- Paperback: 420 pages
- Publisher: Pogue Press; 1 edition (8 Mar 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0596001045
- ISBN-13: 978-0596001049
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 17.8 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #31 in Books > Computers & Internet > Digital Video > By Software > IMovie & iDVD
- #32 in Books > Computers & Internet > Mac OS > IMovie
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Macintosh products are known for being easy to use, and deservedly so. You can muddle your way through pretty much any Mac OS program and make it do what it's supposed to, without a manual or the online help. The latest version of the video-editing software for Mac OS, iMovie 2, is no exception, but David Pogue delivers real value in iMovie 2: The Missing Manual. It contains enough excellently written explanations and examples to significantly flatten the iMovie 2 learning curve in Pogue's trademark friendly style, so it's a pleasure to read, bookmark, and refer back to.
For an example of how this book is technically precise in an engaging way, consider how it explains the purpose of the "QT Margins" checkbox, which is to do with compensating for a margin-cropping characteristic of televisions. Pogue proposes an equivalent label: "'QT Margins' means 'Assume this movie will be shown as a QuickTime movie, and therefore won't have chopped-off margins.'" The meaning of a fairly cryptic label becomes absolutely obvious.
Further kudos go to the book's designers for their liberal inclusion of illustrations. Where multiple frames are needed to illustrate a point, they're included. Tips and notes serve a valuable purpose, and are likely to introduce even seasoned iMovie editors to features they've missed on their own. --David Wall
Topics covered: Capturing video with a camera, then editing it on the Mac to include appealing transitions, effects, titling, and audio. The process of exporting edited video from the computer (such as for videotape or Web publishing).
Paul Gerstenbluth, Rhode Island Apple Group, May 2002
"... I consider the Pogue book an excellent buy for anyone starting out in editing home movies on the Mac."
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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It's subtitled "the book that should have come in the box". And once again the missing manual team have written a crisp, concise, yet thorough manual for what must be the most popular simple video editing program around. And it covers the basics of buying a camera and shooting your movie too. In fact we are almost 100 pages in before Apple's iMovie2 is introduced.
From the initial teething troubles that trip all of us up - to the fine tuning that separates a good movie from a great move: its all here. Technical editor on the book is Glenn Reid - the architect and lead engineer for both iMovie1 and 2 so there are plenty of undocumented features and workarounds for when you're really elbow deep in the program and things maybe aren't going the way you planned.
I can't recommend this book highly enough for anyone using or planning to use iMovie2. Whether you're making the next Blair Witch Project or maybe just putting some still photos onto tape with some background music. This book will help you with the planning and execution and then hold your hand through all the steps you'll need to edit your masterpiece. It also covers in detail how to publish your finished film - on tape, CDs or the web, with full details for the various codecs.
The only thing really missing is Apple's new iDVD - and that's because it was unveiled too late to make this edition of the book and I understand it will be covered in the next edition.
For just the cost of a couple of DV tapes, this could be the best film-making investment you'll ever make.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
The iMovie manual Apple couldn't have written
20 Jan 2001
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The saying, "All I asked for was the time, and he built me a clock," probably best describes the scope of this book. This isn't simply a comprehensive manual covering the how-to of using iMovie and troubleshooting; it includes mini-courses on selecting a digital camcorder, home video filming, special-events filming, professional editing techniques, using QuickTime, making movie CDs, putting your movies on the web, and detailed instructions on how to create your own graphics using popular programs such as PhotoShop, AppleWorks, PhotoDeluxe or GraphicConverter. It even includes a chapter on Final Cut Pro, Premiere and EditDV for anyone thinking about eventually going in that direction. Almost all of the questions raised in the iMovie forums at the Apple, MacWorld, MacAddict and other web sites are answered in this book. I glanced through a couple other iMovie books at the bookstore, and, altho they cost about the same, they fall far short of "The Missing Manual" in terms of scope, tips, workaround hints, and an enjoyable writing style. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone thinking about getting into digital video editing, as well as for anyone who already has all the hardware and uses iMovie. I would place myself in the "prosumer" category, have been using iMovie2 for five months, and thought I knew it all. Well, I didn't. But, after reading The Missing Manual, NOW I know it all. Buy it!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Informative, Clearly Organized and Useful
21 Oct 2002
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought three books to teach myself how to produce DVDs. The Erica Sadun book is for advanced users and was not helpful to me. The Bob LeVitus "Little iDVD Book" is probably one of the most poorly organized and edited books I've ever come across on any subject.
Pogue's "Missing Manual", on the other hand, is comprehensive, clear and well-organized. I've produced about half a dozen DVDs since reading (and re-reading) Pogue's book and it clearly made a huge difference in what I was able to construct using iDVD.
In my opinion, this is the only book you need to read to learn how to produce movies using iDVD.
Beyond teaching readers to work with iDVD, Pogue also offers loads of helpful suggestions about editing in general. This book is outstanding.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Solved a problem in my first reading
11 Aug 2002
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love this book! I was ready to give up trying to use iMovie because of a small glitch that was incurring. After browsing thru the book the very first time I opened it, I came across the trouble I was having with iMovie. Mr. Pogue directed me to the correct settings and I am now having a great time editing my DV movies.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone attempting to use iMovie. There is so much more to this program than Apple addresses in the help file. Mr. Pogue's writing is concise but not out of reach for the average Mac user.
I have many books by Mr. Pogue and I would recommend any of them if you are stumped and need a well explained how-to-manuel.
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