| | The Missing Credits |
| | | About the Authors |
| | | About the Creative Team |
| | | Acknowledgments |
| | | The Missing Manual Series |
| | Introduction |
| | | Meet iMovie HD |
| | | What's New in iMovie HD |
| | | About This Book |
| | | The Very Basics |
| | Part I: Capturing DV Footage |
| | Chapter 1. The DV Camcorder |
| | | Section 1.1. Meet Digital Video |
| | | Section 1.2. Buying a DV Camcorder |
| | Chapter 2. Turning Home Video into Pro Video |
| | | Section 2.1. Film vs.Videotape |
| | | Section 2.2. Film-Technique Crash Course |
| | | Section 2.3. Get the Shot |
| | | Section 2.4. Replace the Microphone |
| | | Section 2.5. Limit Zooming and Panning |
| | | Section 2.6. Keep the Camera Steady |
| | | Section 2.7. Video Lighting: A Crash Course |
| | | Section 2.8. Keep It in Focus |
| | | Section 2.9. Video Composition: A Crash Course |
| | Chapter 3. Special Event Filming |
| | | Section 3.1. Interviews |
| | | Section 3.2. Music Videos |
| | | Section 3.3. Live Stage Performances |
| | | Section 3.4. Speeches |
| | | Section 3.5. Sports |
| | | Section 3.6. Photos and Old Movies |
| | | Section 3.7. Weddings |
| | | Section 3.8. Actual Scripted Films |
| | Part II: Editing in iMovie |
| | Chapter 4. Camcorder Meets Mac |
| | | Section 4.1. iMovie HD: The Application |
| | | Section 4.2. Connecting to FireWire |
| | | Section 4.3. Getting into iMovie |
| | | Section 4.4. Importing Camcorder Footage |
| | | Section 4.5. Four Special Cases: iSight, HDV, USB, and Live Recording |
| | | Section 4.6. Magic iMovie |
| | | Section 4.7. Managing Project Files |
| | | Section 4.8. Converting Older Projects |
| | | Section 4.9. How iMovie Organizes Its Files |
| | | Section 4.10. Importing Footage from Non-DV Tapes |
| | Chapter 5. Building the Movie |
| | | Section 5.1. Navigating Your Clips |
| | | Section 5.2. Undo, Revert, and Other Safety Nets |
| | | Section 5.3. The Project Trash |
| | | Section 5.4. Shortening Clips by Dragging |
| | | Section 5.5. Three Ways to Trim a Clip |
| | | Section 5.6. Splitting a Clip |
| | | Section 5.7. The Movie Track: Your Storyboard |
| | | Section 5.8. Tricks of the Timeline Viewer |
| | | Section 5.9. Playing the Movie Track |
| | | Section 5.10. Full-Screen Playback Mode |
| | Chapter 6. Transitions and Effects |
| | | Section 6.1. About Transitions |
| | | Section 6.2. When Not to Use Transitions |
| | | Section 6.3. Creating a Transition |
| | | Section 6.4. Transitions: The iMovie Catalog |
| | | Section 6.5. Downloading More Transition Choices |
| | | Section 6.6. The Effects Pane |
| | | Section 6.7. Effects: The iMovie Catalog |
| | | Section 6.8. Installing More Effects |
| | Chapter 7. Titles, Captions, and Credits |
| | | Section 7.1. Setting Up a Title |
| | | Section 7.2. Inserting and Rendering a Title |
| | | Section 7.3. The iMovie Titles Catalog |
| | Chapter 8. Narration, Music, and Sound |
| | | Section 8.1. The Two iMovie Soundtracks |
| | | Section 8.2. Audio Clips |
| | | Section 8.3. Recording Narration |
| | | Section 8.4. Importing iTunes Music |
| | | Section 8.5. CD Music |
| | | Section 8.6. Sound Effects |
| | | Section 8.7. Editing Audio Clips |
| | | Section 8.8. Overlaying Video over Sound |
| | | Section 8.9. Extracting Audio from Video |
| | Chapter 9. Still Pictures and QuickTime Movies |
| | | Section 9.1. Importing Still Images |
| | | Section 9.2. The Dimensions of an iMovie Photo |
| | | Section 9.3. The Ken Burns Effect |
| | | Section 9.4. Still Images as Titles |
| | | Section 9.5. Creating Still Images from Footage |
| | | Section 9.6. Importing QuickTime Movies |
| | Chapter 10. Professional Editing Techniques |
| | | Section 10.1. The Power of Editing |
| | | Section 10.2. Popular Editing Techniques |
| | Part III: Finding Your Audience |
| | Chapter 11. Back to the Camcorder |
| | | Section 11.1. Why Export to Tape |
| | | Section 11.2. Transferring Footage to the Camcorder or VCR |
| | | Section 11.3. Notes on DV Tapes |
| | Chapter 12. From iMovie to QuickTime |
| | | Section 12.1. Saving a QuickTime Movie |
| | | Section 12.2. Understanding QuickTime |
| | | Section 12.3. The Share Presets: What They Mean |
| | | Section 12.4. The Expert Settings |
| | | Section 12.5. The Video Codecs: A Catalog |
| | | Section 12.6. Burning QuickTime Movie CDs |
| | Chapter 13. Movies on the Web and On the Phone |
| | | Section 13.1. Make the Big Screen Tiny |
| | | Section 13.2. Posting to Your .Mac Account |
| | | Section 13.3. Posting a Movie on Your Own Web Site |
| | | Section 13.4. Optimizing Online Movies |
| | | Section 13.5. Movies on Your Phone |
| | Chapter 14. QuickTime Player |
| | | Section 14.1. QuickTime Player (Free Version) |
| | | Section 14.2. QuickTime Player Pro |
| | | Section 14.3. Advanced QuickTime Pro: Track Tricks |
| | Part IV: iDVD 5 |
| | Chapter 15. From iMovie to iDVD |
| | | Section 15.1. Why iDVD? |
| | | Section 15.2. What You're in For |
| | | Section 15.3. Phase 1: Prepare Your Video |
| | | Section 15.4. Phase 2: Insert Chapter Markers |
| | | Section 15.5. Phase 3: Hand Off to iDVD |
| | | Section 15.6. Phase 4: Design the Menu Screen |
| | | Section 15.7. Phase 5: Burning Your DVD |
| | | Section 15.8. OneStep DVDs |
| | Chapter 16. iDVD Projects by Hand |
| | | Section 16.1. Building iDVDs |
| | | Section 16.2. Creating a New Project |
| | | Section 16.3. Adding Movies |
| | | Section 16.4. Submenus ("Folders") |
| | | Section 16.5. The DVD Mapand Autoplay |
| | | Section 16.6. DVD Slideshows |
| | Chapter 17. Designing iDVD Themes |
| | | Section 17.1. iDVD's Built-in Themes |
| | | Section 17.2. Button Styles |
| | | Section 17.3. Editing and Positioning Text |
| | | Section 17.4. Changing Backgrounds |
| | | Section 17.5. Choosing Menu Audio |
| | | Section 17.6. Saving Favorites |
| | | Section 17.7. Buying Sound and Vision |
| | Chapter 18. iDVD Secrets |
| | | Section 18.1. iDVDThe DVD-ROM Maker |
| | | Section 18.2. Project Info |
| | | Section 18.3. Uncover Your DVD Project File |
| | | Section 18.4. AppleScripting iDVD |
| | | Section 18.5. Modifying iDVD Itself |
| | | Section 18.6. Archiving Your Project |
| | | Section 18.7. Disk Images and External DVD Burners |
| | | Section 18.8. Professional Duplicating |
| | Part V: Appendixes |
| | Chapter A. iMovie HD, Menu by Menu |
| | | Section A.1. iMovie Menu |
| | | Section A.2. File Menu |
| | | Section A.3. Edit Menu |
| | | Section A.4. View Menu |
| | | Section A.5. Markers Menu |
| | | Section A.6. Advanced Menu |
| | | Section A.7. Window Menu |
| | | Section A.8. Help Menu |
| | Chapter B. Troubleshooting |
| | | Section B.1. Two Golden Rules |
| | | Section B.2. General iMovie Troubleshooting |
| | | Section B.3. Starting Up and Importing |
| | | Section B.4. Title Trouble |
| | | Section B.5. Photo Problems |
| | | Section B.6. Problems Editing |
| | | Section B.7. Exporting Troubles |
| | | Section B.8. DVD Problems |
| | | Section B.9. Project Corruption |
| | | Section B.10. Problems with Sound |
| | | Section B.11. Where to Get Help Online |
| | Chapter C. Master Keyboard Shortcut List |
| | | Section C.1. Navigation |
| | | Section C.2. Timeline Viewer Editing |
| | | Section C.3. Titles, Effects, Transitions |
| | | Section C.4. Trash |
| | | Section C.5. Project Files |
| | | Section C.6. Clips Pane |
| | | Section C.7. Still Photos |
| | | Section C.8. General Editing |
| | | Section C.9. Audio Editing |
| | | Section C.10. General iMovie Functions |
| | Colophon |
| | Index |