Bursting with new features, Apple's iMovie '09 is vastly more usable and complete than iMovie '08 -- amazing right out of the box. But the box doesn't include a good user's guide, so learning these applications is another matter. iMovie '09 and iDVD: The Missing Manual gets you up to speed on everything you need to turn raw digital footage into highly creative video projects. You get crystal-clear, jargon-free explanations of iMovie's new video effects, slow & fast motion, advanced drag & drop, video stabilization, and more. Author and New York Times tech columnist David Pogue uses an objective lens to scrutinize every step of process, including how to:

• Organize your videos just like your photos, and precisely edit with ease

• Work on multiple iMovie projects at once and drag & drop clips among them

• Integrate with other iLife programs to use songs, photos, and an original sound track

• Output your creation to a blog, its own web page, or as a video podcast with iWeb

• Understand basic film techniques to improve the quality of the video you bring to iMovie

From choosing and using a digital camcorder to burning the finished work onto DVDs, posting it online, or creating versions for iPod and iPhone, iMovie '09 & iDVD: The Missing Manual helps you zoom right in on the details.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 18 Ratings

Clear and comprehensive - 2009-08-31
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I'm about halfway through this book so far, and have found it to be excellent. It's quite clear and readable, even though some of the advanced features are fairly complex. It also seems to be comprehensive, covering all the myriad details. Finally, it is well organized. This is challenging, an art and a science. There are some "by the way" tips that are introduced at a useful time, even though you wouldn't know to look for them there. I'm looking forward the Missing Manual for Snow Leopard.

Another Winner! - 2009-10-22
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Great job on this new Missing Manual. It's a huge help for anyone moving from iMovie 6 to iMovie 9 with it's very new, much more mainstream approach to video editing. As usual with the Missing Manual series, this book saved me hours of trial and error learning and let me start editing footage right away.

A must...!! - 2009-10-09
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If you're trying to enter into the imovie 09 world, this book indeed is the best way helping you do it fast and easy.
Everything is clear and very well explained.. And tips that you certainly won't find on any apple web page..
For all this, I recommend this book.

helpful - 2009-11-16
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I can generally figure out the ins and outs of software without manuals. But this book helped me pick up finer points I would have missed.

Great resource - 2009-10-28
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This is an excellent resource to learn iMovie 09. I have gone through it a couple of times and found so many tricks for making great home movies. I was blown away by what iMovie 09 can do. Perhaps my expectations were too low, but for much less than $100 (for iLife 09) you are able to make some really nice home movies and distribute them in many different ways. This book has a nice flow and introduces various movie and iMovie concepts easily and comfortably. I suggest it.

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