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About the Author
by Guy Hart-Davis
iMovie® '09 and iDVD® Portable Genius
Copyright
About the Author
Credits
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. What's New in iMovie '09?
1.1. Meeting the New Features in iMovie '09
1.1.1. Advanced drag and drop
1.1.2. The Precision Editor
1.1.3. Themes and maps
1.1.4. Stabilizing your video
1.1.5. Titles, effects, and transitions
1.1.6. The new Library browser
1.2. Navigating the iMovie '09 Interface
1.2.1. Project Library
1.2.2. Project window
1.2.3. Viewer
1.2.4. Toolbar
1.2.5. Event Library
1.2.6. Event browser
2. How Do I Make a Movie Quickly?
2.1. Creating a New Project
2.2. Importing the Footage
2.3. Trimming and Assembling the Footage
2.4. Adding a Still Image from iPhoto
2.5. Customizing Transitions
2.6. Titling the Movie
2.7. Adding Music
3. What Are My Video Import Options?
3.1. Preparing to Import Video
3.1.1. Choosing which disk to store the clips on
3.1.2. Choosing which Event to assign the clips to
3.1.3. Choosing how to import high-definition clips
3.2. Importing DV and HDV Footage from Tape
3.2.1. Importing all the footage from the tape
3.2.2. Importing selected clips manually
3.3. Importing Footage from a Tapeless Camcorder
3.4. Importing Footage from a Digital Camera
3.5. Importing iMovie HD Projects
3.6. Importing QuickTime and Other Movie Files
3.7. Importing from an Analog Camcorder or Source
3.8. Importing from a DVD
3.8.1. Importing from a DVD camcorder
3.8.2. Importing from a burned DVD
3.8.3. Importing from a commercial DVD
3.9. Capturing Live Video from an iSight
3.10. Browsing the Video You've Imported
3.10.1. Browsing your footage in the Event browser
3.10.1.1. Skimming through a clip
3.10.1.2. Switching the Event and Project areas
3.10.1.3. Selecting the footage to keep
3.10.1.4. Marking your clips as favorites or rejects
3.10.2. Browsing your footage full screen
4. Do You Have Tips for Fine-Tuning Edits?
4.1. Creating a Movie from Clips
4.1.1. Creating a new movie project
4.1.2. Changing the properties for a movie project
4.1.3. Adding video clips to the movie project
4.2. Using the Precision Editor
4.3. Enabling Fine Tuning and Setting Selection Preferences
4.4. Making Trim Adjustments
4.4.1. Trimming off the beginning or end of a clip
4.4.2. Trimming a clip down to only the part you want
4.4.2.1. Adjusting a clip with the Clip Trimmer
4.4.2.2. Making a short adjustment with the Fine Tuning buttons
4.5. Deleting Frames from Clips
4.6. Splitting Clips
5. How Do I Make Video Adjustments?
5.1. Using Automatic Video Stabilization
5.1.1. Understanding how stabilization works
5.1.2. Understanding how iMovie handles stabilization
5.1.3. Analyzing a clip manually
5.1.4. Applying stabilization to a clip manually
5.1.5. Determining how much stabilization iMovie has applied
5.1.6. Seeing how well the stabilization works
5.1.7. Adjusting the zoom level on stabilized video
5.1.8. Removing stabilization from a clip
5.2. Cropping Your Clips
5.3. Rotating a Clip
5.4. Making Color Adjustments
5.4.1. Opening the Video pane
5.4.2. Understanding the histogram
5.4.3. Deciding what to adjust
5.4.4. Adjusting the white balance
5.4.5. Fixing exposure problems
5.4.6. Adjusting the black and white tones
5.4.7. Adjusting the brightness and contrast
5.4.7.1. Adjusting the brightness
5.4.7.2. Adjusting the contrast
5.4.8. Adjusting the color saturation
5.4.9. Adjusting the red, green, and blue
5.5. Copying and Pasting Adjustments
6. How Do I Create Cool Transitions, Titles, and Effects?
6.1. Applying Themes
6.2. Adding Transitions
6.2.1. Opening the Transitions browser
6.2.2. Adding transitions automatically
6.2.3. Adding transitions manually
6.2.4. Changing to a different transition
6.2.5. Changing transition duration
6.2.6. Changing the default duration
6.2.7. Removing transitions
6.3. Adding Animated Titles
6.3.1. Understanding the types of titles
6.3.2. Adding a title
6.3.2.1. Applying a title on its own
6.3.2.2. Superimposing a title on a clip
6.3.2.3. Applying theme titles
6.3.3. Editing titles
6.3.4. Changing title duration and fade
6.3.5. Changing the background text block color
6.3.6. Using special characters
6.4. Adding Animated Maps
6.5. Making iMovie Display the Advanced Tools
6.6. Creating Cutaways
6.6.1. Creating a basic cutaway
6.6.2. Adjusting the audio in a cutaway clip
6.6.3. Fading a cutaway in and out
6.6.4. Making the original video show through the cutaway
6.7. Creating Picture-in-Picture Effects
6.8. Superimposing a Subject with a Green Screen
6.8.1. Shooting a green screen video
6.8.2. Creating the green screen effect
6.8.3. Adjusting the audio for the green screen clip
6.9. Applying Cool Video Effects
6.10. Creating Slow-Motion and High-Speed Effects
7. What Should I Know about Audio and Scoring My Movies?
7.1. Adjusting Audio Levels in Clips
7.1.1. Adjusting audio volume and fading
7.1.2. Copying and pasting audio adjustments
7.2. Adding Background Music
7.2.1. Adding a song or audio clip as a background
7.2.2. Trimming a clip with the Clip Trimmer
7.2.3. Marking key moments with beat markers
7.2.3.1. Adding a beat marker
7.2.3.2. Repositioning a beat marker
7.2.3.3. Deleting a beat marker
7.2.4. Making playback start at the right frame
7.2.4.1. Pinning a background track
7.2.4.2. Synchronizing a clip with a beat marker
7.2.5. Adding another piece of background music
7.2.6. Rearranging background music clips
7.2.7. Using only the audio from a video clip
7.3. Adding Sound Effects
7.4. Narrating with Voiceover
7.5. Managing Multi-track Audio Levels
7.5.1. Setting the volume of the background music
7.5.2. Setting each track to play at the level you want
7.5.3. Applying ducking to make one track stand out
7.6. Creating a Soundtrack with GarageBand
7.6.1. Learning the GarageBand '09 Interface
7.6.2. From iMovie to GarageBand
7.6.3. Creating a score in GarageBand
7.6.3.1. Setting the volume for the Movie Sound track
7.6.3.2. Adding loops to a track
7.6.3.3. Recording an instrument
7.6.3.4. Muting and soloing tracks
7.6.3.5. Creating a volume curve for a track
7.6.3.6. Setting the panning for a track
7.6.3.7. Watching the movie preview
7.6.4. Creating chapter markers
7.6.5. Exporting your finished movie project
8. What's the Best Way to Manage My Video?
8.1. Understanding How iMovie Handles Your Video Footage
8.2. Sorting Your Footage among iMovie Events
8.2.1. Creating a new Event
8.2.2. Moving a clip from one Event to another
8.2.3. Merging iMovie Events
8.2.4. Splitting iMovie Events
8.2.5. Sorting and grouping Events
8.2.5.1. Viewing Events by month or day
8.2.5.2. Viewing Events and folders by drives
8.3. Marking Video Footage
8.3.1. Marking video as favorite or rejected
8.3.2. Marking using the Advanced Tools
8.3.3. Retrieving rejected footage
8.3.4. Deleting rejected footage from an Event
8.4. Running Space Saver to Reclaim Drive Space
8.5. Assigning Keywords to Video
8.5.1. Applying keywords manually
8.5.2. Using the Auto-Apply feature
8.5.3. Filtering clips according to keywords
8.6. Consolidating All of a Project's Files on the Same Drive
8.7. Moving a Project to Another Drive
8.8. Keeping Your Project Library Organized
9. How Can I Use Still Photos in My Movies?
9.1. Understanding the iPhoto Workflow
9.2. Exploring the iPhoto Interface
9.2.1. Source list
9.2.2. Information pane
9.2.3. Toolbar
9.2.4. Viewing area
9.3. Importing Photos into iPhoto
9.3.1. Importing photos from your digital camera
9.3.2. Importing photos from a folder or disc
9.3.3. Importing photos from the Finder or e-mail
9.4. Editing Photos in iPhoto
9.4.1. Rotating photos
9.4.2. Straightening photos
9.4.3. Cropping photos
9.4.4. Adjusting colors, highlights, and shadows
9.4.4.1. Giving a photo a quick boost with the Enhance tool
9.4.4.2. Opening the Adjust dialog box
9.4.4.3. Using the Eyedropper to remove unwanted color casts
9.4.4.4. Changing the exposure
9.4.4.5. Changing the black and white tones and gray levels
9.4.4.6. Changing the contrast
9.4.4.7. Adjusting the color saturation
9.4.4.8. Adjusting the definition
9.4.4.9. Recovering contrast in highlights and shadows
9.4.4.10. Reducing the noise in a photo
9.4.4.11. Increasing the sharpness of a photo
9.4.4.12. Copying and pasting adjustments to other photos
9.4.5. Applying effects to photos
9.4.6. Exporting a still from iPhoto for video use
9.5. Importing Photos into iMovie
9.6. Changing the Duration a Photo Plays
9.6.1. Changing the duration of a single photo
9.6.1.1. Trimming a photo's duration the quick way
9.6.1.2. Changing the duration with the Clip pane
9.6.2. Changing the default duration for photos
9.6.3. Choosing the default placement for photos
9.7. Creating Moving Photos
9.7.1. Editing the Ken Burns effect
9.7.2. Applying effects to multiple photos
9.8. Using Images as Overlays for Video
9.9. Adjusting the Crop or Fit of a Photo
9.10. Creating Still Images and Freeze Frames from Video
9.10.1. Creating a still image and adding it to a movie project
9.10.2. Creating a freeze-frame scene
9.10.3. Importing the still image into iPhoto
10. How Can I Share My Movies?
10.1. Sharing a Movie to iTunes
10.1.1. Sharing the movie
10.1.2. Removing a shared movie from iTunes
10.2. Sharing a Movie to the Media Browser
10.2.1. Adding a movie to the Media Browser
10.2.2. Using a movie project in iWeb
10.2.3. Removing a movie project from the Media Browser
10.3. Publishing a Movie to Your MobileMe Gallery
10.4. Publishing a Movie to YouTube
10.5. Removing a Movie from YouTube
10.6. Exporting a Movie as a File
10.6.1. Exporting a movie quickly to an MPEG-4 file
10.6.2. Exporting to another file format
10.6.3. Exporting to a Final Cut XML file
11. How Do I Create DVDs Using iDVD?
11.1. Understanding the iDVD Workflow
11.2. Opening iDVD and Meeting the Interface
11.2.1. Opening iDVD
11.2.2. Creating a new DVD project
11.2.3. Meeting the iDVD interface
11.3. Setting the iDVD Preferences
11.3.1. Setting the General preferences
11.3.2. Setting the Projects preferences
11.3.3. Setting the Slideshows preferences
11.3.4. Setting the Movies preferences
11.3.5. Setting the Advanced preferences
11.4. Applying a Theme to the DVD
11.5. Preparing Your Content for iDVD
11.5.1. Importing a movie from iMovie '09
11.5.1.1. Share a movie to the Media Browser
11.5.1.2. Create a DVD project based on a movie
11.5.2. Importing content from iMovie HD or Final Cut
11.5.2.1. Exporting a QuickTime file from iMovie HD
11.5.2.2. Exporting a QuickTime file from Final Cut
11.5.3. Preparing your photos for use in iDVD
11.5.4. Preparing your iTunes songs for use in iDVD
11.5.5. Preparing your GarageBand compositions for use in iDVD
11.5.5.1. Saving a project with an iLife preview
11.5.5.2. Exporting a song to iTunes
11.6. Adding Content to Your DVD Project
11.6.1. Adding a movie from the Media Browser
11.6.2. Adding a movie that isn't in the Media Browser
11.6.3. Adding chapter markers to a movie
11.6.4. Adding a slideshow
11.6.5. Adding menus
11.6.6. Editing drop zones
11.6.7. Using motion in menus
11.7. Customizing iDVD Themes
11.7.1. Editing the text format
11.7.2. Editing buttons
11.7.3. Changing backgrounds and applying background music
11.7.4. Saving custom themes
11.8. Making a OneStep DVD
11.8.1. Creating a OneStep DVD from a tape camcorder
11.8.2. Creating a OneStep DVD from an iMovie movie
11.9. Using Magic iDVD
11.10. Burning and Archiving DVDs
11.10.1. Burning a DVD
11.10.2. Creating a Disc Image or a VIDEO_TS File
11.10.3. Archiving your DVD projects
12. Do You Have Any Troubleshooting Tips?
12.1. Getting iMovie to Run as Well as Possible
12.1.1. Installing the latest iMovie updates
12.1.2. Adding more RAM
12.1.3. Quitting other applications
12.1.4. Defragmenting your Mac's hard drive
12.2. Dealing with iMovie Crashes and Instability
12.2.1. iMovie crashes on launch
12.2.2. iMovie crashes after running for a while
12.3. Resolving Problems Recognizing Your Camcorder
12.3.1. Check that iMovie can work with your camcorder
12.3.2. Check the connection
12.3.3. Check the output mode
12.3.4. Check that Mac OS X knows the camcorder is connected
12.3.5. Check that nobody else is using the camcorder
12.3.6. Switch among import formats
12.3.7. Make sure the camcorder has plenty of power
12.3.8. Increase the camcorder's recording quality
12.3.9. Troubleshoot an iSight or Web cam
12.4. Working Around Issues Dragging Photos into iMovie
12.5. Curing Out-of-sync Audio
12.5.1. Avoiding custom slow-motion percentages
12.5.2. Dealing with import sync problems
12.6. Using the Apple Support Pages to Resolve Other Issues
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