and QuickTime

20

(8)

Export and Import DV Movies

20

(2)

Transfer Stills

22

(2)

Prepare Non-Standard Sized Video

24

(4)

iMovie Power Edits

28

(8)

Perfect Cutaways

28

(2)

Transform Footage with Empty Titles

30

(4)

Cut Footage Precisely

34

(2)

iMovie Stills

36

(20)

Add Stills Around a Clip

38

(2)

Still Variations

40

(2)

Intermingle Stills

42

(2)

Export and Modify Stills

44

(6)

Thought Bubbles

44

(2)

Still Life

46

(4)

Still Effects

50

(6)

Color Blends

50

(2)

Presto! A Jar Appears!

52

(2)

Background Animations

54

(2)

Overlays

56

(20)

Basic Picture-in-Picture

58

(8)

Single Overlay

58

(2)

Multiple Overlay

60

(2)

Oval Overlay

62

(2)

Still-Picture Overlay

64

(2)

Picture Grids

66

(6)

Basic Grid

66

(2)

Designer Grids

68

(2)

The Cover-Up

70

(2)

Adding That iMovie Touch

72

(4)

The Family Photo Album

72

(2)

Virtual Art Gallery

74

(2)

Transparency

76

(2)

The Grand Tour

78

(1)

Take the Tour

78

(6)

Overlays and Basic Transparency

84

(1)

Simplicity

84

(2)

The Bug

86

(2)

Your Lion Lips

88

(4)

The Ghost

92

(4)

Focus Attention

96

(1)

The Arrow

96

(2)

The Ellipse of Light

98

(2)

Hide a Face

100

(2)

Merging with Transparency

102

(1)

Side-by-Side Masking

102

(2)

Color Inset

104

(2)

Add a Title Mask

106

(2)

Push Your Masks

108

(2)

Spin In and Out

110

(2)

DoubleSpin

112

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