iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual David Pogue 9780596527266 [USED COPY]

While the last version of iMovie gave moviemakers the ability to capture and edit widescreen High Definition Video (HDV) from the new generation of camcorders, iMovie 6 is all about the ease of moviemaking itself. iMovie 6 includes five professionally designed themes with backgrounds, motion graphics, titles and effects that act as building blocks for your projects. You can preview transitions and stunning new video effects-such as time-lapse video-in real time using the full screen. Or edit audio and add sound effects with a new built-in sound studio. For presenting your movie, Magic iDVD offers easy-to-use themes including new widescreen options. Whether you're a professional or an amateur moviemaker, this is amazing stuff. But if you want to learn the full capabilities of these applications, Apple documentation won't make the cut. Instead, "iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual" is the ideal third-party authority that covers all of these changes through an objective lens. This witty and entertaining guide from celebrated author David Pogue details every step of iMovie 6 and iDVD production. The book shows you how to: work on multiple iMovie projects at once and drag and drop clips among them; output your creation to a blog, its own web page, or as a video Podcast with iWeb; use "Magic iMovie" to import your video and make a movie for you; integrate with other iLife programs to use songs, photos, and an original soundtrack; and a whole lot more. From choosing and using a digital camcorder to burning the finished work onto DVDs, posting it online, or downloading it to an iPod, "iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual" zooms right in on the details in a clear, concise and understandable manner. The book also provides a firm grounding in basic film technique so that the quality of your video won't rely entirely on magic.

About the Author
David Pogue, Yale '85, is the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. With nearly 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors, having written or co-written seven books in the "for Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music), along with several computer-humor books and a technothriller, "Hard Drive" (a New York Times "notable book of the year"). Pogue is also the creator and primary author of the Missing Manual series of complete, funny computer books, a joint venture with O'Reilly Media, Inc. Titles in the series include Mac OS X, Windows XP, iPod, Microsoft Office, iPhoto, Dreamweaver, iMovie 2, and many others. His Web page is www.davidpogue.com, and his email address is david@pogueman.com.

Reviews
"A complete course in Macintosh filmmaking and DVD design, it includes everything right through to editing your film and mastering DVD styles." iCreate, Issue 31



Book Information
ISBN 9780596527266
Author David Pogue
Format Paperback
Page Count 520
Imprint O'Reilly Media
Publisher O'Reilly Media