This full-color, amply illustrated, accessible book teaches readers the essential skills necessary for creating compelling movies with iMovie '09 and iDVD, Apple's consumer-friendly digital movie and DVD-burning software applications. Readers can follow the step-by-step instructions from the beginning to get a tour of the applications or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. Longtime Macintosh and technology writer Jeff Carlson takes extra steps to ensure that readers understand all of the key aspects of digital movie making.

- Easy visual approach uses pictures to guide you through iMovie '09 and iDVD (and how they interact with the other iLife ’09
   applications) and show you what to do.
- Concise steps and explanations let you get up and running in no time.
- Page for page, the best content and value around.

Part 1 Shooting
Chapter 1 The Digital Camcorder
Chapter 2 Composition and Coverage
Chapter 3 The Camera in Motion
Chapter 4 Lighting
Chapter 5 Capturing Audio
Part 2 Editing in iMovie
Chapter 6 Make a Movie in a Hurry
Chapter 7 iMovie Overview
Chapter 8 Importing Footage
Chapter 9 Managing Video
Chapter 10 Editing Video
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