Publisher Description

This edition covers iMovie 10.0 for Mac and iMovie 2.0 for iOS. iMovie's sophisticated tools make it easier than ever to turn raw footage into sleek, entertaining movies once you understand how to harness its features. Experts David Pogue and Aaron Miller give you hands-on advice and step-by-step instructions for creating polished movies on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad. Dive in and discover why this is the top-selling iMovie book. The important stuff you need to know Get started. Import footage, review clips, and create movies, using iMovie's new, streamlined layout. Include stunning effects. Introduce instant replays, freeze frames, fast-forward or slo-mo clips, and fade-outs. Add pro touches. Create cutaways, picture-in-picture boxes, side-by-side shots, and green-screen effects. Make movies on iOS devices. Tackle projects on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch with our book-within-a-book. Produce stunning trailers. Craft your own Hollywood-style "Coming Attractions!" previews. Share your masterpiece. Quickly post movies to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, CNN iReport, and iTunes. Watch iMovie Theater. Play your movies on any Apple gadget in iMovie's new full-screen cinema.

Author Biography

David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. And with 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how- to authors. In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles. Aaron Miller is a part-time lawyer, part-time professor, and runs a software company serving nonprofit organizations. In all of his spare time, he authors the blog "Unlocking iMovie" , his own little way of trying to make the Mac world a better place

Table of Contents

The Missing Credits Introduction Part 1: iMovie Basics Chapter 1: Introducing iMovie Chapter 2: First Things First: Import Your Footage into iMovie Chapter 3: Events Chapter 4: Projects Part 2: Build Your Movie Chapter 5: Create Your Movie Chapter 6: Video Chunks: Favorites and Rejects Chapter 7: Transitions, Themes, and Travel Maps Chapter 8: Video Effects Chapter 9: Stabilization, Color Fixes, Cropping, and Rotating Chapter 10: Titles, Subtitles, and Credits Chapter 11: Music, Sound Effects, and Narration Chapter 12: Photos Chapter 13: Movie Trailers Chapter 14: Advanced Editing Part 3: Share Your Movies Chapter 15: Share via Email and the Web Chapter 16: Share to the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV, and iDVD Chapter 17: QuickTime Player Part 4: iMovie for iOS Chapter 18: iMovie for iOS: The Lay of the Land Chapter 19: iMovie for iOS Projects Chapter 20: iMovie for iOS Themes, Titles, and Transitions Chapter 21: iMovie for iOS Music, Narration, and Sound Chapter 22: iMovie for iOS Photos Chapter 23: iMovie for iOS Trailers Chapter 24: iMovie for iOS Sharing Part 5: Appendixes iMovie, Menu by Menu Troubleshooting Master Keyboard Shortcut List Visual Cheat Sheet

Long Description

Apple's iMovie makes it easier than ever to turn raw digital footage into highly creative video projects - but the program still doesn't include a printed manual to help you get started. Fortunately, experts David Pogue and Aaron Miller are back with hand-on, step-by-step instructions and advice to help you create polished movies on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad. No wonder it's the top-selling iMovie book. The important stuff you need to know: Edit video like the pros. Import raw footage and add transitions, music, and titles using iMovie's intuitive timeline editor. Find out what's new. Learn about iMovie's simplified but powerful new interface, streamlined footage import, and background processing. Use sophisticated tools. Slow down or speed up a scene, stabilize shaky shots, enhance your video's look and sound, and more. Share your masterpiece. With a single click, post your movie to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, CNN iReport, and your own website. Create stunning trailers. Design Hollywood-style "Coming Attractions!" previews. Get crystal-clear, jargon-free explanations. Learn how to use both the desktop and iOS versions of iMovie. Make showtime any time. Upload movies and trailers to iMovie's servers and show them off anywhere.

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