Meet iMovie HD


iMovie is video-editing software. Over a special wire (a FireWire cable), iMovie grabs a copy of the raw footage from your digital camcorder. Then it lets you edit this video easily, quickly, and creatively.

iMovie is the world's least expensive version of what the Hollywood pros call nonlinear editing software for video, just like its much more powerful (and much more complex) rivals, like Final Cut Express ($300), Final Cut Pro ($1, 000), and Avid editing suites ($100,000). The "nonlinear" part is that not tape is involved while you're editing. There's no rewinding or fast-forwarding; you jump instantly to any piece of footage as you put your movie together.

Your interest in video may be inspired by any number of ambitions. Maybe you want to create professional looking shows for your local cable station's public-access channel. Or you aspire to create the next Blair Witch Project (which was created by nonprofessionals using a camcorder and nonlinear editing software) or the next Tarnation, an iMovie project that was a hit at the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals.

On the other hand, maybe all you want to do is make better home moviesmuch, much better home movies. Either way, iMovie can accommodate you.

The world of video is exploding. People are giving each other tapes and DVDs instead of greeting cards. People are watching each other via video on their Web sites. People are quitting their daily-grind jobs to become videographers for hire, making money filming weddings and creating living video scrapbooks. Video, in other words, is fast becoming a new standard document format for the new century.

If you have iMovie and a camcorder, you'll be ready.



iMovie HD & iDVD 5. The Missing Manual
iMovie HD & iDVD 5: The Missing Manual
ISBN: 0596100337
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 209
Authors: David Pogue

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