Sometimes its the best stuff that gets left out of books on consumer applications. Not with the iMovie Project Book! This book delivers the cool stuff in a fun and engaging format. It jumps over the manual part of what's covered in most books to get right to tips, projects, and how to be productive. The book starts off with a chapter on the essentials and then gets into the captivating cool stuff. To grab readers' attention and direct them to valuable information the book has many entry points for the reader on each page, such as tips and notes. Fun, engaging, lively, and information-rich, this project book is designed for a new generation of learners who want to move past boring text heavy documentation and build knowledge effortlessly.

"All kinds of people are creating video for the web: bloggers, small business owners, web show hosts, and corporate marketing departments, to name just a few. How do the best videos get made and go viral? What secrets lie behind them? In Video Nation you'll learn everything you need to make great-looking video for YouTube, Facebook or your blog-from one of the top experts around!" -- Cover.

With Web 2.0 tools, students have creative options for book reports that go beyond the traditional plot summaries and dioramas. Teens can use digital storytelling tools to share information about their books and generate enthusiasm for reading. The author discusses a variety of options for creating book reports with digital tools, including using movie-making programs to create exciting book trailers, crafting multimedia slide shows, making original animations starring an avatar, and more. Projects fulfill numerous Common Core Standards, including determining a text’s theme and showing how it is conveyed through details, and incorporating multimedia components in presentations to clarify information.

Apple's video-editing program is better than ever, but it still doesn’t have a printed guide to help you get started. That's where this gorgeous, full-color book comes in. You get clear explanations of iMovie's impressive new features, like instant rendering, storyboarding, and one-step special effects. Experts David Pogue and Aaron Miller also give you a complete course in film editing and DVD design. Edit video like the pros. Import raw footage, add transitions, and use iMovie’s newly restored, intuitive timeline editor. Create stunning trailers. Design Hollywood-style "Coming Attractions!" previews for your movies. Share your film. Distribute your movie in a variety of places—on smartphones, Apple TV, your own site, and with one-click exports to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, CNN iReport, and MobileMe. Make DVDs. Design the menus, titles, and layout for your DVDs, and burn them to disc. This book covers version 9 of Apple's iMovie software.

This low-priced, handy guide is packed with practical guidance for people who want to jump in and start using the OS X Mountain Lion. Written by Jeff Carlson, this essential companion features snappy writing, eye-catching graphics, and a clean design to help readers get the most out of OS X Mountain Lion. Jeff guides readers through Apple's OS X Mountain Lion, showing you how to: Download, set up, and starting using Mountain Lion. Manage files with iCloud. Swipe, pinch, and scroll: Master Mountain Lion's Mult-Touch gestures. Install applications from the Mac App Store, and stay safe with Gatekeeper. Stay in touch: Enjoy video calls with family and friends with FaceTime and chat them up with Messages. Don't miss another email, calendar alert, or friend request with Notification Center. Show off your gaming skills through Game Center. In addition, Jeff offers plenty of tips and tricks for getting the most from Mountain Lion.

This low-priced, practical guide is packed with handy information for people who want to jump right in and start using OS X Mavericks. Author Jeff Carlson is like your smart techy neighbor, sitting at elbow guiding you through how to get the most out of Mavericks. Jeff will show you how to: Download, set up, and start using Mavericks Manage files with iCloud Swipe, pinch, and scroll: Master Mavericks' Mult-Touch gestures Install applications from the Mac App Store Stay in touch: Enjoy video call with family and friends with FaceTime and chat them up with Messages Don't miss another email or family event with Notifications Read your ebooks with iBooks In addition, Jeff offers plenty of tips and tricks for getting the most from Mavericks.

Welcome to this book of the Mon Mac & Moi collection dedicated to iMovie 11 ! In its new version, Apple proposes a more efficient and friendly application dedicated to the achievement and sharing of your movies while keeping the advantages which made its success: simplicity and immediacy. Whether you are a beginner or a longtime user, we propose to get more from your home movies or your holidays and friends memories. Throughout the pages of this book, you will learn how to manage a project from beginning to end: import from your camera, share on DVD or Facebook and embed images and add sound. You will also discover how to quickly and simply create exciting films through assisted editing functions such as themes, trailers or instant effects. You will also be able to control and enhance your film thanks to the many advanced tools and the new modes of audio editing available.

The Using series is not just a book; it is highly integrated with online video, audio, and additional bonus content that enables our authors to provide modern, best of class instruction to the beginning audience. Using books are designed to offer a solid and accessible introduction–both tutorial and reference-to a topic. The Using series is written in a succinct yet friendly manner and offers real-world advice and step by step tasks. Using iMovie ‘11 teaches you how to create Hollywood-level movies with ease. Beginning with tips on shooting your footage, to importing and organizing it, the authors then take the readers through all the steps of creating a finished movie, including editing, adding transitions, titles and special effects, making color corrections and video touchups, and adding and editing audio and sound effects. Then, after you have a completed movie, you'll learn how to share your movies with the world using iMovie's built in sharing features. In addition to the book's text, readers of Using iMovie '11 have unlimited access to exclusive media content including myriad videos and audio podcasts that show readers how to perform a task they just read about. These videos show readers an iMovie process (that is, trimming audio from a clip, adjusting your video's colors, and so on), so readers can see for themselves the process right on their screens–great if you're a visual learner. The podcasts also delve into additional subjects for the aspiring filmmaker, including tips on pre-production and how best to get your movie in front of your intended audience.

The Mac OS X Lion Pocket Guide is an indispensable quick reference guide that is packed with bite-sized chunks of practical information for people who want to jump in and start working and playing with OS X Lion. The attractive price and accessible content make this the perfect learning companion and reference guide. Written by Mac expert Jeff Carlson, this essential guide features snappy writing, eye-catching graphics, and an elegant design that walks readers through the most common OS X Lion tasks. The Mac OS X Lion Pocket Guide covers all of the key new features of OS X Lion including Multi-Touch Gestures, Launchpad, Mission Control, the App Store, Mail, and much more.