Book description
Make the most of your iLife with this full-color guide to Apple's exciting new digital lifestyle suite
Every Mac computer comes preloaded with iLife, which consists of iPhoto, iWeb, iMovie, iDVD, and GarageBand. With iLife, you can turn a home movie into an Oscar-worthy film, compose and record original music, create Web sites and blogs, and do so much more. Full-color throughout, this book captures the essence of iLife and gets you up to speed on all the new features of the latest release.
Packed with helpful examples, straightforward tasks, and step-by-step instructions, Teach Yourself VISUALLY iLife '09 encourages you to learn each application within iLife '09 at your own pace. You'll discover how to organize, manage, and share your digital content like never before.
iLife allows you to do more with your movies, music, and photos than ever before, and this introduction walks you through all the essentials of this digital lifestyle suite
Enhance, edit, and present images using iPhoto; create and update a Web site in no time with iWeb; record, edit, and arrange songs with GarageBand
Full-color screen shots, easy-to-follow instructions, and helpful examples serve to get you started using each application immediately
Whether you're looking to organize and share photos, edit and enhance home movies, or record music using software instruments, this useful book is an ideal introduction to iLife '09.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Praise for Visual Books
- Credits
- About the Author
- Author's Acknowledgments
- How to use this book
- I. Introducing iLife '09
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II. Working with iPhoto '09
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3. Importing and Viewing Photos
- 3.1. Understanding the iPhoto Workspace
- 3.2. Import Photos from a Camera
- 3.3. Import Photos from Your Computer
- 3.4. Import Photos from the Web
- 3.5. Magnify a Photo
- 3.6. View Photo Information
- 3.7. Change the Title and Description of a Photo
- 3.8. Change the Date and Time of a Photo
- 3.9. Change Settings for a Batch of Photos
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4. Organizing Photos
- 4.1. Manage Events
- 4.2. Create a New Event
- 4.3. Name a Face
- 4.4. Manage Faces
- 4.5. Map Photos to a Place
- 4.6. View Photo Places
- 4.7. Create an Album
- 4.8. Create a Smart Album
- 4.9. Add a Keyword to a Photo
- 4.10. Rate a Photo
- 4.11. Flag a Photo
- 4.12. Find Photos
- 4.13. Hide and Unhide Photos
- 4.14. Delete a Photo
- 5. Editing Photos
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6. Sharing Photos
- 6.1. Print a Photo
- 6.2. Share by E-mail
- 6.3. Create a MobileMe Gallery
- 6.4. Share with Facebook
- 6.5. Share with Flickr
- 6.6. Create an Instant Slideshow
- 6.7. Create a Slideshow Project
- 6.8. Create a Book
- 6.9. Create a Travel Map in a Book
- 6.10. Create a Calendar
- 6.11. Export Photos
- 6.12. Burn to a Disc
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3. Importing and Viewing Photos
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III. Working with iMovie '09
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7. Importing and Organizing Movies
- 7.1. Understanding the iMovie Workspace
- 7.2. Get Video to Use in iMovie
- 7.3. Import Video from a Tape-based Camcorder
- 7.4. Import Video from a Memory-based Camcorder
- 7.5. Import Video from Your Computer
- 7.6. View a Clip
- 7.7. View a Clip at Full Screen
- 7.8. Mark a Clip as a Favorite
- 7.9. Reject a Clip
- 7.10. Show Different Types of Clips
- 7.11. Delete a Clip
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8. Editing Movies
- 8.1. Create a Project
- 8.2. Add a Clip to a Project
- 8.3. Rearrange Clips in a Project
- 8.4. Trim a Clip in a Project
- 8.5. Insert a Clip
- 8.6. Split a Clip
- 8.7. Find the Source of Clip
- 8.8. Add a Transition Between Clips
- 8.9. Edit a Transition
- 8.10. Use the Precision Editor
- 8.11. Crop a Clip
- 8.12. Rotate a Clip
- 8.13. Add a Title
- 8.14. Edit a Title
- 8.15. Add Closing Credits
- 8.16. Add a Still Photo
- 8.17. Adjust the Ken Burns Effect
- 9. Adding Audio to Movies
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10. Adding Special Effects to Movies
- 10.1. Add a Video Effect to a Clip
- 10.2. Adjust Color and Lighting in a Clip
- 10.3. Adjust the Speed of a Clip
- 10.4. Reverse a Clip
- 10.5. Stabilize a Clip
- 10.6. Apply a Theme to a Project
- 10.7. Add a Picture-In-Picture Effect
- 10.8. Add an Animated Travel Map
- 10.9. Add a Green-Screen Effect
- 10.10. Organize Clips Using Keywords
- 11. Sharing a Movie
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7. Importing and Organizing Movies
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IV. Working with GarageBand '09
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12. Editing and Mixing Music
- 12.1. Understanding the GarageBand Workspace
- 12.2. Create a New Project
- 12.3. Browse for and Preview Loops
- 12.4. Add a Loop to the Timeline
- 12.5. Repeat a Region
- 12.6. Split or Join Regions
- 12.7. Create an Arrange Region
- 12.8. Edit Using Arrange Regions
- 12.9. Play a Project
- 12.10. Change the Volume
- 12.11. Mute Tracks
- 12.12. Adjust the Pitch
- 12.13. Edit Musical Notes
- 12.14. Add an Effect
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13. Recording Music
- 13.1. Create a Magic GarageBand Song
- 13.2. Set Up an Electric Guitar Track
- 13.3. Customize an Amp
- 13.4. Arrange Stompboxes
- 13.5. Set Up a Real Instrument Track
- 13.6. Set Up a Software Instrument Track
- 13.7. Play Music with a Computer Keyboard
- 13.8. Record an Instrument
- 13.9. Set the Metronome
- 13.10. Record Multiple Takes
- 14. Sharing Music
- 15. Learning to Play Music
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12. Editing and Mixing Music
- V. Working with iWeb '09
- VI. Working with iDVD
Product information
- Title: Teach Yourself VISUALLY™ iLife® '09
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2009
- Publisher(s): Visual
- ISBN: 9780470508398
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