Chapter 6

Working with Multimedia

Multimedia is an important part of daily life. Something very unusual has been happening over the past few years. It used to be that still cameras gave you still photos and camcorders gave you video. Now still cameras also offer excellent video and camcorders can offer excellent still photos when that capability is available. With more access to both photos and video, many people now use their Macs to combine music with photos and video to create unique ways of communicating through multimedia.

Your Mac is a terrific multimedia device. You can watch a video, listen to music, organize your photos, and even combine some of these things, such as playing music while watching the video. You can work directly with ...

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