The Macintosh iLife: An Interactive Guide to iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, and iDVD
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (503 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0321170113 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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A 20-year veteran of the personal computer world, Jim Heid is a noted writer and teacher who specializes in digital media technologies. He has been a contributing editor of Macworld since 1984, and is the personal technology columnist for the Los Angeles Times. . He has also written for PC World,Internet World, and Newsweek magazines
--Angelynn Grant. You can watch the book’s DVD on the computer and hit pause whenever you feel like practicing something for yourself. In iTunes, he shows how to create playlists, change the info tags for a batch of songs, burn a compilation CD, and more advanced features like choosing equalizer settings for each tune. Anyone working in OS X, even seasoned Mac users, will learn new techniques, timesaving tips, and lots of ideas on how to get the most out of everything the iLife promises. In iMovie, he shows how to create a home movie that won’t put your friends to sleep by incorporating cross fades, an audio track of both ambient sounds and MP3s from iTunes, still i
Beautiful to look at and enjoyable to watch, The Macintosh iLife is your user manual for the digital lifestyle!. You can use these tools to entertain, educate, persuade, and inspire your audiences at home, school, and work. You'll see how to produce professional-looking digital media, and you'll see hardware add-ons that will round out your digital studio. To help you master this elegant and fun desktop studio, there's no better place to turn than The Macintosh iLife. It also tackles more advanced concepts, like how to record Internet radio for later playback, prepare video for Web distribution, and get digital photos printed onto mugs and mousepads. Updated chapters include completely new sections covering iTunes 3's Smart Playlists, iDVD's AppleScript support, the iPod's new calendar features, and more! The accompanying DVD-Video disc contains two hours of entertaining instruction covering all o
Well written, informative, and not just for the novice! I've been using Macintoshes since 198Well written, informative, and not just for the novice! David Troup I've been using Macintoshes since 1984, and am usually an "early adopter" of new software as it's released. Before reading this book and watching the DVD video, I'd already used all of the iLife applications and thought I knew how to use them, more or less.Well, I found out that I knew how to use them less, rather than more! Jim Heid's excellent book and video is great for the novice, but it also has plenty to teach the experienced user. In this age of "no printed manual" many of us just jump into an application and figure out how to use it. In doing so, we miss out on a lo. , and am usually an "early adopter" of new software as it's released. Before reading this book and watching the DVD video, I'd already used all of the iLife applications and thought I knew how to use them, more or less.Well, I found out that I knew how to use them less, rather than more! Jim Heid's excellent book and video is great for the novice, but it also has plenty to teach the experienced user. In this age of "no printed manual" many of us just jump into an application and figure out how to use it. In doing so, we miss out on a lo. B. Rutledge said Best computer book value ever - no, really!. I have bought many computer books ("Best computer book value ever - no, really!" according to B. Rutledge. I have bought many computer books (20 in the past year due to switching to a different computer system) and this is the hands-down best value ever. The DVD alone is easily worth what Amazon charges for this book - there is nothing quite like watching someone actually doing the work to teach you how it is done. The book itself is very clearly written, and colorful and highly informative to boot. I bought some books that covered only one of the iapps previously, and found this book was at least as informative as those books - and it covers all four iapps! I have loaned it to . 0 in the past year due to switching to a different computer system) and this is the hands-down best value ever. The DVD alone is easily worth what Amazon charges for this book - there is nothing quite like watching someone actually doing the work to teach you how it is done. The book itself is very clearly written, and colorful and highly informative to boot. I bought some books that covered only one of the iapps previously, and found this book was at least as informative as those books - and it covers all four iapps! I have loaned it to . The Path through the Forest beadstruck I agree totally with "A Reader" from Portland. I sat and watched the DVD totally amazed at the elegant simplicity of the Mac iLife group of apps. And the clarity with which Jim Heid builds one on the next. To me that was the revelation - he breaks it down and demystifies how they work together, which after all is the point! This isn't about Art or Technique: it's about using them; the Apps, your camera(s) and your computer. He shows you can do it. I just bought my first mini DV camera on the strength of his demonstration. The DVD is "chaptered" within each app's section as