iMovie 2 for Dummies
by Todd Stauffer
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Author: Todd StaufferEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-02-15
ISBN: 0764507486
Number of pages: 358
Publisher: For Dummies
Book Reviews of iMovie 2 for Dummies
Book Review: I like it
Summary: 4 Stars
I like the way the book is written and it's style. It is informative and comprehensive and details the commands and all the operation from installation to making your movies. Covers all the features and much more including getting edtra plugins, movie management, memory issues and much more. The only part I though confusing is the wording in the section on cropping your movie. Very misleading these operations don't seem to , in part , work the way the books says. While the book has good instructions and visuals, I wished it would have included more screen shots and possibly highlight the commands it mentions in the visuals through arrows or something. I also wished the book covered about doing and creating movies longer then a few minutes. It covers movies but does not say anything about movies of any length other then more you make the nmore room it takes up. I like it . If you have imovie you will find it useful.
Summary of iMovie 2 for Dummies
For the first time, making and editing your own movies is as easy as plugging in your camera, turning on your iMac and double-clicking the iMovie icon. What the iMac did for Internet access iMovie will do for video editing. iMovie for Dummies not only shows you the ins and outs of using iMovie, it also shows you the techniques and tricks to making professional-looking video. Storyboards, effects, titles, sound, music, manipulating tracks -- these authors cover it all in an engaging and entertaining fashion that will make learning to make movies as much fun as watching them!Editing videotape, once upon a time, was outside the range of what home movie buffs could hope to do. Short of buying expensive equipment, your only choice was to queue tape in your camcorder as you recorded segments on a VCR in the sequence you wanted. Now that iMovie 2 is around, Macintosh users have a much better option. iMovie 2 for Dummies explains how late-model Mac, iMac, and iBook computer users can download video from their camcorders to their computers via a FireWire multimedia link, then edit the raw footage for remarkably professional results. Todd Stauffer is a longtime Mac writer, and, in this book, he communicates the fun of making movies on the Mac.
As you would expect, iMovie 2 for Dummies does a super job of explaining how to accomplish tasks in the iMovie 2 environment--look for precise directions on adding titles, overlaying narration, chopping up audio clips, and doing all the other technical work associated with assembling a movie. The Dummies format emphasizes text descriptions of what to do over the illustrations in the Visual QuickStart Guide series--both approaches are effective. Experienced moviemakers will appreciate the discussion of the iMovie interface; novices will like the ideas about how to make movies more appealing and technically clean. --David Wall
Topics covered:
- The iMovie 2 editing program for digital video on computers running Mac OS
- Importing video
- Editing
- Transitions
- Audio
- Special effects
- Video exports
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