iMovie: The Missing Manual: 2014 release, covers iMovie 10.0 for Mac and 2.0 for iOS

by David Pogue, Aaron Miller

Overview

This edition covers iMovie 10.0 for Mac and iMovie 2.0 for iOS.

iMovie's sophisticated tools make it easier than ever to turn raw footage into sleek, entertaining movies—once you understand how to harness its features. Experts David Pogue and Aaron Miller give you hands-on advice and step-by-step instructions for creating polished movies on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad. Dive in and discover why this is the top-selling iMovie book.

The important stuff you need to know

Get started. Import footage, review clips, and create movies, using iMovie’s new, streamlined layout.

Include stunning effects. Introduce instant replays, freeze frames, fast-forward or slo-mo clips, and fade-outs.

Add pro touches. Create cutaways, picture-in-picture boxes, side-by-side shots, and green-screen effects.

Make movies on iOS devices. Tackle projects on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch with our book-within-a-book.

Produce stunning trailers. Craft your own Hollywood-style “Coming Attractions!” previews.

Share your masterpiece. Quickly post movies to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, CNN iReport, and iTunes.

Watch iMovie Theater. Play your movies on any Apple gadget in iMovie’s new full-screen cinema.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491948460
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/13/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	284,720
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. And with 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how- to authors. In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.

Aaron Miller is a part-time lawyer, part-time professor, and runs a software company serving nonprofit organizations. In all of his spare time, he authors the blog "Unlocking iMovie" (www.unlockingimovie.com), his own little way of trying to make the Mac world a better place.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
	Meet iMovie	2
	About this Book	3
Part 1	Capturing DV Footage
Chapter 1	The DV Camcorder	9
	Meet Digital Video	9
	Buying a DV Camcorder	16
Chapter 2	Turning Home Video into Pro Video	33
	Film vs. Videotape	34
	Film-Technique Crash Course	35
	Get the Shot	37
	Replace the Microphone	40
	Limit Panning and Zooming	43
	Keep the Camera Steady	47
	Video Lighting: A Crash Course	49
	Keep it in Focus	55
	Video Composition: A Crash Course	57
Chapter 3	Special-Event Filming	67
	Interviews	67
	Music Videos	71
	Live Stage Performances	72
	Speeches	75
	Sports	76
	Photos and Old Movies	76
	Weddings	78
	Actual Scripted Films	80
Part 2	Editing in iMovie
Chapter 4	Camcorder Meets Mac	85
	iMovie: the Application	85
	Connecting to FireWire	89
	Getting Into iMovie	90
	Downloading Camcorder Footage	97
	How iMovie Organizes Its Files	103
	Importing Footage from Non-DV Tapes	106
Chapter 5	Building the Movie Track	111
	Navigating your Clips	111
	Three Ways to Trim a Clip	117
	Splitting a Clip	121
	The Movie Track: Your Storyboard	122
	Playing the Movie Track	125
	Full-Screen Playback Mode	127
Chapter 6	Transitions, Crossfades, and Special Effects	129
	About Transitional Effects	129
	When to Use Transitions	130
	Creating a Transitional Effect	131
	Transitions: The iMovie Catalog	137
Chapter 7	Titles, Captions, and Credits	147
	Setting Up a Title Effect	148
	Inserting and Rendering a Title	155
	The iMovie Titles Catalog	162
Chapter 8	Narration, Music, and Sound	173
	Audio in iMovie	173
	The Three iMovie Soundtracks	174
	Editing Audio Clips	185
	Overlaying Video Over Sound	190
Chapter 9	Picture Files and QuickTime Movies	197
	Importing Still Images	197
	Using Still Images as Titles	209
	Exporting Still Images	211
	Importing QuickTime Movies	213
Chapter 10	Professional Editing Techniques	217
	The Power of Editing	217
	Popular Editing Techniques	222
Part 3	Finding Your Audience
Chapter 11	Back to the Camcorder	229
	Why Export to Tape	229
	Transferring Footage to the Camcorder	234
	Notes on DV Tapes	236
Chapter 12	From iMovie to QuickTime	239
	Saving a QuickTime Movie	239
	Understanding QuickTime	242
	The Expert Settings	249
	The Video Codecs: A Catalog	259
	Burning QuickTime-Movie CDs	262
Chapter 13	Putting Movies on the Web	269
	Make the Big Screen Tiny	269
	Free Movie-Posting Pages	270
	Posting a Movie on Your Own Web Site	276
	Optimizing Online Movies	285
Part 4	Beyond iMovie
Chapter 14	QuickTime Player Pro	289
	QuickTime Player (Free Version)	289
	QuickTime Player Pro	294
Chapter 15	Final Cut, Premiere, and EditDV	305
	Intro to the Pro Leagues	306
	Working with Pro DV Software	310
	Specialized Efficiency Tools	314
	Special Effects	315
Part 5	Appendixes
Appendix A	iMovie, Menu by Menu	323
	File Menu	323
	Edit Menu	325
	Help Menu	329
Appendix B	Troubleshooting iMovie	333
	How iMovie Likes It	333
	Starting Up and Capturing Video	334
	Problems Editing Video	339
	Problems with Sound	344
	Problems Exporting to Tape	347
	The Secret Preferences Document	349
	Where to Get Help Online	355