iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual by David Pogue
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Book Summary Author: David Pogue Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published) Format: Illustrated Published: 2006-05-05 ISBN: 0596527268 Number of pages: 512 Publisher: Pogue Press |
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Book Reviews of the iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual
Customer Review: Good book on both movie making and iMovie
Summary: 5 Stars
iMovie has tools that help your movie look professional, but the iMovie help files are very tedious to go through. There is a great deal of referencing, cross-referencing, and nothing is smoothly laid out. This book is another story, as it is very well laid out with clear instructions and illustrations. It is very long, but since these applications are powerful, it would be expected that any clear explanation of them is going to require some space.
What is particularly good about this book is that the author doesn't assume you are a professional video author, and he spends part one of the book helping you learn how to shoot videos and shares tricks that will make you good at it. Part 2 is dedicated to iMovie, and shares not just how to use the application, but the little extras that will make your video special - transitions, effects, titles, captions, and even how to work with sound in your movie. Part 3, on finding your audience, was another unexpected treat. There the author shows you how to move between iMovie and Quicktime, and how to post your movie to your phone, to the web, and even to the iPod. Part 4 of the book is on iDVD. I particularly liked the chapter on iDVD secrets, where the author shows how you can use AppleScript to customize iDVD itself.
I also own Pogue's other book on iMovie 5, and even though the chapters in this book have almost exactly the same titles as the book on the previous version, it is still a worthwhile upgrade for several reasons. Chances are, if you upgraded from iMovie 5 to iMovie 6, you did so to take advantage of the several upgrades to the new product such as the five new Apple-designed iMovie "Themes". Designed for ease of use, the user can easily drop movie clips or photos into these preset themes to give the project a professional look with each theme including full motion-graphic bumpers and transitions. There is also cinematic real-time titling and real-time video effects newly included in iMovie 6. Also, the audio in iMovie 6 has been greatly improved via greatly enhanced effects such as equalization and reverb. All of these new features are covered in the book. Finally this book covers the connection between iMovie and the iPod. There are also a host of subtle changes in the way that iMovie 6 works versus iMovie 5, and for that reason alone it is worth the price of the book to save yourself time and head scratching over problems. The only bad thing I can say is that the print quality of the book is not nearly as good as the previous edition. It is not good to scrimp on such things, especially if you are writing about multimedia and you need clear and aesthetically pleasing illustrations. I notice Amazon does not show the table of contents, so I do that here:
Part 1: CAPTURING DV FOOTAGE
1. The DV Camcorder
2. Turning Home Video into Pro Video
3. Special Event Filming
Part 2: EDITING IN IMOVIE
4. Camcorder Meets Mac
5. Building the Movie
6. Transitions and Effects
7. Titles, Captions, and Credits
8. Narration, Music, and Sound
9. Still Pictures and QuickTime Movies
10. Professional Editing Techniques
Part 3: FINDING YOUR AUDIENCE
11. Back to the Camcorder
12. From iMovie to QuickTime
13. Movies on the Web, iPod, and the Phone
14. QuickTime Player
Part 4: iDVD6
15. From iMovie to iDVD
16. iDVD Projects by Hand
17. Designing iDVD Themes
18. iDVD Secrets
Part 5: Appendixes
A. iMovie 6: Menu by Menu
B. Troubleshooting
C. Master Keyboard Shortcut List