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iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual
David Pogue
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2008-09-22
iMovie 6 & IDVD: The Missing Manual is not what I concider David
Pogue's best work. It is a bit off the mark, spending a great deal of
time on issues related to camcorders to the detriment of the aplications.
I would prefer a manual, missing or otherwise, that would apply David's
conciderable knowlege and communciation ability to the topic.

2008-08-04
This book contains a lot of detail about creating DVDs. Many full-color screen shots. I purchased it to help in creating a DVD of my daughter's wedding. One thing it didnt explain in detail though was how to synchronized clips from multiple cameras onto a single audio track. It briefly discusses the subject, but doesnt go into detail about how to sync the clips based on audio or video cues.

Overall though, a very well-written book.

2007-10-02
Having Missing Manuals 3 to 5 It is again most difficult to find what's new in Apples Version 6 amoungst all the older information contained in the previvously published "Manuals". If one was purchasing it for the first time it does a reasonable job.

2007-06-27
This book is a throughly attentive-to-detail manual that is true to it's name/consept: The manual that *should* have come in the box! It clearly walks you through every step, big and small as well as including sections on how to improve your filming, editing, and a concise Quicktime how-to.

I recomend reading the entire book before starting an iMovie/iDVD project but if you just can't wait (I couldn't-- I read as I went), I recomend reading Appendix B (pg. 461) which is "Troubleshooting" early on . It includes *many* crucial tips from being sure to format your exerternal HD to Mac OS Extended (if saving on an ext. HD) to switching the factory-setting 12-bit audio on your digital video camera to 16-bit to common 'glitches' while importing, working with or exporting footage.

The other great benifit of this book is it explains the various little 'tricks' for more complicated tasks or for things that are hinky and need a little fiddling to work. One ex.: You use the new iMovie 6 themes w/in iMovie (Pass Through, especially, is slick/professional-looking!) and are trying to use a *trimmed* clip w/in the theme. iMovie doesnt understand starting it where you trimmed because it keeps the trimmed portion of the clip hidden but still there so the undesireable portion of your clip is shown in the intro theme instead. This book explains in detail how to save it to Quicktime and re-import the new *permenantly* trimmed clip to use w/ no problems in your themed intro!

This book also spells out the key differences in iMovie 6 vs. previvous versions. I HIGHLY recomend this book if you are looking to edit home movie footage (or other) using iMovie (& iDVD) and don't have your own personel Mac Genius in your household. :-)

2007-05-14
I recently purchased a Mac and edited my first film - a short doccumentary - on iMovie.

I had never used iMovie before and a good friend recomended this book and I couldn't have been more pleased. I haven't encountered a problem yet that this book hasnt addressed.

Well-written, simple and practical.

A great resource. Worth your time and money.

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Editorial Review

While the last version of iMovie gave moviemakers the ability to capture and edit widescreen High Definition Video (HDV) from the new generation of camcorders, iMovie 6 is all about the ease of moviemaking itself. iMovie 6 includes five professionally designed themes with backgrounds, motion graphics, titles, and effects that act as building blocks for your projects. You can preview transitions and stunning new video effects--such as time-lapse video--in real time using the full screen. Or edit audio and add sound effects with a new built-in sound studio. For presenting your movie, Magic iDVD offers easy-to-use themes, including new widescreen options.

Whether you're a professional or an amateur moviemaker, this is amazing stuff. But if you want to learn the full capabilities of these applications, Apple documentation won't make the cut. Instead, iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual is the ideal third-party authority that covers all of these changes through an objective lens. This witty and entertaining guide from celebrated author David Pogue details every step of iMovie 6 and iDVD production. The book shows you how to:

Work on multiple iMovie projects at once and drag & drop clips among them
Output your creation to a blog, its own web page, or as a video podcast with iWeb
Use "Magic iMovie" to import your video and make a movie for you
Integrate with other iLife programs to use songs, photos, and an original soundtrack
And a whole lot more