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Making and Sharing Movies

In This Chapter

▶ Introducing iMovie

▶ Finding your way around the iMovie interface

▶ Planning your movie

▶ Finding what’s where in iDVD

▶ Implementing your plan

Movie and iDVD, parts of the iLife ’09 suite (which includes iTunes, iPhoto,

iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, and iWeb), form the digital video spoke of

Apple’s so-called “Digital Hub.” iLife is bundled with new Macintosh comput-

ers and available separately for a $79 list price. iDVD is unchanged from the

very mature version shipped in iLife ’08 (other than a couple of minor

updates). iMovie, on the other hand, has dozens of new fea-

tures, a few of which are the new Precision Editor; chapter,

comment, and beat markers; and themes.

This chapter details the steps along the way that

brought iMovie and iDVD to their current incarna-

tions. You also get a brief tour of the iMovie and

iDVD Workspaces. Additionally, we cover topics

you should keep in mind when planning and creat-

ing your movies so that you can achieve the best

end result.

Getting to iLife ‘09

In 1999, Apple introduced the iMac DV (Digital Video), the

first consumer computer to come with a FireWire port as

standard equipment. To demonstrate FireWire’s speed and capability,

the iMac DV included a new application named iMovie. iMovie was a

groundbreaking introduction of home video editing to the masses (or, as

Apple prefers to say, “the rest of us”), geared to use the early generation of

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1Making and Sharing MoviesIn This Chapter▶ Introducing iMovie▶ Finding your way around the iMovie interface▶ Planning your movie▶ Finding what’s where

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16Part I: Pre-Production and Getting Started Checking Out iDVD Although we now have many different venues and methods for sharing our videos, we’re

Page 3 - Of formats and frame rates

17 Chapter 1: Making and Sharing MoviesThe Create a New Project button does just what the name suggests. Click it and you’re presented with the Create

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18Part I: Pre-Production and Getting Started Figure 1-8: Introducing the iDVD project window. Clicking Buttons enables you to specify how you want you

Page 5 - Presenting

19 Chapter 1: Making and Sharing MoviesSelecting Media allows you to specify content for use on your DVD, either as part of the menu structure or the

Page 6 - Your iMovie

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Page 7 - Exploring the Event Library

8Part I: Pre-Production and Getting Started MiniDV-tape based camcorders from companies like Sony, Canon, and JVC. All of these companies agreed on Fi

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9 Chapter 1: Making and Sharing MoviesOrganization includes having your camera and microphone, if you have an external microphone, positioned to catch

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10Part I: Pre-Production and Getting Started Understanding the Movie-Making ProcessOversimplifying the subject tremendously, movies fall into one of t

Page 10 - Checking Out iDVD

11 Chapter 1: Making and Sharing Moviesyou choose Help➪Welcome to iMovie. The tutorials are useful and exhibit the quality and attention to detail tha

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12Part I: Pre-Production and Getting Started Figure 1-2: Your iMovie Workspace. Play Project from begingingFull ScreenShow Camera Import windowViewerS

Page 12 - Introducing

13 Chapter 1: Making and Sharing MoviesFigure 1-3: Now or later for iPhoto video thumbnails? In this example, we told iMovie to process the iPhoto v

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14Part I: Pre-Production and Getting Started Figure 1-4: The Events Library with an event selected. Show/Hide Events listAction drop-down menu buttonF

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15 Chapter 1: Making and Sharing MoviesIf you have the controls showing in full-screen mode, you can scrub across the thumbnails to determine what’s v

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