Easy iLife 09

Introduction\ The iLife suite might be one of the best things about having a Mac. It’s called a suite because it includes the following applications:\ \ \ \ iPhoto\ iMovie\ iWeb\ iDVD\ GarageBand\ \ Each of these applications empowers you to do amazing and creative things with digital photos, movies, and sound, and then you can publish what you create online and on DVD.\ The iLife applications are great for several reasons. First, they are powerful and feature packed so that you have amazing toolkits available to you with almost no limits to what you can do. Second, they are well designed so that you can focus on your projects rather than the software. Third, they are designed to work together so that you can use the content in each application for projects in the other applications easily. For example, you can use photos in iPhoto or in iMovie projects or publish them in iWeb with just a couple of mouse clicks.\ This book is designed to make your entry to the iLife, well, easy. (It’s not hard to figure where we got the book’s title, is it?) This book is designed to be as visually appealing and intuitive as the iLife software itself. As you flip through its pages, you will see lots of graphics and just a little text to guide you on your way. You will accomplish the tasks with a minimum of reading; steps are linked to the graphics to make it easy to follow along.\ The book is organized into groups for each application. Within the groups, the chapters start at the beginning for that application and move toward the “end” in the same way you do projects. You can jump to any application’s first chapter and getgoing without reading the chapters that came before (for example, move to Chapter 7 to get going with iMovie). You should definitely read Chapter 1 to get started because that chapter includes topics that apply to all the applications.\ The best way to learn how to be creative with iLife is to use its applications to create your own projects. The steps in this book will get you going and help you combine your content and creativity with the amazing iLife tools with great results. So, grab your Mac, open this book where you want to start, and enjoy!\ \ © Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.

Chapter 1 Preparing iLife 09..........................................2 Installing iLife 09.........................................................4 Updating iLife Applications........................................5 Obtaining and Configuring a MobileMe Account......6 Backing Up Your iLife Content...................................8 Restoring Your iPhoto Photos................................... 10 Restoring Other iLife Content.................................. 11 Chapter 2 Getting Started with iPhoto................ 12 Preparing iPhoto for Imports.................................... 14 Importing Photos into the Photo Library................ 15 Viewing Photos........................................................... 16 Viewing Photos in Events.......................................... 18 Identifying Faces in Photos...................................... 20 Viewing Photos by Faces...........................................23 Associating Photos with Known Places....................24 Associating Photos with New Places........................26 Viewing Photos by Places Using the Map.................28 Viewing Photos by Places Using the List..................29 Viewing Photos in Slideshows.................................. 30 Viewing Photo Information.......................................32 Chapter 3 Organizing and Searching an iPhoto Photo Library.............................. 34 Changing a Photo’s Tags Using the Info Dialog Box...................................................................36 Changing a Photo’s Tags Using the Info Pane..........37 Changing Tags for MultiplePhotos Simultaneously...........................................................38 Configuring Keywords for Photos........................... 40 Applying Keywords to Photos...................................42 Searching for Photos by Basic Information.............43 Searching for Photos by Keywords.......................... 44 Searching for Photos by Date...................................45 Searching for Photos by Rating.................................46 Viewing an Event’s Information................................47 Tagging an Event........................................................ 48 Merging Events...........................................................49 Splitting Events......................................................... 50 Creating Events.......................................................... 51 Moving Photos Between Events...............................52 Organizing Albums and Projects in Folders.............53 Creating and Adding Photos to Standard Photo Albums........................................................................54 Creating Smart Photo Albums..................................56 Chapter 4 Improving Photos in iPhoto................. 58 Editing Photos........................................................... 60 Rotating Photos..........................................................62 Applying Effects to Photos.......................................63 Cropping Photos........................................................64 Straightening Photos.................................................66 Enhancing Photos.......................................................67 Removing Red-eye......................................................68 Retouching Photos.....................................................70 Adjusting Photos........................................................ 72 Chapter 5 Sharing Photos with iPhoto.................74 Printing Photos........................................................... 76 Ordering Prints of Photos.........................................78 Emailing Photos......................................................... 80 Publishing Photos to a MobileMe Gallery................82 Publishing Photos to an iWeb Web Site.................. 84 Sharing Photos on Facebook.....................................86 Sharing Your Photos on a Local Network................ 88 Accessing Photos Shared with You on a Local Network............................................................89 Burning Photos to Disc............................................. 90 Chapter 6 Creating Projects in iPhoto................ 92 Creating Slideshows...................................................94 Creating Calendars....................................................98 Creating Greeting Cards........................................ 100 Building Photo Books............................................... 102 Previewing, Editing, and Ordering Projects..........106 Chapter 7 Getting Started with iMovie.............. 108     Adding Video to the Event Library..........................110 Previewing Clips in the Event Library..................... 112 Organizing the Event Library................................... 114 Renaming Events....................................................... 115 Splitting Events......................................................... 116 Merging Events.......................................................... 117 Starting a New iMovie Project................................. 118 Working in the Project Library................................ 119 Chapter 8 Building a Movie’s Video Track.......... 120 Adding Video Clips to a Project...............................122 Trimming Video Clips in a Project.......................... 124 Cropping Video Clips in a Project...........................125 Adjusting the Video Quality of Clips in a Project................................................................ 126 Applying Special Effects to a Video Clip................127 Adding iPhoto Photos to a Project......................... 128 Adding Transitions Between Video Clips in a Project................................................................130 Adding and Editing Titles.........................................132 Editing Clips with the Precision Editor.................. 134 Chapter 9 Building a Movie’s Soundtrack..........136 Adjusting Native Audio for Video Clipsin a Project................................................................ 138 Adding Sound Effects to a Project.........................140 Adding iTunes Audio to a Project........................... 142 Trimming an Audio Track......................................... 144 Mixing a Project’s Soundtrack................................ 145 Chapter 10 Sharing Movies with iMovie................ 146 Putting a Movie on DVD.......................................... 148 Publishing a Project to the Web Using MobileMe.................................................................. 149 Putting a Project onto an iPhone or iPod.............. 150 Publishing a Project to the Web Using iWeb.......... 151 Publishing a Project to the Web Using YouTube....152 Chapter 11 Getting Started with iWeb...................154 Creating a Web Site................................................. 156 Configuring a Web Site.............................................157 Adding Pages to a Web Site.................................... 158 Adding Text Content................................................160 Formatting Text on a Web Page...............................162 Replacing Template Graphics with Drag and Drop................................................................... 164 Replacing Template Graphics Using the Media Browser.......................................................... 165 Formatting Graphics................................................ 166 Replacing and Formatting Pictures on the Photos Template...................................................... 168 Configuring Slideshow and Download Options for Photos................................................................. 170 Adding and Formatting Albums on the My Albums Template.......................................................172 Chapter 12 Building Up a Web Site............................. 174 Adding Text to Web Pages........................................176 Adding Shapes to Web Pages...................................177 Adding Web Widgets to Web Pages........................178 Adding Movies to Web Pages...................................179 Adding Hyperlinks to Pages on Your Web Site......180 Adding Hyperlinks to Other Web Sites.................. 182 Configuring a Web Page.......................................... 184 Adding More Sites to a Web Site............................ 186 Removing Content from a Web Site....................... 187 Chapter 13 Publishing and Maintaining an iWeb Web Site...............................................188 Publishing Web Sites Using MobileMe...................190 Testing Web Sites...................................................... 191 Maintaining and Updating Web Sites..................... 192 Setting a Default Web Site...................................... 193 Using Your Own Web Site Address with MobileMe.................................................................. 194 Chapter 14 Creating DVD s with iDVD ........................196 Creating a New iDVD Project................................. 198 Adding Movies to a DVD Project...........................200 Adding Slideshows to a DVD Project..................... 202 Designing Menus..................................................... 204 Configuring Drop Zones on a Menu....................... 206 Configuring Menus.................................................. 208 Adding Menus to a DVD........................................... 210 Mapping a DVD.......................................................... 211 Previewing a DVD......................................................212 Burning a DVD.......................................................... 213 Chapter 15 Creating a Simple Soundtrack in GarageBand.................................................214 Creating a New Project with Magic GarageBand.............................................................. 216 Saving and Naming a Project................................... 219 Selecting a Track’s Instrument............................... 220 Playing an Instrument with the Keyboard..............221 Playing an Instrument with Musical Typing............ 222 Recording a Music Track While You Play an Instrument...........................................................224 Adding a Loop to a Project......................................226 Mixing Audio Tracks.................................................228 Using GarageBand Music in iLife Projects.............229 TOC, 9780789739759, 3/13/09