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Editing videotape, once upon a time, was outside the range of what home-movie buffs could hope to do. Now that iMovie 2 is around, Macintosh users have a much better option.
iMovie 2 for Dummies explains how late-model Mac, iMac and iBook computer users can download video from their camcorders to their computers via a FireWire multimedia link, then edit the raw footage for remarkably professional results. Todd Stauffer is a long-time Mac writer and he communicates the fun of making films on the Mac in this book.
As you would expect, iMovie 2 for Dummies does a super job of explaining how to accomplish tasks in the iMovie 2 environment--look for precise directions on adding titles, overlaying narration, chopping up audio clips and doing all the other technical work associated with assembling a film. The Dummies format emphasises text descriptions of what to do over the illustrations in the Visual QuickStart Guide series--both approaches are effective. Experienced film makers will appreciate the discussion of the iMovie interface; novices will like the ideas about how to make films more appealing and technically clean. --David Wall
Topics covered:
- The iMovie 2 editing program for digital video on computers running Mac OS
- Importing video
- Editing
- Transitions
- Audio
- Special effects
- Video exports
Product Description
For the first time, making and editing your own movies is as easy as plugging in your camera, turning on your iMac and double–clicking the iMovie icon. What the iMac did for Internet access iMovie will do for video editing.
iMovie for Dummies not only shows you the ins and outs of using iMovie, it also shows you the techniques and tricks to making professional–looking video. Storyboards, effects, titles, sound, music, manipulating tracks –– these authors cover it all in an engaging and entertaining fashion that will make learning to make movies as much fun as watching them!
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