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Media Table of Contents

Media Table of Contents

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Chapter 1 Becoming Familiar with iMovie ’11 
 SHOW ME Media 1.1—Connecting an External Hard Drive to your Mac11 
 TELL ME MORE Media 1.2—The History of iMovie14 
 SHOW ME Media 1.3—A Tour of the iMovie Interface14 
 SHOW ME Media 1.4—Rearranging iMovie’s Interface18 
Chapter 2 Movie-Making Basics 
 TELL ME MORE Media 2.1—Other Mac Filmmaking Apps52 
 SHOW ME Media 2.2—Assembling a Storyboard with Animatics53 
 SHOW ME Media 2.3—Using Comment Markers to Label Your Storyboards55 
 SHOW ME Media 2.4—Replacing Animatics with Video Footage57 
Chapter 3 Importing and Managing Your Video 
 TELL ME MORE Media 3.1—Time Stamps in Video and iMovie62 
 TELL ME MORE Media 3.2—Image Stabilization and People in iMovie65 
 SHOW ME Media 3.3—Importing Video from a Digital Video Camera65 
 SHOW ME Media 3.4—Working in the Events Library72 
 SHOW ME Media 3.5—How to Mark Clips75 
Chapter 4 Editing and Assembling a Video 
 SHOW ME Media 4.1—Creating a New Project in iMovie79 
 SHOW ME Media 4.2—Define a Portion of a Video Clip82 
 SHOW ME Media 4.3—Add Video to an iMovie Project83 
 SHOW ME Media 4.4—Add a Transition to an iMovie Project87 
 SHOW ME Media 4.5—Using the Precision Editor90 
 SHOW ME Media 4.6—Create a Storyboard92 
 SHOW ME Media 4.7—Move Your Projects into Folders94 
Chapter 5 Video Touch-Ups 
 SHOW ME Media 5.1—Cropping Video102 
 SHOW ME Media 5.2—Ken Burns104 
 SHOW ME Media 5.3—Rotating Video106 
 TELL ME MORE Media 5.4—Using Your Camcorder’s Video Stabilization Features114 
 SHOW ME Media 5.5—Use the Histogram and Exposure, Brightness, and Contrast Sliders to Adjust Light Levels in Your Clips120 
 SHOW ME Media 5.6—Using iMovie’s Color Tools125 
Chapter 6 Video Effects 
 SHOW ME Media 6.1—Adding Inspector Video Clips131 
 SHOW ME Media 6.2—Using Jump Cuts134 
 SHOW ME Media 6.3—Using Fading Effects136 
 SHOW ME Media 6.4—Creating a Picture-in-Picture Effect139 
 TELL ME MORE Media 6.5—Fading in the Second Picture Gradually140 
Chapter 7 Adding to Your Movie: Titles, Maps, and Photos 
 SHOW ME Media 7.1—Adding a Map Animation147 
 SHOW ME Media 7.2—Edit Maps with the Ken Burns Effect150 
 TELL ME MORE Media 7.3—Fake a Location in a Map151 
 SHOW ME Media 7.4—Add Titles to Your iMovie Project153 
 SHOW ME Media 7.5—Add a Background to Your iMovie Project157 
 SHOW ME Media 7.6—Create Scrolling Credits160 
 SHOW ME Media 7.7—Add a Photo to an iMovie Project163 
 TELL ME MORE Media 7.8—Add Photos Without iPhoto164 
Chapter 8 Adding and Editing Audio and Sound Effects 
 SHOW ME Media 8.1—Customize the Music and Sound Effects Browser171 
 SHOW ME Media 8.2—Finding Music and Sound Effects in the Music and Sound Effects Browser174 
 SHOW ME Media 8.3—Add Music and Sound Effects to Your iMovie Project177 
 SHOW ME Media 8.4—Edit Audio Files with the Clip Trimmer and Inspector183 
 TELL ME MORE Media 8.5—Choosing a Mic185 
Chapter 9 Creating Movie Themes and Trailers 
 SHOW ME Media 8.6—Record a Voiceover Track187 
 SHOW ME Media 9.1—Creating a Themed Project191 
 SHOW ME Media 9.2—Changing Still Frames in a Theme Transition197 
 TELL ME MORE Media 9.3—Planning Movies Like the Pros210 
 SHOW ME Media 9.4—Creating a Movie Trailer211 
Chapter 10 Sharing Your Movies 
 TELL ME MORE Media 10.1—Ways Not to Share215 
 SHOW ME Media 10.2—Uploading a Video to Facebook221 
 SHOW ME Media 10.3—Transferring iMovie Projects to iTunes230 
 SHOW ME Media 10.4—Using the Media Browser to Share Your iMovie Videos232