The Ilife 04 Book

Mac star Andy Ihnatko delivers a fun, informative, full-color guide that shows Mac users everywhere how to make the most of Apple's iLife digital media suite-iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, and iDVD. Drawing on the cooperation of Apple Computer, Inc., Ihnatko and Bove cover the key features of each application in the suite, including ripping songs and working with a playlist (iTunes), editing and saving digital photo files (iPhoto), assembling picture and video clips into a home movie (iMovie), creating and burning DVD slide shows and movies (iDVD), and more! * An invaluable book on Apple's digital media suite by a well-known Mac guru * Provides entertaining, real-world guidance and awesome tips in Andy Ihnatko's inimitable style, as well as the occasional oddball "Easter Egg" chapter and, of course, a concluding chapter that offers answers to "Questions Your Aunt Might Ask You" * Lavishly illustrated throughout, The iLife Book was developed in cooperation with Apple Computer, Inc. and covers iLife '04

Bestselling author Pogue has done it again with his definitive treatment of the iLife '04 suite of applications that includes iTunes 4.2, iPhoto 4, iMovie 4, iDVD 4, and the newly minted GarageBand. This manual lets readers marry the stunning quality of digital media with the power of imagination.

Updated to cover the latest iLife features and enhancements, including the new GarageBand application Seven minibooks on iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, iPod, and iLife Extras get readers quickly up to speed with all of Apple's digital media applications Covers the key features of each application, including ripping songs and working with a playlist (iTunes), editing and saving digital photo files (iPhoto), assembling picture and video clips into a home movie (iMovie), creating DVD slide shows and movies (iDVD), and setting up and recording in a digital music studio (GarageBand), plus bonus coverage of Apple's market-leading iPod

In the only Apple-certified guide to iLife '04, digital pioneer Michael Rubin has you making miracles with iLife within the first few pages. Using real-life material and practical lessons that you can apply immediately to your own projects, this book/DVD combo offers a complete, self-paced course in all aspects of iLife '04. Focused lessons take you step-by-step through everything from arranging your iTunes library to adding special effects to your video project. You'll learn to create funky tunes with GarageBand, make custom music CDs or DJ a party with iTunes, add motion and sound to your iPhoto slide shows, use "Hollywood style" techniques for making better videos in iMovie, and pull it all together in iDVD projects. The book is both a self-paced learning tool and the official curriculum of the Apple Training and Certification Program, used by schools and training centers worldwide. An easy, accessible style paired with ample illustrations and keyboard shortcuts guarantee that readers will make iLife their life in no time.

These days, nobody really wants to "learn" everything there is to know about working with digital video, images, music, and DVDs. And even if you did, who has the time to endlessly tinker and play with it until you figure everything out? You just want a book that will quickly "show" you how to get things "done" A things that arenAt already covered in the docs, and things you canAt just figure out on your own. "iLife in a Snap" is designed specifically for todayAs computer user: Somebody who is new to managing digital media with iLife, but "not" new to Macs. Somebody who doesnAt have time for long-winded, mind-numbing explanations A and certainly no time or patience for bad jokes. Organized into a series of well-organized, bite-sized, quickly accomplished tasks, this book lets the reader zero right in on the one particular task he or she wants to accomplish, quickly figure out what to do, do it, and then get back to work.

Teach Yourself VISUALLY iLife serves as a beginning to intermediate guide to iLife and functions like four tutorials and user manuals in one.