Using iMovie ’11

Using iMovie ’11

Released December 2011
Publisher(s): Pearson
ISBN: 9780132965576

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Using iMovie '11 videos and audio podcasts walk through performing virtually any iMovie task. You'll see how to import and organize your footage, make a first cut, and add titles and transitions. In addition the videos cover everything you'll need to promote and share your movie, including creating a movie trailer and posting your movie to sites like YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook. The audio podcasts further delve into the world of filmmaking, giving listeners tips on pre-production planning and how best to get your movie in front of your intended audience.

Table of contents

  1. Chapter 1 Becoming Familiar with iMovie ‘11
    1. SHOW ME Media 1.1—Connecting an External Hard Drive to your Mac 00:02:32
    2. TELL ME MORE Media 1.2—The History of iMovie 00:03:19
    3. SHOW ME Media 1.3—A Tour of the iMovie Interface 00:08:42
    4. SHOW ME Media 1.4—Rearranging iMovie’s Interface 00:03:06
  2. Chapter 2 Movie-Making Basics
    1. TELL ME MORE Media 2.1—Other Mac Filmmaking Apps 00:03:23
    2. SHOW ME Media 2.2—Assembling a Storyboard with Animatics 00:03:10
    3. SHOW ME Media 2.3—Using Comment Markers to Label Your Storyboards 00:03:58
    4. SHOW ME Media 2.4—Replacing Animatics with Video Footage 00:03:41
  3. Chapter 3 Importing and Managing Your Video
    1. TELL ME MORE Media 3.1—Time Stamps in Video and iMovie 00:00:35
    2. TELL ME MORE Media 3.2—Image Stabilization and People in iMovie 00:00:35
    3. SHOW ME Media 3.3—Importing Video from a Digital Video Camera 00:04:50
    4. SHOW ME Media 3.4—Working in the Events Library 00:02:25
    5. SHOW ME Media 3.5—How to Mark Clips 00:01:32
  4. Chapter 4 Editing and Assembling a Video
    1. SHOW ME Media 4.1—Creating a New Project in iMovie 00:02:00
    2. SHOW ME Media 4.2—Define a Portion of a Video Clip 00:01:19
    3. SHOW ME Media 4.3—Add Video to an iMovie Project 00:01:19
    4. SHOW ME Media 4.4—Add a Transition to an iMovie Project 00:01:33
    5. SHOW ME Media 4.5—Using the Precision Editor 00:02:24
    6. SHOW ME Media 4.6—Create a Storyboard 00:02:05
    7. SHOW ME Media 4.7—Move Your Projects into Folders 00:02:08
  5. Chapter 5 Video Touch-Ups
    1. SHOW ME Media 5.1—Cropping Video 00:02:46
    2. SHOW ME Media 5.2—Ken Burns 00:04:13
    3. SHOW ME Media 5.3—Rotating Video 00:02:56
    4. TELL ME MORE Media 5.4—Using Your Camcorder’s Video Stabilization Features 00:01:55
    5. SHOW ME Media 5.5—Use the Histogram and Exposure, Brightness, and Contrast Sliders to Adjust Light Levels in Your Clips 00:10:03
    6. SHOW ME Media 5.6—Using iMovie’s Color Tools 00:08:22
  6. Chapter 6 Video Effects
    1. SHOW ME Media 6.1—Adding Inspector Video Clips 00:01:10
    2. SHOW ME Media 6.2—Using Jump Cuts 00:01:48
    3. SHOW ME Media 6.3—Using Fading Effects 00:01:07
    4. SHOW ME Media 6.4—Creating a Picture-in-Picture Effect 00:01:46
    5. TELL ME MORE Media 6.5—Fading in the Second Picture Gradually 00:00:28
  7. Chapter 7 Adding to Your Movie: Titles, Maps, and Photos
    1. SHOW ME Media 7.1—Adding a Map Animation 00:02:31
    2. SHOW ME Media 7.2—Edit Maps with the Ken Burns Effect 00:01:59
    3. TELL ME MORE Media 7.3—Fake a Location in a Map 00:00:26
    4. SHOW ME Media 7.4—Add Titles to Your iMovie Project 00:02:11
    5. SHOW ME Media 7.5—Add a Background to Your iMovie Project 00:01:08
    6. SHOW ME Media 7.6—Create Scrolling Credits 00:02:19
    7. SHOW ME Media 7.7—Add a Photo to an iMovie Project 00:02:34
    8. TELL ME MORE Media 7.8—Add Photos Without iPhoto 00:00:24
  8. Chapter 8 Adding and Editing Audio and Sound Effects
    1. SHOW ME Media 8.1—Customize the Music and Sound Effects Browser 00:02:19
    2. SHOW ME Media 8.2—Finding Music and Sound Effects in the Music and Sound Effects Browser 00:02:46
    3. SHOW ME Media 8.3—Add Music and Sound Effects to Your iMovie Project 00:02:16
    4. SHOW ME Media 8.4—Edit Audio Files with the Clip Trimmer and Inspector 00:02:46
    5. TELL ME MORE Media 8.5—Choosing a Mic 00:01:28
    6. SHOW ME Media 8.6—Record a Voiceover Track 00:01:43
  9. Chapter 9 Creating Movie Themes and Trailers
    1. SHOW ME Media 9.1—Creating a Themed Project 00:03:52
    2. SHOW ME Media 9.2—Changing Still Frames in a Theme Transition 00:02:32
    3. TELL ME MORE Media 9.3—Planning Movies Like the Pros 00:02:28
    4. SHOW ME Media 9.4—Creating a Movie Trailer 00:07:36
  10. Chapter 10 Sharing Your Movies
    1. TELL ME MORE Media 10.1—Ways Not to Share 00:03:58
    2. SHOW ME Media 10.2—Uploading a Video to Facebook 00:09:19
    3. SHOW ME Media 10.3—Transferring iMovie Projects to iTunes 00:04:14
    4. SHOW ME Media 10.4—Using the Media Browser to Share Your iMovie Videos 00:05:31

Product information

  • Title: Using iMovie ’11
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: December 2011
  • Publisher(s): Pearson
  • ISBN: 9780132965576