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iMovie 08 and iDVD 08 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide
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. He begins by introducing readers to essential preproduction skills: selecting a camera, choosing the right kind of light source for your needs, creating a storyboard to plan your shots, understanding how timecode works, and more. From there, the rest of the book explains the basics of importing, editing, and exporting your video to the Web or DVD. Along the way, this comprehensive reference covers everything from choosing iMovie themes, adding transition and audio effects, creating video podcasts and blogs, and much more. New features in iMovie '08 and iDVD '08 include a brand-new interface that lets users create a movie intuitively and quickly; expanded format support; an easy-to-browse library that automatically organizes your video clips; and the ability to publish your movie to the Web on your .Mac homepage or directly to YouTube. Or, send your movie to iTunes so you can watch it on an iPhone, Apple TV, or iPod.
CONTENTS:
Introduction
Part 1 Shooting
Chapter 1: The Digital Camcorder
Chapter 2: Composition and Coverage
Chapter 3: The Camera in Motion
Chapter 4: Lighting
Chapter 5: Capturing Audio
Part 2 Editing in iMovie
Chapter 6: iMovie Overview
Chapter 8: Importing Footage
Chapter 9: Managing Video
Chapter 10: Editing Video
Chapter 11: Editing Still Pictures
Chapter 12: Editing Audio
Chapter 13: Transitions and Titles
Part 3 Sharing from iMovie
Chapter 14: Scoring Your Movie in GarageBand
Chapter 15: Sharing to iTunes and Online
Chapter 16: Exporting Movies
Part 4 iDVD
Chapter 17: Moving from iMovie to iDVD
Chapter 18: iDVD Overview
Chapter 19: iDVD Themes
Chapter 20: Customizing iDVD Themes
Chapter 21: Slideshows
Chapter 22: Archiving, Encoding, and Burning
Appendix A: Troubleshooting
Appendix B: Resources
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