Product Description

"This is an outstanding book for those who want to move beyond iMovie′s easy, built–in effects, and learn techniques to give your videos a more professional look."
––MyMac.com Book Reviewer David Weeks

Create Thousand–Dollar Video Effects with iMovie and QuickTime Pro

You can do more with iMovie than you might think. You don′t have to trade up to Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere to build stylish and exciting videos. iMovie 3 Solutions brings high–end visual effects to the iMovie community with easy–to–follow projects, step–by–step instructions, and companion sample videos. Whether you′re a hobbyist, a budding producer, or a dedicated video prosumer, iMovie 3 Solutions will help you create unique and breathtaking videos on a budget.

Inside, noted author Erica Sadun shows you the ins and outs of iMovie video tricks, including:
∗ Adding logos and watermarks to your movies
∗ Producing exciting picture–in–picture effects
∗ Creating larger and more dynamic title sequences
∗ Combining animated elements with your iMovie footage
∗ Designing interactive QuickTime skins that surround your iMovie videos
∗ Converting your PowerPoint presentations into iMovie form
∗ Authoring captions and subtitles for your movies
∗ Building your own iMovie plug–ins
∗ And more!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1479789 in Books
• Published on: 2003-07-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

From the Back Cover
"This is an outstanding book for those who want to move beyond iMovie′s easy, built–in effects, and learn techniques to give your videos a more professional look."
––MyMac.com Book Reviewer David Weeks

Create Thousand–Dollar Video Effects with iMovie and QuickTime Pro

You can do more with iMovie than you might think. You don′t have to trade up to Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere to build stylish and exciting videos. iMovie 3 Solutions brings high–end visual effects to the iMovie community with easy–to–follow projects, step–by–step instructions, and companion sample videos. Whether you′re a hobbyist, a budding producer, or a dedicated video prosumer, iMovie 3 Solutions will help you create unique and breathtaking videos on a budget.

Inside, noted author Erica Sadun shows you the ins and outs of iMovie video tricks, including:

• Adding logos and watermarks to your movies
• Producing exciting picture–in–picture effects
• Creating larger and more dynamic title sequences
• Combining animated elements with your iMovie footage
• Designing interactive QuickTime skins that surround your iMovie videos
• Converting your PowerPoint presentations into iMovie form
• Authoring captions and subtitles for your movies
• Building your own iMovie plug–ins
• And more!

About the Author
Erica Sadun holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech’s Graphics, Visualization, & Usability center. She is the author of Digital Video Essentials: Shoot, Transfer, Edit, Share and Digital Photography Essentials: Point, Shoot, Enhance, Share. Her book iMovie 2 Solutions: Tips, Tricks, and Special Effects won an Excellence in Education and Instruction award at the 32nd Annual Bookbuilders West Book Show.

Customer Reviews

Essential Companion to iMovie 3
As Erica says "iMovie can do a lot more than you might ever expect from a free product"
Having spent a lifetime editing film and then video by the traditional methods I found computer editing with iMovie both a revelation and a revolution. You can use it as an easy way to put together family and holiday videos but as this book shows it has hidden power to allow you to make high quality productions.

Written in a clear and authoritative but friendly style it provides step by step guides to accomplish a wide range of visual and audio effects. The author comes up with a set of solutions based on her own practical experience. This is a hands on book written by someone who enjoys the challenge of pushing iMovie to the limits.

You can read it cover to cover and be impressed by the attractive layout and use of colour but keep it within reach of the Mac ready to provide the answer for any new effect you want to create not only with iMovie but also with Quicktime. As a generous extra there is a disc full of plug ins and other helpful software - some of it written specially by the author and not available elsewhere.

Erica's first book about iMovie helped me rescue a major project which had refused to open from the hard disc and the this one has a wealth of new material on how to exploit the added features in iMovie 3 and solve some of the issues it raises. If you use the software this book is essential to fully exploit iMovie 3