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by Tony Reveaux (Conductor)
In this volume, Tony Reveaux explains all the basics for the fledgling moviemaker, who wants expert advice on using iMovie and capturing video to create home movies. The book also contains tips, caution and shortcut icons to help the novice.
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Ready for prime time? With the help of this indispensable manual you'll learn everything about iMovie 2 from click-and-drag, cut-and-paste, beginning editing to professional filmmaking and editing techniques. Answer critical questions about memory, hardware, and operating system compatibility, then follow a step-by-step approach to movie-making fundamentals. Learn about lenses, lighting, and capturing sound. Use timeline editing, and incorporate transitions and effects. Create compelling digital movies from existing digital and analog media--even TV broadcasts, photographs, and vinyl albums. Regardless of your experience level, "How to Do Everything with iMovie 2 will prove a ready resource for your iMovie 2 productions.Set up hardware and peripherals to optimize your digital video productions Plan your movie using storyboards, scripts, and animatics Discover shooting tools and techniques like panning, tracking, and dollying Incorporate vintage footage and create professional quality videos Discover how to edit videos in Mac OS X Record your voice and add narration and commentary to your movie Edit, crop, cut, and use the timeline Add finishing touches such as transitions, special effects, titles, and captions Share your work with QuickTime movies for the Web, and transfer video to DVD Get coverage of iDVD 2, Apple's powerful consumer DVD authoring tool
