Video description
Anyone can press record and capture footage onto a digital camcorder, but what if you could turn that footage into professional-looking finished masterpieces to share with your family and friends? This easy to follow series of videos will show you how to import your footage, edit out the bad stuff while keeping the good stuff, add professional titles, a great soundtrack, and output your finished movie in a variety of formats including burning it to DVD or uploading it to YouTube. The iDVD section will show you how to create stunning-looking DVD menu layouts that may rival what comes out of Hollywood.
Table of contents
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The Basics
- Introduction 00:01:04
- 1. Camcorder Types
- 2. Non-Linear Tapeless Camcorders
- 3. Difference Between DV & HD
- 4. Interlace vs. Progressive Modes
- 5. Single CCD vs. Three-CCD
- 6. NTSC vs. PAL Frame Rates
- 7. FireWire/i.Link & USB Connectors
- 8. Camera Mic vs. External Mic
- 9. Features to Ignore or Avoid
- 10. Time Code Basics
- 11. Taking Notes While Shooting
- 12. Automatic vs. Manual Focus
- 13. Using a Dedicated External HD
- 14. Launching iMovie
- 15. A Quick Tour of the Interface
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Importing & Interface
- 16. Importing From a DV Camcorder
- 17. Importing From a Tapeless Camcorder
- 18. Importing Movies from iPhoto
- 19. Importing Existing Quicktime Movies
- 20. Importing Old Analog Footage
- 21. Organizing Projects into Folders
- 22. Changing Project Properties
- 23. Duplicating & Deleting Projects
- 24. The Project Library & Browser
- 25. The Viewer
- 26. The Event Library
- 27. Playing Video
- 28. Skimming Video
- 29. Selecting vs. Slipping Video
- 30. Managing Events
- 31. Marking Footage
- 32. Viewing Time vs. Timecode
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Basic Editing
- 33. Creating a New Project
- 34. Adding Clips to the Movie
- 35. Changing the Order of Clips
- 36. Basic Editing
- 37. Cropping & Rotating Clips
- 38. Making Video Adjustments
- 39. Reverting to Source Clips
- 40. Importing Pictures from iPhoto
- 41. Changing a Clip's Volume
- 42. Fading Audio In & Out
- 43. Adding Background Music & Effects
- 44. Adding Transitions
- 45. Adding Titles
- Exporting & Output
- iDVD
- Bonus iMovie/iDVD '08 Web Videos
- Bonus iMovie/iDVD '09 Update Videos
Product information
- Title: Learn iMovie and iDVD: Mac Video Training
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2010
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9780132595308
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