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

Description

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 '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.

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