iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual

David Pogue, Yale '85, is the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. With nearly 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors, having written or co-written seven books in the "for Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music), along with several computer-humor books and a technothriller, "Hard Drive" (a New York Times "notable book of the year"). Pogue is also the creator and primary author of the Missing Manual series of complete, funny computer books, a joint venture with O'Reilly Media, Inc. Titles in the series include Mac OS X, Windows XP, iPod, Microsoft Office, iPhoto, Dreamweaver, iMovie 2, and many others. His Web page is www.davidpogue.com, and his email address is david@pogueman.com.

Introduction Meet iMovie What's New in iMovie 6 About This Book The Very Basics Part One:Capturing DV Footage Chapter 1:The DV Camcorder Meet Digital Video Chapter 2: Turning Home Video into Pro Video Film vsVideotape Film-Technique Crash Course Get the Shot Replace the Microphone Limit Zooming and Panning Keep the Camera Steady Video Lighting:A Crash Course Keep It in Focus Video Composition:A Crash Course Chapter 3:Special Event Filming Interviews Music Videos Live Stage Performances Speeches Sports Photos and Old Movies Weddings Actual Scripted Films Part Two:Editing in iMovie Chapter 4:Camcorder Meets Mac iMovie:The Application Connecting to FireWire Getting into iMovie Importing Camcorder Footage iSight Recording USB Camcorders Magic iMovie Time-Lapse Recording Managing Project Files Converting Older Projects How iMovie Organizes Its Files Importing Footage from Non-DV Tapes Chapter 5:Building the Movie Navigating Your Clips Undo,Revert,and Other Safety Nets Project Trash -- and the Disk-Space Paradox Shortening Clips by Dragging Three Ways to Trim a Clip Splitting a Clip The Movie Track:Your Storyboard Tricks of the Timeline Viewer Playing the Movie Track Full-Screen Playback Mode Themes Chapter 6:Transitions and Special Effects About Transitions When Not to Use Transitions Creating a Transition Transitions:The iMovie Catalog Downloading More Transition Choices Video FX Effects:The iMovie Catalog Installing More Effects Chapter 7:Titles,Captions,and Credits Setting Up a Title Inserting and Rendering a Title The iMovie Titles Catalog Chapter 8:Narration,Music,and Sound The Two iMovie Soundtracks Audio Clips Recording Narration Importing Music from iTunes or GarageBand Scoring in GarageBand Sound Effects (Crickets,Etc) Audio Effects (Reverb,Etc) Volume Adjustments Manipulating Audio Clips Locking Audio Clips to Video Overlaying Video Over Sound Extracting Audio from Video Chapter 9:Still Pictures and QuickTime Movies Importing Still Images The Dimensions of an iMovie Photo The Ken Burns Effect Still Images as Titles Creating Still Images from Footage Importing QuickTime Movies Chapter 10:Professional Editing Techniques The Power of Editing Popular Editing Techniques Part Three:Finding Your Audience Chapter 11:Back to the Camcorder Why Export to Tape Transferring Footage to the Camcorder or VCR Notes on DV Tapes Chapter 12:From iMovie to QuickTime Saving a QuickTime Movie Understanding QuickTime The Share Presets:What They Mean The Expert Settings The Video Codecs:A Catalog Burning QuickTime Movie CDs Chapter 13:Movies on the Web,the iPod,and the Phone Make the Big Screen Tiny Method 1:Publishing Movies on a Mac Account Posting a Movie on Your Own Web Site Other Internet "Film Festivals " Optimizing Online Movies Movies on the iPod Movies on Your Phone Chapter 14:QuickTime Player QuickTime Player (Free Version) QuickTime Player Pro Advanced QuickTime Pro:Track Tricks Part Four:iDVD 6 Chapter 15:From iMovie to iDVD Why iDVD? What You 're in For Phase 1:Prepare Your Video Phase 2:Insert Chapter Markers Phase 3:Hand Off to iDVD Phase 4:Design the Menu Screen Phase 5:Burning Your DVD OneStep DVDs,Magic iDVDs Chapter 16:iDVD Projects by Hand Building iDVDs Creating a New Project Adding Movies Submenus ("Folders ") The DVD Map --and Autoplay DVD Slideshows Chapter 17:Designing iDVD Themes iDVD 's Built-in Themes Button Styles Editing and Positioning Text Changing Backgrounds Choosing Menu Audio Saving Favorites Buying Sound and Vision Chapter 18:iDVD Secrets iDVD --The DVD-ROM Maker Project Info Uncover Your DVD Project File AppleScripting iDVD Archiving Your Project Disk Images Professional Duplicating Part Five:Appendixes Appendix A:iMovie 6,Menu by Menu iMovie Menu File Menu Edit Menu View Menu Markers Menu Share Menu Advanced Menu Window Menu Help Menu Appendix B:Troubleshooting Two Golden Rules Preparing the Playground General iMovie Troubleshooting Starting Up and Importing Title Trouble Photo Problems Problems Editing Exporting Troubles Project Corruption Problems with Sound DVD Problems Where to Get Help Online Appendix C:Master Keyboard Shortcut List High-De ?nition Camcorders The Aspect-Ratio Problem