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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.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly Media; 1st edition (May 10, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 540 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1449393276
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1449393274
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.03 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.93 x 9.19 inches
Reviewer: Chris Phillips
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good value for money
Review: I haven't actually finished reading this "missing manual" yet because it is so comprehensive and takes time to absorb all the material. So far I have found it excellent as it explains a great deal more than other manuals I have purchased which seem to either make assumptions that you know what they are talking about, or don't even include some of the functions built into iMovie. I can only use an analogy of learning to drive. It helps a great deal to know what the engine and gear box actually do and why, rather than just learning to move a few levers. It starts with the basics and explains different formats and cameras and continues through to co-ordination with other Apple apps such as iTunes and iDVD. It is certainly a far more comprehensive step-by-step instruction than I have previously come across as I wanted to learn everything that iMovie was capable of. I feel that I have now found what I have been looking for. It also has a good index, short cut lists, trouble shooting etc. As far as I am concerned it is the manual that should come "in the box" and Missing Manual is a great description.

Reviewer: Eric A. Foster
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good manual for me!
Review: As with all my experience with the missing manual series the explanations are clear seemingly comprehensive and helpful. This is a considerable achievement with a complex application which drives a complex process, (movie making). My approach is simply to find out how to do what I want. The book starts with the process of downloading your movie from camera/videorecorder, then logically proceeds through each step to achieve a final edited movie with with or without added soundtrack. However, if you want a specific question answered as I do, the first starting point will be the Contents in order to get an idea of the authors approach to the topic and the scope of the book. Then I shall look at the Index under one or two key words, (sound editing, audio editing), in my case. Then I shall read the appropriate pages of the book. I may read back a chapter or forwards a chapter. In either way the book is capable of disclosing its information with either approach. I recommend the book to a beginner or anyone simply wanting to use the imovie application.

Reviewer: Ben
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Book.
Review: Fantastic book. Very well written and organized. I had spent a few weeks trying to figure out iMovie & iDVD on my own. It was nearly impossible. I knew Mac software was designed to work like the human mind naturally thinks... but my mind has spent the last 15 years figuring out how to "think" like a Windows interface, so nothing I tired was working....Then I purchased this book.Within the first 15 minutes I figured out how to do things I couldn't figure out on my own. Within a week and a half, I had my entire 64 minute video edited to finished form (complete with several scenes filmed on green screen) and burnt to DVDs with custom menus. I never would have figured out how to do that without this book.I didn't even read this book cover to cover, I just used the well organized index to get the instructions for the tasks I was working on. I can't even imagine what else this book is going to teach me over the next few months.If you are trying to figure out iMovie '11 & iDVD but can't seem to make heads or tails of it... This book is your solution.

Reviewer: J. W.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent Learning Guide
Review: Yes, Apple makes some great products. The Imac that I purchased not too long ago came equipped with "ilife 11", which includes photo editing (iphoto) and video editing (imovie) software. But as "the missing manual" reference books' authors proclaim, there should have been an instruction manual in the box [that my Mac came in}. No joke! Sheee! I don't know about you, but at 64 yoa, I simply cannot learn this kind of software by flipping back and forth between Apple Support On-line help and the program on my Mac screen. I need something that I can easily read, make notes on, highlight content, Etc., while applying what I read towards hands on experience with the software program that I am trying to learn. Thanks to David Pogue, Aaron Miller, and staff, I was able to do just that and learn the substantial capabilities of "imovie" and "idvd" through their manual entitled "imovie '11 and idvd" in a surprisingly minimal amount of time. Likewise, their other (missing) manuals which cover other topics are well written. If you are facing a similar dilemma, I have no reservations recommending this instruction manual to you (regardless of age). Additionally, the humorous manner in which the book is written will keep you smiling.

Reviewer: H. A. Cohen
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: because no one explains things better or reveals more Easter eggs than David Pogue
Review: I've been reading David Pogue's manuals since I got my first Mac. In fact, I bought his Macs for Dummies back before I pought my first Power PC. By the time I purchased it, I already knew what to do with it.Being that I was already spoiled for the original iMovie, and having learned every trick in the book form David's Missing Manual for iMovie 2, it was a no brainer to buy iMovie 11 & DVD, because no one explains things better or reveals more Easter eggs than David Pogue. And even he agrees with me that iMovie HD is superior to the newer version. Truth be told, I still maintain an olde MAc just to run the oder software so I can continue to use my GeeThree plugins. You older Mac evangelists know what I'm talking about. As for you newbies, as long as you don't know what you're missing, just know that iMovie '11 is still a powerful editing tool and this is the book that will get you up to speed. So buy it.

Reviewer: Rudy W. Timmerman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: There is nothing more frustrating than to have a program that you just can't seem to do anything with. iMovie was like that for me, until I got a hold of the "Missing Manual". This book made the iMovie program a useful tool for me, and I have enjoyed making movies. The manual is organized well enough that I did not have to read the entire book. I could jump to the part of the book that dealt with whatever issue I had, and that saved me a lot of time. I recommend this little gem to all who enjoy making movies.

Reviewer: Nanuk
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Documentation essentielle qui m'a appris un grand nombre de possibilités non intuitives de iMovie. La présentation est claire et précise, avec des exemples pertinents. En bonus, le ton est assez léger - parfois carrément drôle - ce qui bien appréciable.

Reviewer: BruceB
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Apple has a nuisance habit of providing software that is potentially very good, but somewhat quirky - without providing even a starter guiude that is printed. Ok so stuff can be found if one wants to spend time searching, or go on their support forum, but there is nothing like an overview guide that also goes a lot deeper.This book does the job admirably and I'm learning a lot from it.The version I bought was the Kindle edition as the printed version was not then available and, anyway, I'm running out of shelfspace.The ability to read it synchronised across my iMac, Windows 7, iPad and iPhone is SUCH a boon!I may not buy a printed manual again because with the Kindle version, I can have the book on screen as I work. I can also read it in bus queues, doctor's surgeries, while waiting to pick up the grandchildren from school etc, etc.A well-recommended book and I will certainly buy more of the series - on Kindle.

Reviewer: captain cuttle
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Aside from the irritating jokey style of writing that has become the norm for such books (thank you Scott Kelby), this manual could be very helpful. Except that it applies to a version of iMovie that has long been superceded. My fault for not checking my version. iMovie has to be one of the least user-friendly photography programmes, even worse than Lightroom, and a good up-to-date manual is much needed.

Reviewer: LilyDame
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I have bought the Missing Manual (MM) books for all the bits of Apple Mac that I do not understand. I could not do without them. It is hard navigating your way through iMovie, the new Lion operating system, iPhoto etc. with NO information given to you by Apple. There are so many things hidden away in the programs that you would never know about. Mac tutorials are not comprehensive enough and easily forgotten. I have this book open beside me as I pin music to the clips, use clip trimmer, and build the movie. MM gives you honest and simple advice - you use transitions and themes with a very light hand after the advice on page 138. Very useful if you want to avoid becoming an Apple clone. This is the 8th in the MM series I have bought, and I have never regretted it.