The Complete Idiot's Guide to IMovie 2


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A guide to digital movie making covers camera selection, storyboarding, shooting techniques, transitions, converting to Quicktime files, adding text, and exporting images to videotape.




IMovie Beginner's Guide (Colored)


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Unlock Your Creative Potential with iMovie! Are you ready to transform your raw footage into captivating videos that impress and inspire? Whether you're a budding filmmaker, a YouTube enthusiast, or someone who simply wants to preserve cherished memories in style, the iMovie Beginner's Guide is your gateway to mastering video editing effortlessly. Imagine being able to create stunning, professional-quality videos without spending hours grappling with complex software. With iMovie, Apple's intuitive video editing tool, you can easily bring your creative visions to life. This guide is designed specifically for beginners, ensuring that you have a smooth and enjoyable learning experience. Inside the iMovie Beginner's Guide, you'll discover: Step-by-Step Instructions: Clear and detailed explanations that walk you through every feature of iMovie, from importing clips to adding the final touches. Visual Aids and Screenshots: Helpful visuals to ensure you understand each step and can follow along seamlessly. Practical Tips and Tricks: Expert advice on enhancing your videos, adding special effects, and making your content stand out. Real-World Examples: Learn through relatable projects and real-life scenarios that illustrate how to apply iMovie's tools to create amazing videos. Imagine the thrill of sharing your first edited video with friends and family, receiving compliments on your newfound skills, and watching your creative projects come to life. The iMovie Beginner's Guide doesn't just teach you how to use the software; it empowers you to tell your stories in the most compelling way possible. This Guide will help you: Boost Your Creativity: Unleash your imagination and explore new ways to present your ideas through video. Enhance Your Projects: Add professional touches to your videos, from transitions and effects to soundtracks and voiceovers. Save Time and Effort: Learn efficient workflows and shortcuts that make the editing process quicker and more enjoyable. Build Confidence: Gain the skills and knowledge to take on more ambitious projects and continually improve your video editing prowess. Don't let your video ideas remain just ideas. Take the first step towards becoming a proficient video editor with the iMovie Beginner's Guide. Whether you want to create vlogs, travel videos, instructional content, or just fun clips for social media, this guide has everything you need to get started. Order your copy of the iMovie Beginner's Guide today and start your journey toward video editing mastery!




Getting Started with IMovie


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Unleash the Cinematographer Inside You! While taking impressive photos may be on many people's minds when they first turn on their iPhones and iPads, the video capability is so good, it's used by professional cinematographers. But recording video, and then turning it into a movie that feels cinematic are two different things. Yes, you can easily take videos and watch them-but what about editing them? What about adding cool effects to them? What about splicing in other videos? With Apple, things just kind of work. They have a brilliant way of making things that used to be complicated...simple. This is especially true with Apple's iMovie software. This book will walk you through what you need to know to create gorgeous videos that you can share with family and friends. Some of the things you'll discover inside: Using Magic Movie Designing your movie with Storyboard Using Cinematic Mode Adding Special Effects Adding soundtracks Moving from iOS / iPadOS to macOS Using picture-in-picture And much more! Are you ready to get started?! Note: This guide is not endorsed by Apple, Inc. and should be considered unofficial.




From IMovie to Final Cut Pro X


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From iMovie to Final Cut Pro X offers an accessible, introductory guide to those taking up video editing using Final Cut Pro X, especially users making the transition from iMovie, Apple’s free video software, helping aspirational and mobile filmmakers develop the skills needed to take their career to the next stage. Written by award-winning former Apple Education trainer and Final Cut Pro expert Tom Wolsky, this full-color book illuminates the key differences between these two applications and teaches users how to produce first-class results using the professional application. Wolsky also covers best practices for those working with iMovie on an iPhone or iPad and looking to move to a more advanced desktop program. Downloadable Final Cut Pro X project libraries included with the book offer readers hands-on examples of the techniques and practices discussed. Covers Final Cut Pro X 10.3.1.




IMovie 4 & IDVD


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This volume covers every step of iMovie video production, from choosing and using a digital camcorder to burning the finished work onto CDs. This book helps iMovie 3 users realize the software's potential as a breakthrough in reducing the cost, complexity, and difficulty of desktop video production.




Final Cut Pro X for iMovie and Final Cut Express Users


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Updates and addendum for the new version of FCPX (10.0.3) are available on the companion website, fcpxbook.com. Are you an iMovie or Final Cut Express user ready to make the jump to Final Cut Pro? If so, look no further. Take your movies to the next level with this easy-to-follow, hand-on guide from one of the preeminent Apple trainers in the world today. Author Tom Wolsky starts with the basics of Final Cut Pro X, allowing you to easily make the leap from Final Cut Express or iMovie, then gradually introduces you to more complex techniques with step-by-step tutorials. Tom specifically shows you how certain techniques and concepts you utilized in iMovie and Final Cut Express translate to Final Cut Pro. More than a button-pushing manual, this editing workshop gives your firsthand experience with the art and technique of editing with Final Cut Pro. It includes in-depth information on the application's features, interface elements, and tools. You will develop a working knowledge of the principles and methods taught in film schools with tutorials that covers the essentials: . Nuances of system set-up to ensure smooth operation . Getting your tape-based and file-based AVCHD and DSLR media into Final Cut Pro and getting it organized . Editing to build and trim a sequence of shots . Working with audio, split edits, back-timing and level control . Adding transitions . Final Cut Pro titling tools . Color correction, image animation, and special effects . Compositing to enhance your projects . Outputting your material




IMovie: The Missing Manual


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This edition covers iMovie 10.0 for Mac and iMovie 2.0 for iOS. iMovie's sophisticated tools make it easier than ever to turn raw footage into sleek, entertaining movies--once you understand how to harness its features. Experts David Pogue and Aaron Miller give you hands-on advice and step-by-step instructions for creating polished movies on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad. Dive in and discover why this is the top-selling iMovie book. The important stuff you need to know Get started. Import footage, review clips, and create movies, using iMovie's new, streamlined layout. Include stunning effects. Introduce instant replays, freeze frames, fast-forward or slo-mo clips, and fade-outs. Add pro touches. Create cutaways, picture-in-picture boxes, side-by-side shots, and green-screen effects. Make movies on iOS devices. Tackle projects on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch with our book-within-a-book. Produce stunning trailers. Craft your own Hollywood-style "Coming Attractions!" previews. Share your masterpiece. Quickly post movies to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, CNN iReport, and iTunes. Watch iMovie Theater. Play your movies on any Apple gadget in iMovie's new full-screen cinema




iMovie '11 & iDVD: The Missing Manual


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Apple's video-editing program is better than ever, but it still doesn’t have a printed guide to help you get started. That's where this gorgeous, full-color book comes in. You get clear explanations of iMovie's impressive new features, like instant rendering, storyboarding, and one-step special effects. Experts David Pogue and Aaron Miller also give you a complete course in film editing and DVD design. Edit video like the pros. Import raw footage, add transitions, and use iMovie’s newly restored, intuitive timeline editor. Create stunning trailers. Design Hollywood-style "Coming Attractions!" previews for your movies. Share your film. Distribute your movie in a variety of places—on smartphones, Apple TV, your own site, and with one-click exports to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, CNN iReport, and MobileMe. Make DVDs. Design the menus, titles, and layout for your DVDs, and burn them to disc. This book covers version 9 of Apple's iMovie software.




iMovie HD 6 and iDVD 6 for Mac OS X


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Need to learn iMovie HD 6 and iDVD 6 fast? Try a Visual QuickStart! This best-selling reference’s visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with these great iLife applications in no time. Best-selling author and iLife expert Jeff Carlson uses crystal-clear instructions, full-color illustrations, and friendly prose to introduce you to everything from using themes, tools, and effects to timeline editing to video podcasts and blogs. You’ll also learn about everything new in iMovie HD 6 and iDVD 6, including motion-graphics themes, real-time effects, audio enhancements, sharing options, and more!