Apple iMovie 3 Tutorial

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"....and Action!"
Chapter Outline
Your First Project
After Filming
How to Connect your Camcorder to your Mac
Creating an iMovie Alias
Creating a New Project / Open Existing Projects
Setting Your Preferences
Scene Break Detection
Previewing your Video Tape
Import Video from the Camcorder
Import Various Types of Files
Importing Clips from another iMovie Project
Using the Help Menu
Your Video Project Revisited

The Editing Room - Working with Clips in Apple iMovie 3
Chapter Outline
About Video Clips - The Heart of your Project
The Timeline Described
The Scrubber Bar and the Playhead
Frames and Framerate
How to Select and Rename Clips
Project Review I
Cropping & Trimming Clips
Undo, Redo and Restore
Splitting Clips
Copying and Pasting Clips
Copy a Portion of a Clip
How to Change the Speed and Direction of a Clip
Making Stills from Video
Modifying the Duration of Still Clips
Storyboarding
The Trash Can

Working with Transitions
Chapter Outline
Project Review Number 2
Transitions Explained
Selecting a Transition
Transition Settings and Preferences
Addition of a Transition
Rendering in Apple iMovie 3 Explained
Troubleshooting Transition
Change and Delete Transitions
Add a Clip with Previous Transitions
Transition Tips & Tricks
Project Review Number 3

Working with Effects in Apple iMovie 3
Chapter Outline
Special Effects Overview
The Effects Pane Explained
Select Effects
Automatic Keyframing
Apply the Effect
Black and White to Colour
How to Distort your Image
Altering Picture and Colour
Mixing Effects:
• Overview
• Old Film
• Dreaming - Lesson 1
• Dreaming - Lesson 2

Working with Audio
Chapter Outline
The Importance of Audio
The Audio Panel and Timeline Explored
Selecting and Previewing Sound Effects
How to Apply Sound Effects
Audio Editing - Lesson 1
Audio Editing - Lesson 2
Splitting and Adjusting Audio
Moving / Muting / Deleting
Extracting Audio from Video Clips
Lock Audio in Place
Add Songs from a CD
Integration with iTunes 4 Overview
How to Record a Voice Over
Audio in a Paste Over
How to Expand the Sound Effects Library

Working with Titles
Chapter Outline
Titles - Intro
Title Pane
Speed and Pause
Fonts and QT Margins
Selecting Colours
Presenting Titles
Apply the Title
Tricky Placement Explained
Additional Lines and Text
Applying Changes to Titles
Photoshop Titles
Enhancing Your Titles

Integration with iDVD 3
Chapter Outline
Why It Works
The iDVD Pane Overview
Using Chapter Markers
Exporting to iDVD Explained

Exporting and Compressing in Apple iMovie 3
Chapter Outline
Exporting to Tape
Compressing to Various Formats - Lesson 1
Compressing to Various Formats - Lesson 2
iMovie to DVD Studio Pro & Final Cut Pro

Plug-ins
Chapter Outline
About Plug-ins
Using Plug-ins
Plug-ins Summary

VIDEO PROJECT "The Family Photo Montage"
Chapter Outline
Family Photo Montage Explained
Proper Organisation
Photos to iMovie
Integration with iPhoto 2
The Ken Burns Effect Described
Putting it Together - Lesson 1
Putting it Together - Lesson 2

VIDEO PROJECT "The Perfect Highlight Recap"
Chapter Outline
Highlighting Re Caps Explained
Preparation of the Clips
Transitions / Effects / Tips
Applying the Finishing Touch

Keeping it Going
New Projects - Important!
Project Ideas
The Next Level

Credits
Author Details