Product Description

Bursting with new features, Apple's iMovie '09 is vastly more usable and complete than iMovie '08 - amazing right out of the box. But the box doesn't include a good user's guide, so learning these applications is another matter. "iMovie '09 and iDVD: The Missing Manual" gets you up-to speed on everything you need to turn raw digital footage into highly creative video projects. You get crystal-clear, jargon-free explanations of iMovie's new video effects, slow & fast motion, advanced drag & drop, video stabilization, and more. Author and "New York Times" tech columnist David Pogue uses an objective lens to scrutinize every step of process, including how to: organize your videos just like your photos, and precisely edit with ease; work on multiple iMovie projects at once and drag & drop clips among them; integrate with other iLife programs to use songs, photos, and an original sound track; output your creation to a blog, its own web page, or as a video podcast with iWeb; and understand basic film techniques to improve the quality of the video you bring to iMovie. From choosing and using a digital camcorder to burning the finished work onto DVDs, posting it online, or creating versions for iPod and iPhone, "iMovie '09 & iDVD: The Missing Manual" helps you zoom right in on the details.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14281 in Books
• Published on: 2009-07-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 463 pages

About the Author
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. With 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the "for Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music); in 1999, he launched his own series of complete, funny computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 30 titles.

David and his wife Jennifer Pogue, MD, live in Connecticut with their three young children. His web site is www.davidpogue.com.

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" (www.unlockingimovie.com), his own little way of trying to make the Mac world a better place. If he's not at his computer, he's probably playing Ultimate Frisbee or "tickle monster" with his kids.

Customer Reviews

David Pogue strikes again
Another of the many tomes from Mr Pogue. I have followed his works for many years, so had an idea what I was in for.

A bit of a heavy read, but nice to see the introduction of colour which is so important when discussing movies.

Thorough index that quickly gets you to that part of the book you need for an answer.

Not something to read from cover to cover, unless you have a lot of spare time. Better to start your project, then find the solution to a problem as it arises by reference to the Missing Manual.

Another Hit Missing Manual
iMovie '09 and iDVD: The Missing Manual

Using this Manual shows that there is a lot more under the bonnet of these Apple programs than you can discover from using the built in Help menu. It is almost worth paying just for the clear advice on camcorders, video formats and codecs. It's also a very easy read.