iMovie & QuickTime

In the new, full-color "iMovie HD and iDVD 5: The Missing Manual" , David Pogue explains iMovie's and IDVD5's big-ticket features and improvements as well as the finer points--the intriguing little enhancements that typically go unmentioned but, "taken together, will make a big difference in your moviemaking career. more

One makes cinematographers out of the masses; the other gives the masses a medium on which to distribute their masterworks--and that's just the beginning of what Apple's iMovie 4 and iDVD 4 are capable of. This task-based guide is the key to using them effectively and creatively. In friendly Visual QuickStart fashion, this volume uses step-by-step instructions and loads of illustrations to get you up to speed quickly in the process of making movies with iMovie 4 and creating Hollywood-quality DVDs on which to share them (as well as photos, music, and more). You'll find all the basics covered here--from shooting and capturing footage, viewing clips, and working in the iMovie timeline to dragging and dropping iMovies into new iDVD projects and adding GarageBand-created songs to your newly created DVDs. You'll also find detailed explanations of all of the programs' niftiest new features, including iDVD's more than 20 new themes (from Wedding to Drive In!) and iMovie's in-timeline editing capabilities.

This CD package has been updated to include iMOvie2. Targeted to beginners, home videographers and business people who want to use their camcorder, Mac computer and the "free" bundled iMovie software, the CD starts with the basics of planning and pre-production, camcorder use and shooting, lighting and composition. It then moves into how to use iMovie to actually create video productions that can be shared on a computer, via the Internet or even burned onto a DVD or CD-ROM. Each section starts basic and then works its way up to more detailed, more sophisticated techniques, The CD is easy to follow - the language is clear, concise and even funny at times. In addition to providing a good quality intro to how to create your own movies, the CD also include s a few cool freebies like a storyboard design template for drawing out your movie before you start shooting. The DV Creators web site also includes a bunch of other instructional materials, as well as additional CDs and accessories for sale. Definitely worth the $29.95! .By the way, even though iMovie only works with Mac OS, the instructional CD plays on both Windows and Mac machines. www.dvcreators.net

Written by David Pogue, computer columnist for the New York Times, created the Missing Manual series. This book teaches you everything you need to know about using iMovie2 to create digital video productions on the Macintosh using the free (or almost free) iMovie2 software. In addition to providing a good training, it also includes tips and tricks not covered in Apple's official manuals and instructional books. It also includes tips for general use of camcorders. Click on book to buy it.

This guidebook to QuickTime is published by Friends of Ed and is credited to the work of eight authors. It covers a wide range of topics of interest to those who are seriously interested in authoring multimedia projects using QuickTime 5 and 6.

This is not a dummies book - it is targeted to the intelligent beginner with a background in multimedia and web authoring. It provides in-depth resources for designers looking to author interactive media, QTVR, DVD or Streaming QuickTime. Each chapter includes tutorials for those interested in pushing QuickTime's level of interactivity The book covers what QuickTime is and what it is not, how to use QuickTime to create everything from simple slide shows to full-time movies including use of SMIL, special effects and MPEG4; how to produce and use QuickTime Virtual Reality, Interactive Media, differing ways of deploying and distributing QuickTime productions, producing web videos including video lighting, capture and compression, and an overview of various tools for use in producing QuickTime and QuickTime Virtual reality productions. It also includes suggestions for authoring for film and DVD distribution.

The CD (Windows and Mac) includes all the materials required for the book's various projects, some cool real world examples of QuickTime authoring, as well as trial versions of third party software. You do need to invest in the $29 QuickTime Pro upgrade. This book is packed full of information. It is a bit dense at times and has a bit of an United Kingdom grammar versus the less formal writing we find in US manuals. Go to Click here for a sample chapter. BuyRevolutionary QuickTime Pro 5 & 6 from Amazon books.

Learning QuickTime 5 Pro with Sean Blumenthal is a CD-ROM-based tutorial developed for beginning - advanced QuickTime users. QuickTime is not only a rich

multimedia environment, but a highly effective authoring tool. This disc will walk you through how to use this authoring tool to create the multimedia experience you want to deliver, whether you are publishing your content to the Web or a CD-ROM. Topics covered include: Controlling media playback within QuickTime, Multi-Track editing within the QT player, creating chapter points for your media, localizing your media or adding special tracks for impaired audiences, creating 360o QuickTime VR, publishing your QuickTime media to the web the right way, and much more. Running Time: 3 hours. Buy Learning QuickTime 5 Pro from Amazon