iMovie 08 and iDVD 08 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide [Paperback]

Jeff Carlson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 8, 2007 | ISBN-10: 032150187X | ISBN-13: 978-0321501875 | Edition: 1

Visual QuickStart Guide—the quick and easy way to learn!

This full-color, amply illustrated, accessible book teaches readers the essential skills necessary for creating compelling movies with iMovie and iDVD, Apple's consumer-friendly digital movie and DVD-burning software applications. Readers can follow the step-by-step instructions from the beginning to get a tour of the applications or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. Longtime Macintosh and technology writer Jeff Carlson takes extra steps to ensure that readers understand all of the key aspects of digital movie making.

• Easy visual approach uses pictures to guide you through iMovie and iDVD (and how they interact with the other iLife ’08 applications) and show you what to do.
• Concise steps and explanations let you get up and running in no time.
• Page for page, the best content and value around.
• Companion Web site at www.jeffcarlson.com/imovievqs offers links mentioned in the book, sample movies, and ongoing news and information about iMovie, iDVD, and video editing.
  

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About the Author

Jeff Carlson divides his time between his Seattle design company, Never Enough Coffee Creations (www.necoffee.com), and writing for publications such as Macworld and HOW magazines. He is the author of both editions of Making a Movie with iMovie and iDVD: Visual QuickProject Guide, and he wrote all of the previous editions of this book. Jeff is also managing editor of TidBITS (www.tidbits.com), the weekly electronic newsletter on Mac technology, and is the Mac co-columnist for the Seattle Times.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1 edition (December 8, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 032150187X
• ISBN-13: 978-0321501875
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #253,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #7 in Books > Computers & Technology > Apple > iMovie + iDVD

More About the Author

I'm a freelance writer and designer. I've authored and edited a number of best-selling books about video editing, Web design, the Mac, and Palm devices. I'm a columnist for The Seattle Times, contribute regularly to magazines such as Macworld, HOW Magazine, and Photoshop Elements Techniques. The closest thing I have to a real job is Managing Editor of TidBITS.

See my personal weblog at http://www.jeffcarlson.com/, and my iMovie/video editing weblog at http://www.jeffcarlson.com/imovievqs/. More information about my work and current projects can be found at http://www.necoffee.com/.

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough intro guide for making movies, DVDs, February 28, 2008

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Glenn I. Fleishman "unsolicited pundit" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iMovie 08 and iDVD 08 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide (Paperback)

Apple overhauled iMovie for its "2008" release (actually revealed in 2007), and Jeff Carlson did the same for his book. I found iMovie '08 rather mystifying at first, because of how differently the program handles tasks that I've been using iMovie to handle for years. But Jeff's book helped me sort it out.

iMovie '08 also doesn't play very nicely with iDVD '08, and Jeff's book provides the necessary missing information (Apple left it out) for better using the two programs together. (iMovie '08 is really oriented towards YouTube and online, not burning DVDs.)

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent guide to getting started with iMovie, February 28, 2008

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Adam C. Engst "TidBITS/Take Control publisher" (Ithaca, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iMovie 08 and iDVD 08 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide (Paperback)

I do almost no video editing, but when I had to dive into iMovie recently, Jeff's book was a big help. The Visual QuickStart Guide approach of explaining a single task per page, with steps accompanied by screenshots, was just what I needed to import a movie taken from my digital camera, superimpose a title, add some scrolling credits at the end, and publish it to my .Mac Web Gallery. Sure, that may sound like simple stuff, but when you've never used a program before, it's helpful to have explanations of what to drag where. The only problem now is that I saw instructions for doing all sorts of other cool things in the book that I'd love to try, but there are absolutely no instructions for finding more time in the day to play with iMovie.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars iMovie 08 & iDVD 08, August 25, 2008

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Jimmy D. "Jimmy" (Fresno, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iMovie 08 and iDVD 08 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide (Paperback)

I have used this series of books for a long time and they are excellent. This book is easy to follow and has a good deal of diagrams and pictures to help you learn both of these excellent applications. I have used this book with people new to iMovie & iDVD and those with a lot of experiences. I highly recommend it.