Apple Training Series: iLife '11

✍ Scribed by Dion Scoppettuolo, Mary Plummer

• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 578
• Edition: Pap/Dvdr
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Apple Certified Way to Learn In the only Apple certified guide to iLife, the authors have you working wonders with iLife ’11 within the first few pages. Featuring compelling footage and images, this book/DVD combo uses real-life material and practical lessons that you can apply immediately to enhance your own projects. Focused lessons take you step by step through all aspects of iLife—everything from organizing and editing your photo library to creating polished movies and soundtracks. Along the way, you’ll produce movie trailers, photo books, soundtracks, and music and learn to publish and share your projects.

• Master the iLife suite of tools quickly through fun, real-world projects
• Fix, rate, and share your photos with friends and family
• Turn your photos into keepsake books and slideshows
• Create professional looking sports highlights from your home videos
• Learn to make a “Hollywood-style” movie trailer
• Play and record music with expert guidance
• Fix, arrange,and mix music like a pro
• Publish and share your projects with iWeb and iDVD

The Apple Training Series is both a self-paced learning tool and the official curriculum of the Apple Training and Certification Program. To find out more about Apple Training, or to find an Authorized Training Center near you, go to www.apple.com/training. About the Authors: DionScoppettuolo is an Apple Certified Trainer, marketing consultant, and avid travel photographer who has taught classes on Apple products worldwide. Before starting his own company, he was at Apple, Inc., for over seven years, where he worked as Senior Product Manager on iMovie and Final Cut Studio. Dion is also the author of Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 3. Mary Plummer is a professional musician, composer,and video editor. She is an Apple Final Cut Studio MasterTrainer and the co-owner of InVisionDigital and Media Arts Inc.,an Apple Authorized Training Center located at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. She has written numerous books including Apple Training Series:iLife’09 and Apple Training Series:GarageBand’09. Note from the Publisher With some computer systems, you may run into an error in Lesson 12, step 5. If so, please visit www.peachpit.com/ats.iLife11 and click the Updates tab for instructions on correcting the problem. This has now been fixed for electronic versions of the book and subsequent printings. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents......Page 6
Getting Started......Page 14
iPhoto: Rediscover Your Photos......Page 20
Lesson 1 Viewing and Emailing Photos......Page 22
Opening iPhoto......Page 23
Understanding the iPhoto Window......Page 24
Importing Photos from a Camera......Page 25
Viewing Photos in an Event......Page 28
Emailing Your Photos......Page 33
Lesson Review......Page 40
Lesson 2 Rating and Fixing Photos......Page 42
Rating Photos......Page 43
Applying Quick Fixes......Page 48
Fixing Photos in Edit View......Page 50
Using Effects......Page 64
Working with Albums......Page 68
Transferring Photos to Mobile Devices......Page 71
Lesson Review......Page 73
Lesson 3 Arranging Photos by Faces and Places......Page 76
Finding People in Your Photos......Page 77
Creating a Faces Smart Album......Page 83
Finding Places......Page 84
Creating a Smart Album from a Map......Page 93
Posting to Facebook, Flickr, and MobileMe......Page 94
Lesson Review......Page 97
Lesson 4 Perfecting Your Pictures......Page 100
Understanding a Histogram......Page 101
Correcting Exposure......Page 103
Applying Definition......Page 111
Adjusting White Balance......Page 118
Lesson Review......Page 120
Lesson 5 Designing a Photo Book......Page 122
Creating a Book Layout......Page 123
Ordering Books......Page 137
Lesson Review......Page 138
Lesson 6 Making Photos Move with Slideshows......Page 140
Using Instant Slideshow......Page 141
Creating a Slideshow Album......Page 143
Changing Settings and Options......Page 146
Sharing Your Slideshow......Page 152
Lesson Review......Page 154
Lesson 7 Importing and Managing Photos......Page 156
Importing a Photo Folder......Page 157
Organizing Your Events......Page 159
Assigning Keywords to Photos......Page 164
Sharing Photos over a Network......Page 170
Backing Up Your Photos......Page 172
Lesson Review......Page 175
iMovie: A Little Slice of Hollywood at Home......Page 176
Lesson 8 Moviemaking Made Easy......Page 178
Opening iMovie......Page 179
Looking at the iMovie window......Page 180
Getting Clips into iMovie......Page 181
Skimming and Playing Clips......Page 184
Marking the Best and Worst Clips......Page 185
Filtering Events......Page 189
Playing an Event in Full Screen......Page 190
Creating a New Project Using a Theme......Page 191
Using Transitions......Page 203
Getting a Movie to Your iPad, iPhone, or iPod......Page 208
Lesson Review......Page 209
Lesson 9 Having Fun with iMovie Trailers......Page 212
Selecting a Trailer Genre......Page 213
Changing the Outline......Page 214
Filling in the Storyboard......Page 216
Personalizing the Storyline......Page 223
Lesson Review......Page 224
Lesson 10 Creating Your Own Sports Highlights Video......Page 226
Switching Projects in the Library......Page 227
Using the Sports Team Editor......Page 228
Customizing a Team vs. Team Graphic......Page 232
Highlighting a Player......Page 236
Lesson Review......Page 237
Lesson 11 Refining a Movie......Page 240
Creating a Project Without Using a Theme......Page 241
Editing a Movie......Page 243
Enhancing Clips......Page 248
Working with Audio......Page 255
Stabilizing a Project Clip......Page 263
Lesson Review......Page 264
Lesson 12 Moviemaking with Photos and iPhoto Clips......Page 266
Accessing iPhoto Clips......Page 267
Finding and Using Photos......Page 268
Choosing a Title......Page 272
Creating a Cutaway Shot......Page 273
Editing to a Musical Beat......Page 277
Enhancing Audio......Page 280
Analyzing for Stabilization......Page 284
Sharing Movies Online......Page 287
Lesson Review......Page 289
Lesson 13 Advanced Moviemaking......Page 292
Setting a Location Using Travel Maps......Page 293
Trimming with the Precision Editor......Page 295
Recording Narration......Page 301
Using Audio from a Video Clip......Page 303
Enhancing Audio......Page 304
Enabling Advanced Tools......Page 308
Lesson Review......Page 311
Lesson 14 Capturing and Managing Media......Page 314
Understanding Video Formats......Page 315
Getting Clips into iMovie......Page 317
Managing Events in your Library......Page 323
Adjusting a Clip’s Date and Time......Page 328
Analyzing an Event to Detect People......Page 329
Using Keywords......Page 331
Making Backups......Page 335
Reclaiming Hard Disk Space......Page 340
Lesson Review......Page 343
GarageBand: Making Great Sounding Music......Page 344
Lesson 15 Learning to Play Music with GarageBand......Page 346
Opening GarageBand......Page 347
Connecting Instruments to the Mac......Page 348
Taking a Guitar or Piano Lesson......Page 351
Exploring the Interface......Page 354
Navigating Between Lesson Sections......Page 360
Customizing the Lesson Workspace......Page 361
Tuning During a Lesson......Page 363
Recording and Reviewing Your Practice......Page 364
Tracking Your Progress......Page 366
Changing a Lesson Mix......Page 367
Downloading Additional Learn to Play Lessons......Page 369
Lesson Review......Page 371
Lesson 16 Jamming and Creating Music with GarageBand......Page 374
Selecting a Musical Genre......Page 375
Navigating and Controlling Playback......Page 376
Auditioning Virtual Musicians and Instrumental Parts......Page 378
Mixing Instruments in Magic GarageBand......Page 380
Setting Up Your Instrument......Page 382
Adding a Custom Instrument......Page 384
Recording a Part......Page 386
Opening and Saving the Song in GarageBand......Page 387
Lesson Review......Page 390
Lesson 17 Recording Music in GarageBand......Page 392
Opening a GarageBand Project......Page 393
Exploring the GarageBand Window......Page 394
Setting Up an Electric Guitar Track......Page 398
Monitoring Input......Page 400
Recording a Single Take......Page 402
Using Guitar Amps and Stompboxes......Page 405
Saving Effects Settings......Page 409
Multiple Takes Recording......Page 411
Selecting and Splitting Takes......Page 413
Working with an Acoustic Guitar Track......Page 415
Playing the Onscreen Music Keyboard......Page 418
Lesson Review......Page 422
Lesson 18 Fixing, Arranging, and Mixing Music in GarageBand......Page 424
Recognizing Timing Issues......Page 425
Quantizing a Software Instrument Region......Page 426
Trimming and Looping a Region......Page 430
Working with Groove Matching......Page 432
Exploring Flex Time in the Editor......Page 435
Naming Regions and Changing Track Icons......Page 439
Working with Musical Notation......Page 440
Adjusting Project Tempo......Page 443
Showing the Project Notepad......Page 445
Working with Apple Loops......Page 446
Browsing and Adding Loops to the Project......Page 448
Arranging Loops and Tracks in the Timeline......Page 451
Duplicating Tracks......Page 452
Panning Tracks......Page 454
Transposing a Region in the Editor......Page 455
Lesson Review......Page 457
Lesson 19 Finishing and Sharing Projects......Page 460
Finishing a Song......Page 461
Adding Effects to the Overall Song......Page 467
Sharing with Other iLife Applications......Page 474
Saving a Project with iLife Preview......Page 480
Finishing a Podcast......Page 482
Importing a GarageBand Project......Page 484
Working with Artwork and Markers......Page 487
Using the Artwork Editor......Page 488
Adding Podcast Episode Info......Page 493
Exporting a Project as a QuickTime Movie......Page 494
Lesson Review......Page 497
iDVD and iWeb: Sharing and Publishing with iLife......Page 498
Lesson 20 Creating a DVD with iDVD......Page 500
Preparing a Movie for iDVD......Page 501
Starting Your iDVD Project......Page 503
Navigating Your Project with the Map......Page 507
Switching Themes......Page 510
Editing Drop Zones and Menus......Page 511
Creating a Photo Slideshow in iDVD......Page 516
Previewing and Burning Your DVD......Page 521
Burning a DVD......Page 524
Lesson Review......Page 527
A......Page 530
C......Page 531
D......Page 533
E......Page 534
G......Page 535
I......Page 536
K......Page 537
M......Page 538
P......Page 542
R......Page 544
S......Page 545
T......Page 547
V......Page 548
Z......Page 549
Bonus Lesson: Designing a Website with iWeb......Page 553