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Tables of Contents for Mac OS X and Ilife
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
xxi
Living the iLife
xxi
The iLife Tools
xxi
iTunes Rocks
xxi
iPhoto Makes the Most of Your Photos
xxii
iMovie Unleashes the Director within You
xxii
iDVD Puts It All on Disc
xxii
The iLife Apps: So Happy Together
xxii
Mac OS X and iLife: Using iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, and iDVD
xxiii
Part I: iTunes: Burning Down the House
xxiii
Part II: iPhoto: Not Your Father's Photo Album
xxiv
Part III: iMovie: The Swiss Army Knife of Digital Video Software
xxiv
Part IV: iDVD: The Power of a Movie Production Studio in Your Mac
xxiv
Part V: iLife: The Only Way to Live
xxv
Special Features of This Book
xxv
Part I iTunes: Burning Down the House
1
98
Touring Your iTunes Music Studio
3
40
Understanding the Audio Formats of the iLife
5
3
Listening to CD Audio
5
1
Rocking with MP3
5
1
Moving Ahead with AAC
6
1
Making the Most of AIFF
7
1
Catching the WAV
7
1
iTuning Your Music Experience
8
13
iTunes Modes
9
1
iTunes Controls
10
4
The iTunes Source Pane
14
1
The iTunes Browse Pane
15
1
The iTunes Contents Pane
16
3
The iTunes Equalizer
19
2
Making Your iTunes Preferences Known
21
15
Setting iTunes General Preferences
22
1
Setting iTunes Effects Preferences
23
1
Setting iTunes Import Preferences
24
1
Understanding MP3 Encoding
25
1
Configuring Standard Levels of MP3 Encoding
26
1
Configuring Custom Levels of MP3 Encoding
27
1
Configuring AAC Encoding
28
1
Configuring AIFF and WAV Encoding
28
1
Setting iTunes Burning Preferences
29
1
Setting Sharing Preferences
30
2
Setting Store Preferences
32
2
Setting iTunes Advanced Preferences
34
2
Using iTunes in Your iLife Projects
36
7
Making Music with iTunes
43
40
Making Sweet Music with iTunes
44
6
Listening to Audio CDs
44
5
Listening to Internet Audio
49
1
Building, Listening to, and Managing Your Music Library
50
22
Building Your iTunes MP3 Library
51
1
Adding Audio CDs to Your iTunes Library
52
2
Adding Audio from the Internet to Your iTunes Library
54
2
Adding Music from the Apple Music Store to Your iTunes Library
56
7
Browsing and Listening to Your Library
63
2
Searching for Music
65
2
Removing Songs from the Library
67
1
Classifying and Configuring the Music in Your Library
67
5
Playing with Playlists
72
8
Making Playlists
73
3
Making Your Music Smarter with Smart Playlists
76
4
Sharing Music
80
3
Sharing Your Music on a Network
80
1
Listening to Music Being Shared with You
81
2
Putting Your iTunes Music on the Move
83
16
Burning Your Own CDs
84
6
Prepping Your Burner
85
2
Choosing a Burn Format
87
1
Creating a Playlist to Burn
87
1
Burning a CD
88
2
Taking Your Digital Music on the Road with MP3 Players
90
3
Choosing an MP3 Player
90
1
Moving Your Music to an MP3 Player
91
2
Mastering Your Mobile Music with the iPod
93
6
Moving Your Music Collection to an iPod
95
1
Managing Your iPod Music Collection
95
4
Part II iPhoto: Not Your Father's Photo Album
99
104
Touring Your iPhoto Digital Darkroom
101
18
Working in the iPhoto Window
102
4
The iPhoto Source Pane
103
1
The iPhoto Contents Pane
104
1
iPhoto Controls
104
2
Using iPhoto Modes and Tools
106
7
The iPhoto Import Mode
106
2
The iPhoto Organize Mode
108
1
The iPhoto Edit Mode
109
2
The iPhoto Book Mode
111
2
Making Your iPhoto Preferences Known
113
2
Using iPhoto in Your iLife Projects
115
4
Building Your iPhoto Photo Library
119
28
Importing Images into the Photo Library
120
6
Importing Images from a Digital Camera
120
3
Importing Images from Other Sources
123
3
Labeling Your Images
126
8
Adding Titles and Comments to Your Images
127
2
Associating Keywords with Your Images
129
1
Defining Your Own Keywords
129
3
Assigning Keywords to Images in Your Photo Library
132
2
Configuring the Information You See in the Organize Mode
134
3
Viewing Detailed Information for Your Images
137
1
Finding Images in the Photo Library
138
3
Building Photo Albums
141
6
Editing the Images in Your iPhoto Photo Library
147
20
Rotating Images
148
1
Preparing to Edit Images
149
9
Deciding to Edit a Copy or the Original
150
1
Choosing How You Want to Edit Images in iPhoto
150
4
Selecting Parts of an Image You Want to Edit
154
2
Zooming on Images for Editing
156
2
Cropping Images
158
1
Enhancing Images
159
1
Removing Red-Eye from Images
160
2
Retouching Images
162
1
Making Images Black-and-White
163
1
Adjusting Brightness and Contrast of Images
164
1
Restoring an Image to Original Condition
165
2
Making the Most of Your Images
167
36
Printing Images
168
3
Viewing Slideshows
171
4
Emailing Your Images
175
2
Ordering Prints
177
2
Creating, Printing, and Ordering Photo Books
179
9
Creating a Photo Book
180
4
Previewing a Photo Book
184
1
Printing a Photo Book
185
1
Ordering a Photo Book
186
2
Building a Photo HomePage
188
3
Creating .Mac Slides
191
1
Adding Images to the Desktop and as a Screen Saver
192
2
Putting Images on DVD
194
1
Putting Images on CD
195
2
Exporting Images Outside of iPhoto
197
6
Exporting Photos as Separate Files
197
2
Exporting Images as a Web Site
199
3
Exporting Images as a QuickTime Movie
202
1
Part III iMovie: The Swiss Army Knife of Digital Video Software
203
140
Touring Your iMovie Movie Studio
205
34
Working in the iMovie Window
207
23
The iMovie Window
207
1
iMovie Modes
207
2
The Monitor
209
1
The Monitor in Edit Mode
209
3
The Monitor in Camera Mode
212
2
The Tools Palette
214
1
The Clips Pane (aka the Shelf)
214
1
The Photos Palette
215
1
The Audio Palette
216
1
The Titles Palette
217
3
The Transitions Palette
220
2
The Effects Palette
222
2
The iDVD Palette
224
1
The Clip Viewer
225
1
The Timeline Viewer
226
3
The Disk Gauge
229
1
The iMovie Trash
230
1
Making Your iMovie Preferences Known
230
3
Using iMovie in Your iLife Projects
233
6
Building a Movie in iMovie
239
30
Planning a Movie
240
4
Deciding What Your Movie Will Be
241
1
Preparing the iMovie Project
242
2
Building a Basic Video Track
244
1
Stocking the Shelf (aka the Clips Pane) with Clips and Images
244
6
Stocking the Shelf with Video Clips from a DV Camera
245
2
Stocking the Shelf with QuickTime Clips
247
1
Stocking the Shelf with Still Images
248
2
Hacking (aka Editing) Your Clips
250
9
Previewing Clips
251
2
Deleting Clips
253
1
Viewing and Changing a Clip's Information
253
2
Splitting Clips
255
1
Editing Clips
255
4
Building the Basic Video Track
259
10
Adding Video Clips and QuickTime Movies to the Video Track
259
4
Adding Images from the Shelf to the Video Track
263
1
Adding iPhoto Images to the Video Track
263
5
Arranging the Clips in a Movie
268
1
Building a Better Video Track in iMovie
269
30
Explaining Yourself with Titles
270
10
Adding Opening Credits
273
4
Adding a Caption to a Clip
277
2
Changing a Title Clip That Had Been Placed in a Movie
279
1
Smoothing the Digital Flow with Transitions
280
6
Adding a Fade Out Transition
281
2
Adding a Push Transition
283
1
Changing a Transition That Had Been Placed in a Movie
284
2
Making Your Movie Special with Special Effects
286
7
Making New Clips Look Old
289
2
Improving a Clip's Brightness and Contrast
291
1
Changing a Special Effect
292
1
Restoring a Clip
292
1
Using Cool iMovie Tricks to Liven Things Up
293
6
Speeding Clips Up or Slowing Them Down
293
2
Changing the Direction Clips Play
295
1
Adding Instant Replay
296
1
Creating a Freeze Frame
296
2
Pasting Over a Clip
298
1
Building a Soundtrack That Rocks
299
30
Going Native (Native Sound That Is)
301
9
Muting Native Sound
301
1
Changing the Relative Volumes of Native Sound Clips
302
2
Fading Native Sound
304
4
Extracting Native Sound
308
2
Livening Up Your Movie with Sound Effects
310
4
Adding iMovie's Built-In Sound Effects
310
3
Adding Your Own Sound Effects
313
1
Making Your Movie Sing with Music
314
4
Adding Music from Your iTunes Library
315
2
Adding Music from an Audio CD
317
1
Recording Your Own Sounds
318
2
Bringing All That Sound Together
320
9
Changing the Location of Sound Within a Soundtrack
321
1
Cropping Sound
321
1
Fading Sound
322
1
Adjusting Relative Volume Levels of Audio Clips
323
1
Adjusting Relative Volume Levels Within Audio Clips
323
2
Locking Sound in Place
325
4
Producing Your Movies
329
14
Polishing a Movie Until It Shines
330
1
Exporting a Movie to Videotape
330
3
Recording an iMovie Project on a DV Camera
331
2
Recording from a DV Camera to VHS
333
1
Exporting a Movie to DVD
333
3
Adding Chapter Markers
334
2
Moving a Movie to iDVD
336
1
Exporting a Movie to QuickTime
336
7
Exporting a Movie Using a Standard Format
337
2
Exporting a Movie Using Expert Settings
339
4
Part IV iDVD: The Power of a Movie Production Studio in Your Mac
343
136
Touring Your iDVD Production Powerhouse
345
18
Working in the iDVD Window
346
10
The iDVD Window
347
1
iDVD Controls
348
1
The iDVD Drawer (aka the Customize Panel)
349
2
iDVD Modes
351
1
Design Mode
351
2
Slideshow Mode
353
1
Preview Mode
354
1
Burn Mode
355
1
iDVD Projects
355
1
Making Your iDVD Preferences Known
356
4
Making DVDs with iDVD
360
1
Using iDVD for Your iLife Projects
361
2
Building a DVD
363
44
Planning a DVD
364
12
Understanding a DVD's Structure
364
1
Planning an iDVD Project
365
1
Organizing and Outlining a DVD's Content
366
3
Creating an iDVD Project
369
2
Creating the Menus on a DVD
371
5
Building a Slideshow on DVD
376
17
Adding a Slideshow Button to a Menu
377
1
Adding Images to a Slideshow
378
1
Adding Images to a Slideshow from iPhoto
378
2
Adding Images from the Finder
380
2
Changing the Appearance of the Slideshow Window
382
1
Changing the Order of Images in an iDVD Slideshow
382
2
Removing Images from an iDVD Slideshow
384
1
Previewing an iDVD Slideshow
384
1
Setting the Playback of a Slideshow
385
2
Adding a Soundtrack to a Slideshow
387
1
Using iTunes Music as a Soundtrack for an iDVD Slideshow
387
2
Adding Audio Files from the Finder as a Soundtrack for an iDVD Slideshow
389
1
Naming a Slideshow Button
390
1
Placing High-Resolution Images from a Slideshow on a DVD
391
2
Adding iMovie Movies to a DVD
393
8
Adding iMovie Projects to the iMedia Browser
394
2
Using the iMedia Browser to Add Movies to a DVD
396
3
Importing Movies to a DVD
399
1
Adding iMovies to a DVD from within iMovie
399
2
Adding QuickTime Movies to a DVD
401
2
Adding a QuickTime Movie on the iMedia Browser to a DVD
402
1
Importing a QuickTime Movie to DVD
402
1
Removing Movies from a DVD
403
1
Understanding Encoding
403
2
Adding Other Files to the DVD-ROM Portion of a DVD
405
2
Designing a DVD
407
48
Understanding the Art of Designing a DVD
408
5
Working with Themes
408
1
Working with Drop Zones
409
1
Working with Motion Effects
410
1
Using the TV Safe Area
411
2
Designing Menus
413
24
Naming Menus
413
2
Using Built-In Themes to Design Menus
415
1
Applying a Built-In Theme to a Menu
415
2
Adding Content to Drop Zones
417
4
Applying a Standard Theme to Every Menu on a DVD
421
1
Using Custom Themes to Design Menus
421
2
Applying a Background Image to a Menu
423
4
Applying a Background Movie to a Menu
427
3
Applying Background Sound to a Menu
430
3
Setting a Menu's Motion Duration
433
1
Formatting Menu Titles
434
3
Designing Buttons
437
12
Naming Buttons
438
1
Designing Buttons by Applying Themes
439
1
Customizing the Buttons on a Menu
439
4
Setting Button Previews
443
1
Setting a Button Preview for Folder Buttons
444
1
Setting a Button Preview for Slideshow Buttons
444
2
Setting a Button Preview for Movie Buttons
446
1
Using an Image or a Movie as a Preview for Any Button
447
2
Saving and Applying Custom Themes
449
6
Saving Custom Themes
450
1
Applying Custom Themes to Other Menus
451
4
Previewing, Fixing, and Burning a DVD
455
24
Previewing a DVD
456
9
Logging Problems
456
1
Previewing an iDVD Project
457
3
Previewing Menus
460
1
Previewing Buttons
461
1
Previewing Movies
462
1
Previewing Slideshows
463
1
Fixing Problems
464
1
Assessing a DVD Project's Status
465
4
Assessing a Project
465
3
Finding Missing Files
468
1
Burning an iDVD Project on DVD
469
10
Understanding the Burning Process
470
1
Maximizing Burn Performance
471
3
Burning a DVD
474
5
Part V iLife: The Only Way to Live
479
36
Adding Video and Sound from Movies or TV Shows to iLife Projects
481
18
Mining Sources of Content
483
1
Capturing Content from VHS
484
4
Obtaining VHS Content
485
1
Connecting a DV Camera to a VCR
485
1
Recording VHS Content on a DV Camera
486
1
Importing VHS Content into iMovie
487
1
Capturing Content from DVD
488
3
Recording Content from DVD
489
1
Ripping Content from DVD
489
2
Downloading and Using QuickTime Movie Trailers from the Web
491
4
Downloading and Using Movie and TV Sound Clips from the Web
495
3
Using Captured Content in Your iLife Projects
498
1
Creating Cool Soundtracks for iLife Projects
499
16
Designing a Soundtrack
501
2
Selecting the Music for a Soundtrack
501
1
Selecting Sound Effects for the Soundtrack
502
1
Using iTunes to Prepare Music and Sound Clips for the Soundtrack
503
1
Using iMovie to Create the Soundtrack
504
4
Creating the iMovie Soundtrack Project
504
2
Creating the Music Track
506
1
Adding Sound Effects
507
1
Adding Recorded Sounds
508
1
Mixing the Soundtrack
508
1
Exporting the Soundtrack as an AIFF File
508
2
Creating Your Own Soundtrack CDs
510
5
Index
515