| | Copyright |
| | The Missing Credits |
| | | About the Authors |
| | | About the Creative Team |
| | | Acknowledgments |
| | | The Missing Manual Series |
| | Introduction |
| | | iLife Integration |
| | | About This Book |
| | | The Very Basics |
| | Part One: iTunes |
| | | Chapter 1. Getting Music Into iTunes |
| | | Section 1.1. A Quick Tour |
| | | Section 1.2. Music from CDs |
| | | Section 1.3. Importing Other Music Files into iTunes |
| | | Chapter 2. Getting Music Out of iTunes |
| | | Section 2.1. Playing Music |
| | | Section 2.2. Internet Radio |
| | | Section 2.3. Podcasts |
| | | Section 2.4. Burning a CD or DVD |
| | | Section 2.5. CD Covers and Printed Playlists |
| | | Section 2.6. Playing Songs Across a Network |
| | | Section 2.7. AirPort Express and AirTunes |
| | | Chapter 3. Managing Your Music |
| | | Section 3.1. Deleting Songs |
| | | Section 3.2. Searching for Songs |
| | | Section 3.3. Ratings |
| | | Section 3.4. Song Information |
| | | Section 3.5. Converting Between File Formats |
| | | Section 3.6. Joining Tracks |
| | | Section 3.7. Start and Stop Times for Songs |
| | | Section 3.8. Playlists |
| | | Chapter 4. The iTunes Music Store |
| | | Section 4.1. Welcome to the Music Store |
| | | Section 4.2. A Store Tour |
| | | Section 4.3. Searching and Shopping |
| | | Section 4.4. What to Do with Music You've Bought |
| | | Section 4.5. Music Store Billing |
| | | Section 4.6. "Books on Tape" from Audible |
| | | Chapter 5. The iPod Connection |
| | | Section 5.1. Your Very First Sync |
| | | Section 5.2. Variations on the Auto-Transfer Theme |
| | | Section 5.3. The Unspeakable Act: iPod to Mac Copying |
| | Part Two: iPhoto |
| | | Chapter 6. Camera Meets Mac |
| | | Section 6.1. iPhoto Arrives |
| | | Section 6.2. Getting Your Pictures into iPhoto |
| | | Section 6.3. The Post-Dump Slideshow |
| | | Section 6.4. Where iPhoto Keeps Your Files |
| | | Chapter 7. The Digital Shoebox |
| | | Section 7.1. The Source List |
| | | Section 7.2. More on Film Rolls |
| | | Section 7.3. Working with Your Photos |
| | | Section 7.4. Albums |
| | | Section 7.5. Folders |
| | | Section 7.6. Smart Albums |
| | | Section 7.7. Three Useful Panels |
| | | Section 7.8. Information Panel: Titles, Dates, and Comments |
| | | Section 7.9. The Calendar |
| | | Section 7.10. Keywords |
| | | Section 7.11. Searching for Photos by Text |
| | | Section 7.12. The Photo Info Window |
| | | Section 7.13. Rate Your Photos |
| | | Section 7.14. Deleting Photos |
| | | Section 7.15. Customizing the Shoebox |
| | | Chapter 8. Editing Your Shots |
| | | Section 8.1. One-Click Fixes |
| | | Section 8.2. Advanced Fine-Tuning |
| | | Section 8.3. Using the Editing Tools |
| | | Section 8.4. One-Click Fixups: The Enhance Button |
| | | Section 8.5. Cropping |
| | | Section 8.6. Painting Over Freckles, Scratches, and Hairs |
| | | Section 8.7. Red-Eye |
| | | Section 8.8. B & W, Sepia |
| | | Section 8.9. Rotate |
| | | Section 8.10. The Adjust Panel |
| | | Section 8.11. Introduction to the Histogram |
| | | Section 8.12. Exposure |
| | | Section 8.13. Adjusting the Levels |
| | | Section 8.14. Brightness and Contrast Sliders |
| | | Section 8.15. Color Balance |
| | | Section 8.16. Straightening |
| | | Section 8.17. Sharpening |
| | | Section 8.18. Beyond iPhoto |
| | | Section 8.19. Reverting to the Original |
| | | Section 8.20. Editing RAW Files |
| | | Chapter 9. The iPhoto Slideshow |
| | | Section 9.1. About Slideshows |
| | | Section 9.2. Option-Click Slideshows |
| | | Section 9.3. Instant Slideshows |
| | | Section 9.4. Saved Slideshows |
| | | Section 9.5. Control Over the Show |
| | | Section 9.6. Slideshows and iDVD |
| | | Chapter 10. Prints and Books |
| | | Section 10.1. Making Great Prints |
| | | Section 10.2. Printing from iPhoto |
| | | Section 10.3. Ordering Prints Online |
| | | Section 10.4. Publishing a Photo Book |
| | | Chapter 11. Photos Online and on Your Network |
| | | Section 11.1. Emailing Photos |
| | | Section 11.2. Publishing Photos on the Web |
| | | Section 11.3. Photo Sharing on the Network |
| | | Section 11.4. The QuickTime Slideshow |
| | | Section 11.5. Building a Custom Screen Saver |
| | | Section 11.6. One-Click Desktop Backdrop |
| | | Chapter 12. iPhoto File Management |
| | | Section 12.1. About iPhoto Discs |
| | | Section 12.2. iPhoto Backups |
| | | Section 12.3. Managing Photo Libraries |
| | | Section 12.4. Merging Photo Libraries |
| | | Section 12.5. Beyond iPhoto |
| | | Section 12.6. Exporting and Converting Pictures |
| | Part Three: iMovie |
| | | Chapter 13. Camcorder Meets Mac |
| | | Section 13.1. Meet Digital Video |
| | | Section 13.2. Connecting to FireWire |
| | | Section 13.3. Getting into iMovie |
| | | Section 13.4. Importing Camcorder Footage |
| | | Section 13.5. Managing Project Files |
| | | Section 13.6. Converting Older Projects |
| | | Section 13.7. How iMovie Organizes Its Files |
| | | Section 13.8. Magic iMovie |
| | | Section 13.9. Importing Footage from Non-DV Tapes |
| | | Chapter 14. Building the Movie |
| | | Section 14.1. Navigating Your Clips |
| | | Section 14.2. Undo, Revert, and Other Safety Nets |
| | | Section 14.3. The Project Trash |
| | | Section 14.4. Shortening Clips by Dragging |
| | | Section 14.5. Three Ways to Trim a Clip |
| | | Section 14.6. Splitting a Clip |
| | | Section 14.7. The Movie Track: Your Storyboard |
| | | Section 14.8. Tricks of the Timeline Viewer |
| | | Section 14.9. Playing the Movie Track |
| | | Section 14.10. Full-Screen Playback Mode |
| | | Chapter 15. Transitions and Effects |
| | | Section 15.1. About Transitions |
| | | Section 15.2. When Not to Use Transitions |
| | | Section 15.3. Creating a Transition |
| | | Section 15.4. Transitions: The iMovie Catalog |
| | | Section 15.5. The Effects Pane |
| | | Section 15.6. Effects: The iMovie Catalog |
| | | Section 15.7. Installing More Effects |
| | | Chapter 16. Titles, Captions, and Credits |
| | | Section 16.1. Setting Up a Title |
| | | Section 16.2. Inserting and Rendering a Title |
| | | Section 16.3. The iMovie Titles Catalog |
| | | Chapter 17. Narration, Music, and Sound |
| | | Section 17.1. The Two iMovie Soundtracks |
| | | Section 17.2. Audio Clips |
| | | Section 17.3. Recording Narration |
| | | Section 17.4. Importing iTunes Music |
| | | Section 17.5. CD Music |
| | | Section 17.6. Sound Effects |
| | | Section 17.7. Editing Audio Clips |
| | | Section 17.8. Overlaying Video over Sound |
| | | Section 17.9. Extracting Audio from Video |
| | | Chapter 18. Still Pictures and QuickTime Movies |
| | | Section 18.1. Importing Still Images |
| | | Section 18.2. The Dimensions of an iMovie Photo |
| | | Section 18.3. The Ken Burns Effect |
| | | Section 18.4. Still Images as Titles |
| | | Section 18.5. Creating Still Images from Footage |
| | | Section 18.6. Importing QuickTime Movies |
| | | Chapter 19. Finding Your Audience |
| | | Section 19.1. Why Export to Tape |
| | | Section 19.2. Transferring Footage to the Camcorder or VCR |
| | | Section 19.3. Exporting to a QuickTime Movie |
| | | Section 19.4. Posting Movies on the Web |
| | | Section 19.5. Movies on Your Phone |
| | Part Four: iDVD |
| | | Chapter 20. From iMovie to iDVD |
| | | Section 20.1. Why iDVD? |
| | | Section 20.2. What You're in For |
| | | Section 20.3. Phase 1: Insert Chapter Markers |
| | | Section 20.4. Phase 2: Hand Off to iDVD |
| | | Section 20.5. Phase 3: Design the Menu Screen |
| | | Section 20.6. Phase 4: Burning Your DVD |
| | | Section 20.7. OneStep DVDs |
| | | Chapter 21. iDVD Projects by Hand |
| | | Section 21.1. Building iDVDs |
| | | Section 21.2. Creating a New Project |
| | | Section 21.3. Adding Movies |
| | | Section 21.4. Submenus ("Folders") |
| | | Section 21.5. The DVD Mapand Autoplay |
| | | Section 21.6. DVD Slideshows |
| | | Chapter 22. Advanced iDVD |
| | | Section 22.1. Designing Your Own Themes |
| | | Section 22.2. Button Styles |
| | | Section 22.3. Editing and Positioning Text |
| | | Section 22.4. Changing Backgrounds |
| | | Section 22.5. Choosing Menu Audio |
| | | Section 22.6. Saving Favorites |
| | | Section 22.7. Buying Sound and Vision |
| | | Section 22.8. iDVDThe DVD-ROM Maker |
| | | Section 22.9. Archiving Your Project |
| | | Section 22.10. Disk Images and External DVD Burners |
| | | Section 22.11. Professional Duplicating |
| | Part Five: GarageBand |
| | | Chapter 23. Setting Up the Garage |
| | | Section 23.1. The Two GarageBand Challenges |
| | | Section 23.2. Opening GarageBand |
| | | Section 23.3. Playback |
| | | Section 23.4. Cycling (Looping) |
| | | Section 23.5. Navigating the Music |
| | | Section 23.6. Two Kinds of Music |
| | | Section 23.7. Tracks |
| | | Section 23.8. Muting and Soloing Tracks |
| | | Chapter 24. Loops |
| | | Section 24.1. Starting a New GarageBand Project |
| | | Section 24.2. The Loop Browser |
| | | Section 24.3. Placing a Loop |
| | | Section 24.4. More Loops |
| | | Chapter 25. Regions |
| | | Section 25.1. Selecting Regions |
| | | Section 25.2. Renaming Regions |
| | | Section 25.3. Dragging Regions |
| | | Section 25.4. The Grid |
| | | Section 25.5. Looping Regions |
| | | Section 25.6. Shortening Regions I |
| | | Section 25.7. Shortening Regions II |
| | | Section 25.8. Lengthening Regions |
| | | Section 25.9. Splitting Regions |
| | | Section 25.10. Joining Regions |
| | | Section 25.11. Copy and Paste |
| | | Section 25.12. Option-Drag |
| | | Section 25.13. Delete |
| | | Section 25.14. The Time Display |
| | | Chapter 26. Software Instruments (MIDI) |
| | | Section 26.1. How to Feed a Hungry GarageBand |
| | | Section 26.2. Your FREE! Onscreen Digital Piano |
| | | Section 26.3. The Mac Keyboard as Piano |
| | | Section 26.4. MIDI Synths and Controllers |
| | | Section 26.5. Recording a MIDI Track |
| | | Section 26.6. Retakes |
| | | Section 26.7. Spot Recording (Punch In/Punch Out) |
| | | Section 26.8. Cumulative Recording |
| | | Section 26.9. Mod Wheels and Other MIDI Fun |
| | | Section 26.10. Editing Software Instrument Parts |
| | | Section 26.11. Quantizing ("Align To" Button) |
| | | Section 26.12. Velocity, Pedaling, and Other MIDI Data |
| | | Chapter 27. Recording and Editing Live Audio |
| | | Section 27.1. The Setup |
| | | Section 27.2. Recording a Live Audio Track |
| | | Section 27.3. Editing Real Instrument Regions |
| | | Section 27.4. Enhance Timing, Enhance Tuning |
| | | Chapter 28. Effects, Guitar Amps, and Instrument Modules |
| | | Section 28.1. Instrument-Named Presets |
| | | Section 28.2. Save Instrument, Delete Instrument |
| | | Section 28.3. Effect Modules |
| | | Chapter 29. Mixing and Publishing |
| | | Section 29.1. Mixing Tracks |
| | | Section 29.2. The Master Track |
| | | Section 29.3. Publishing the Song |
| | Part Six: Troubleshooting |
| | | Chapter 30. Troubleshooting iTunes |
| | | Section 30.1. Rule 1: Get the Latest |
| | | Section 30.2. Rule 2: Back Up Your Library |
| | | Section 30.3. Store-Bought Songs Won't Play |
| | | Section 30.4. Playback Problems |
| | | Section 30.5. Files Missing in Action |
| | | Chapter 31. Troubleshooting iPhoto |
| | | Section 31.1. Importing and Opening |
| | | Section 31.2. Exporting |
| | | Section 31.3. Printing |
| | | Section 31.4. Editing |
| | | Section 31.5. General Questions |
| | | Chapter 32. Troubleshooting iMovie and iDVD |
| | | Section 32.1. Two Golden Rules |
| | | Section 32.2. General iMovie Troubleshooting |
| | | Section 32.3. Starting Up and Importing |
| | | Section 32.4. Title Trouble |
| | | Section 32.5. Photo Problems |
| | | Section 32.6. Problems Editing |
| | | Section 32.7. Exporting Troubles |
| | | Section 32.8. DVD Problems |
| | | Section 32.9. Project Corruption |
| | | Section 32.10. Problems with Sound |
| | | Section 32.11. Relinking Missing Files |
| | | Section 32.12. Where to Get Help Online |
| | | Chapter 33. Troubleshooting GarageBand |
| | | Section 33.1. The Speed Problem |
| | | Section 33.2. Set the Stage |
| | | Section 33.3. Trouble with Loops |
| | | Section 33.4. Mixing and Publishing Glitches |
| | Colophon |
| | Index |