Apple iMovie 3 Tutorials - Online Training Course

Course Title: Apple iMovie 3

Apple iMovie 3 is the revolutionary digital video application that allows Macintosh users to create dazzling custom movies. Virtual Training Company author David Daigrepont shows users the tools of iMovie 3 and its seemless integration with other iLife applications. Import and export digital media content from application to application, import images from iPhoto and audio from iTunes, and create scene selection menus within iDVD by creating markers within iMovie 3. Spice up your video with new visual effects such as Lens Flare, Aged Film, Letterbox, and Electricity. Bring your stills to life using the new Ken Burns pan and zoom effects. Powerful new audio controls bring users more flexible volume control on three audio tracks. iMovie 3 ships with Skywalker Sound Effects, so you can score your own brilliant creations. It's all in Apple iMovie 3 and David Daigrepont will show you how it's done. To begin learning today, click on a movie topic below.

Course Author/Expert: David Dagrepont

Language: english

Full Online Training Available: Yes

Number of Course Movies: 139

Course Duration: 7 hours

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Course Outline:

Straight away, you can go through the first three chapters of this tutorial. If you need all the lessons, then join the Online University - complete access to over five hundred and fifty courses right now for as long as you need them and even get an online university certificate. See below for details.

"....and Action!"

Chapter Overview

Your First Project

After Filming

Connecting your Camcorder to your Mac

Create an iMovie Alias

Create a New Project/Open Existing Projects

Setting Preferences

Scene Break Detection

Previewing your Video Tape from iMovie 3

Importing Video from the Camcorder

Importing Various Types of Files

Import Clips from another iMovie Project

Using the Help Menu

Back to your Video Project

The Editing Room - Working with Clips

Chapter Overview

About Video Clips - The Heart of your Project

The Timeline

The Scrubber Bar and the Playhead

Importance of Frames and Framerate

Selecting and Renaming Clips

Project Review I

Cropping Clips

Trimming Clips

Undo/Redo/Restore

Splitting Clips

Copying and Pasting Clips

Copying a Portion of a Clip

Changing the Speed and Direction of a Clip

Making Stills from Video

Changing the Duration of Still Clips

Storyboarding

The iMovie Trash Can

Working with Transitions

Chapter Overview

Project Review 2

About Transitions

Selecting a Transition

Transition Settings and Preferences

Adding a Transition

About Rendering

Transition Troubleshooting

Changing and Deleting Transitions

Adding a Clip with Previous Transitions

Transition Tips

Project Review 3

Working with Effects

Chapter Overview

About Special Effects

The Effects Pane

Selecting Effects

Automatic Keyframing

Applying the Effect

Black and White to Color

Distorting your Image

Altering Picture and Color

Mixing Effects

Mixing Effects - Old Film

Mixing Effects - Dreaming pt. 1

Mixing Effects - Dreaming pt. 2

Working with Audio

Chapter Overview

How Important is Audio in a Movie?

Touring the Audio Panel and Timeline

Selecting and Previewing Sound Effects

Applying Sound Effects

Audio Editing pt. 1

Audio Editing pt. 2

Splitting and Adjusting Audio

Moving/Muting/Deleting

Extracting Audio from Video Clips

Locking Audio in Place

Adding Songs from a CD

Integration with iTunes 4

Recording a Voice Over

Audio in a Paste Over

Expanding the Sound Effects Library

Working with Titles

Chapter Overview

About Titles

The Title Pane

Speed and Pause

Fonts and QT Margins

Choosing Colors

Presenting Titles

Applying the Title

Tricky Placement

Additional Lines and Text

Making Changes to Titles

Photoshop Titles

Enhancing Titles

Integration with iDVD 3

Chapter Overview

Why this Combo Works

The iDVD Pane

Working with Chapter Markers

Exporting to iDVD

Exporting and Compressing your Movie

Chapter Overview

Export to Tape

Compressing to Various Formats pt. 1

Compressing to Various Formats pt. 2

iMovie to DVD Studio Pro

iMovie to Final Cut Pro

Plug-ins

Chapter Overview

About Plug-ins

Working with Plug-ins

Final Word About Plug-ins

VIDEO PROJECT "The Family Photo Montage"

Chapter Overview

About the Family Photo Montage

Proper Organization

Photos to iMovie

Integration with iPhoto 2

The Ken Burns Effect

Putting it Together pt. 1

Putting it Together pt. 2