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Apple Video Page 2 Books about Mac and Apple Video editing and production, hardware and software - iMovie, Final Cut Express and Final Cut Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Studio More about iMovie at http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/ By the way, lots of people prefer the older, more powerful version of iMovie (iMovieHD 06) - you can get it at http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/imovieHD6.html
Having problems editing m2t video files on your Mac? Divergent Media's new ClipWrap 1.1 batch converts m2t video files into QuickTime files for editing in iMovie, Final Cut Pro and Avid. M2t files can also be transcoded from the native HDV codec into ProRes, Apple Intermediate, DVCProHD, or DNxHD formats, adding support for editing in iMovie, Final Cut Express, Avid, and any other QuickTime application. more info
Do the picture you take with your iPhone suck? The Tiffen Photo fx software allows users to enhance images from photos taken or stored on their iPhones, saves the new images for display later without overwriting the original image, to email friends, family and business associates. more
Apple recently refreshed their entire MacBook product line – which includes the MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air – with new designs and higher horsepower hardware. The aluminum unibody design, used on the majority of the new Macs, is cut from a brick of solid aluminum. This results in a stronger, more durable notebook, while at the same time reducing the computer's weight. You really have to handle one of these machines to appreciate the leap that Apple has made with manufacturing; they simply feel more solid than any other notebook that I've handled. Read the Article
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 software for Macintosh is now available
Photoshop Elements 6 software for Mac combines power and simplicity so consumers at all experience levels can easily achieve outstanding results with their digital photos. Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 for Macintosh will run on Leopard, (Mac OS X v 10.5), as well as previous versions of Mac OS X starting with 10.4.8r more
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A rundown of system requirements and how to start, save, and choose settings for new projects. How to capture your footage from your camera to your computer and log it for easy access later on. How to export your finished project for the web. A look at the basic transitions available, including how and when to use them. Basic Effects On...
An overview of the basic effects and how to use them to improve your video. Video
Want to put your videos on your iPOD or Apple iPhone? Roxio Crunches video for Apple TV, iPod, iPhone Macworld.com - Roxio introduced Crunch, a new $39.99 application designed especially for users of the Apple TV, video iPod or the forthcoming iPhone who want to convert video optimized for those devices but don’t want to burn that content to disc.
At NAB, Apple unveiled Final Cut Studio 2, a significant upgrade to the industry's leading video production suite that delivers new creative tools designed expressly for editors. Final Cut Studio 2 includes Final Cut Pro 6, Motion 3, Soundtrack Pro 2, Compressor 3, and DVD Studio Pro 4.2. Final Cut Studio 2 also introduces Color, a professional color grading and finishing application for ensuring consistent color and creating signature looks.
How to Please Your Mac Addict - Holiday shopping guide for the Apple-crazed individuals in your life
There's no place like home for the holidays, or so Perry Como would have us believe. A lot of us will go around singing "there's nothing like Mac stuff for the holidays" this year. But what do you get for your favorite Mac addict this year?
With the new 24-inch iMac, Apple combines the home theater experience with professional-level digital production capabilities; it comes loaded with powerful video, audio and imaging software and its wide screen 24" LCD monitor makes it perfect for use as the central hub of a digital lifestyle. more
The Mac Pro
The Fastest
Mac Ever The Long-Awaited Mac Pro Arrives - Creative professionals have been anxiously anticipating The Mac Pro since last year when Apple announced their computers would be transitioning to Intel processors. Much grumbling has been heard over the past months as folks sat back and watched Apple roll out a myriad of Intel-based notebooks and consumer desktop models, like the iMac and Mac mini, leaving editors, photographers and other power-hungry pros wondering "what about us?"
Webcams are great for capturing short video clips and live video messaging across the Internet. Plus, webcams can be used for remote monitoring, some even with motion detection. But you don't necessarily want to tie up a computer to act as a video server for a connected webcam, so a better option for this kind of use is to use a dedicated Internet camera with a built-in network interface, like the Creative Live! Wireless. more
Do you like Mac computers? Do you enjoy their minimalist ads even more? In that case, you'll love this page which features the newest crop of Apple TV commercials - especially those touting the new combination Apple OS - Windows XP machines.
Thinking of running both Mac OS and Windows on your Intel hardware Mac? While the install of Boot Camp is relatively painless, there are pitfalls users need to avoid. "Running Boot Camp" (Toporek, O'Reilly, $7.99) is an easy-to-follow guide that steps the user through the install and configuration process. more
Are you yet getting burnt out on the plethora of Apple commercials? Enough already about iPods, iMAcs, eye everything? Plus, maybe you actually bought an Apple product and now realize the additional investments you got to make in accessories. Check out this funny commercial by Scott Kelby - iFlea
The Mac GarageBand program is a powerful tool that enables almost anyone to create professional sounding recordings and use the Web to publish and distribute to a broad audience. The latest GarageBand 2 update includes even more of the sophisticated musical instruments found in the first version, powerful new tools, and professional features for recording, editing, mixing, and publishing songs. Unfortunately, the best techniques aren't covered in the "manual" you get with GarageBand or in its electronic help screens. Read GarageBand 2 - The Missing Manual You can turn your Mac into an audio production studio using GarageBand 2 (included free on all new Macintosh computers, or for $79 as part of the iLife '05 suite). Budding musicians can convert their Macs into any of the dozens of included instruments; record with any MIDI keyboard, guitar, or microphone; tune their guitar or bass with GarageBand's new built-in tuner; mix their hits with professional effects and settings; take advantage of GarageBand's eight-track recording capabilities; explore more than a thousand prerecorded music loops (or create their own), and more. Book Reviews |
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What is iMovie? iMovie is Apple's easy to use video editing package that enables anyone to quickly and simply transform their raw video footage into an exciting and entertaining presentation.
How the heck do you get your personal videos to play on your new video iPOD from Apple? Check out this great online tutorial from FreeVlog. November 1 entry.
Teachers and Instructors. Looking for a great guide for iLIfe for the Classroom? Check out the new special edition of Jim Heid's best-selling interactive guide to Apple iLife '06. It includes practical information especially for K-12 teachers. Digital media guru Heid shows how digital media can be an integral part of the classroom routine, enhancing the learning experience in many subject areas. more
The New iMac for Education! Digital Life in the Fast Lane, Starting at Just $899! Teachers and students will love this iMac created just for them. Experience digital life in the fast lane with the iMac for Education, featuring:
| • Built-in iSight camera | • 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor (1) | | • Built-in AirPort Extreme | • 512MB memory (2x256MB SO-DIMMs) | | • Front Row | • 80GB Serial ATA hard drive | | • Mac OS X Tiger | • 24x Combo drive (DVD-ROM, CD-RW) | | • iLife '06 | • Free Shipping | | • 17-inch widescreen LCD | • Starting at $899 or $21/month | | • 1440x900 resolution | |
The new $899 17-inch iMac for education replaces the eMac, Apple's last CRT based computer, providing students and teachers with everything they need to learn and create in today's digital classroom, all in the ultra-efficient iMac design. Amazing back-to-school deal for college students at Apple: Buy a Mac, get a free iPod.
Plug your DV or analog camcorder into your Mac. You can use iMovie to capture your entire movie or just selected scenes to your hard drive. Once they are saved, you can then use iMovie to cut it together, add cool effects and transitions, as well as titles, music and sound effects. When you are all done with your movie, and it looks great, you can save and post it to the web as a streaming video file (QuickTime) or you can use iDVD to burn your finished movie to a DVD for sharing.
GREAT NEW iMovie Book From Home Video to Pro Video - O'Reilly Releases "iMovie 6 and iDVD: The Missing Manual"This book covers all the big-ticket improvements in iMovie 6 (full-size previews, themes, time-lapse recording, automated Magic iMovies, and more) and the unheralded but fantastic smaller tweaks that make it better than ever. Along with step-by-step video editing guidance, there's an invaluable book-within-a-book on iDVD for making home DVDs look as slick as commercial Hollywood productions. "iMovie 6 and iDVD: The Missing Manual" contains hundreds of undocumented secrets. Get iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual (Missing Manual) from Amazon Right now
Not only is this brilliant, funny and sexy, but French Maid TV is educational. How better to master the techniques of using your Mac and a firewire camera to create video pod casts than by being taught by a trio of hot French Maids. You got to check this out.
Hit Shows from MTV Networks Available on the iTunes Music Store
MTV Networks and Apple today announced that 14 hit television shows
from MTV, MTV2, COMEDY CENTRAL, Nickelodeon and The N are now available
for purchase and download on the iTunes Music Store. The new content
features favorites such as “Punk’d,” “South Park,” “Dora the Explorer,”
“SpongeBob SquarePants” and “Laguna Beach.”
The Mac GarageBand program is a powerful tool that enables almost anyone to create professional sounding recordings and use the Web to publish and distribute to a broad audience. The latest GarageBand 2 update includes even more of the sophisticated musical instruments found in the first version, powerful new tools, and professional features for recording, editing, mixing, and publishing songs. Unfortunately, the best techniques aren't covered in the "manual" you get with GarageBand or in its electronic help screens. Read GarageBand 2 - The Missing Manual You can turn your Mac into an audio production studio using GarageBand 2 (included free on all new Macintosh computers, or for $79 as part of the iLife '05 suite). Budding musicians can convert their Macs into any of the dozens of included instruments; record with any MIDI keyboard, guitar, or microphone; tune their guitar or bass with GarageBand's new built-in tuner; mix their hits with professional effects and settings; take advantage of GarageBand's eight-track recording capabilities; explore more than a thousand prerecorded music loops (or create their own), and more.
All Mac computers are suitable for recording music, but which one you choose depends very much on what you want to do. Whether you're a singer/songwriter, a band member, a dance music producer, a composer or a music educator, this book - Making Music on a Mac - will point you in the right direction.
Roxio announced Toast 7 for Mac computers. Toast 7 includes a number of features that make previously impossible tasks a reality for Mac users. These features include multi-image High Definition slideshows with pan and zoom effects, transitions and background soundtracks, audio DVDs with over 50 hours of rich Dolby® quality music and advanced navigation, and data spanning, which allows users to backup large files, folders and applications across multiple CDs and DVDs. more
iMovie Books Movie News Good Sites to Watch Videos made with iMovie All About .mac or dotmac Use StuffIt Deluxe to compress your multimedia files iMovie Plug-Ins - video effects, tools and transitions Music and Sound Effects for iMovie Free QuickTime Tools & Software for Producers, developers & Web Authoring More Apple, QuickTime and iMovie Resources and Links Still using iMovie2 - Check out Atomic Learning's free tutorial and learning center for iMOvie2. Great stuff.
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For the first time, Macintosh OS X users can now make, edit, and play Windows Media from within QuickTime-based media applications. Telestream’s Flip4Mac products bridge gaps between Microsoft Windows Media format and the Apple Macintosh platform. more. This is really cool if you are a Mac user!
Learn More About iMovie Visit the iMovie page on the Apple site for basic info on how to use iMovie to create your productions. iMovie in an Analog World Links to Great iMovie Tips and Tricks and Tutorials Free iMovie Tutorials from Atomic Learning - these are excellent (also some interesting iMovie3 stuff) Apple Final Cut Express Review Dan Slagle's Un-official iMovie FAQ Video-Ready Mac: The Power Mac G4 / Mac OS X Digital Media Experience Apple Goes Pro: Review of Final Cut Pro 4 & DVD Studio Pro 2 Apple Video Page 1
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