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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.
List of contents
The Missing Credits
Introduction
Part 1: iMovie Basics
Chapter 1: Introducing iMovie
Chapter 2: First Things First: Import Your Footage into iMovie
Chapter 3: Events
Chapter 4: Projects
Part 2: Build Your Movie
Chapter 5: Create Your Movie
Chapter 6: Video Chunks: Favorites and Rejects
Chapter 7: Transitions, Themes, and Travel Maps
Chapter 8: Video Effects
Chapter 9: Stabilization, Color Fixes, Cropping, and Rotating
Chapter 10: Titles, Subtitles, and Credits
Chapter 11: Music, Sound Effects, and Narration
Chapter 12: Photos
Chapter 13: Movie Trailers
Chapter 14: Advanced Editing
Part 3: Share Your Movies
Chapter 15: Share via Email and the Web
Chapter 16: Share to the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV, and iDVD
Chapter 17: QuickTime Player
Part 4: iMovie for iOS
Chapter 18: iMovie for iOS: The Lay of the Land
Chapter 19: iMovie for iOS Projects
Chapter 20: iMovie for iOS Themes, Titles, and Transitions
Chapter 21: iMovie for iOS Music, Narration, and Sound
Chapter 22: iMovie for iOS Photos
Chapter 23: iMovie for iOS Trailers
Chapter 24: iMovie for iOS Sharing
Part 5: Appendixes
iMovie, Menu by Menu
Troubleshooting
Master Keyboard Shortcut List
Visual Cheat Sheet
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.
Summary
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. This edition covers iMovie 10.0 for Mac and iMovie 2.0 for iOS.
