iMovie HD 6 and iDVD 6 for Mac OS X
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Need to learn iMovie HD 6 and iDVD 6 fast? Try a Visual QuickStart!
This best-selling reference’s visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with these great iLife applications in no time. Best-selling author and iLife expert Jeff Carlson uses crystal-clear instructions, full-color illustrations, and friendly prose to introduce you to everything from using themes, tools, and effects to timeline editing to … More >>
iMovie HD 6 and iDVD 6 for Mac OS X
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Robert L. Belenky said :
April 2, 2010 at 1:57 pm
I found this book to be useful but too much of an outline for my tastes. I would have preferred something more discursive.
Rating: 3 / 5
ruel said :
April 2, 2010 at 3:23 pm
I bought this book “iMovie HD 6 & iDVD 6″, which is written by Jeff Carlson, because I was learning how to use iMovie HD 6. I also bought another book “iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual” which is written by David Pogue. This book by Jeff Carlson looks like it is quicker to go through where almost every page has a bulleted how-to-do-it with tips visual format. This would be an easy book for beginners. If you want a meatier book with much more details, then David Pogue’s missing manual book is better. If you want a basic how-to book, then this book by Jeff Carlson is for you. Although I got this for use with iMovie HD 6, I also actually have iMovie ’08 and I got the other book “iMovie ’08 & iDVD: The Missing Manual”. I may get the similar “visual quickstart guide” book for iMovie ’08. Anyways, having started with iMovie ’08, when I found out iMovie HD 6 had more sophisticated features than iMovie ’08 like the editing timeline and the ability to take plugins, I had to get iMovie HD 6. iMovie ’08 is so different from iMovie HD 6 that users complained about features that were missing in iMovie ’08. Apple relented and provided a free download of iMovie HD 6 to those who had iMovie ’08. However, when iMovie ’09 was released, Apple then later removed their official iMovie HD 6 download because the newly released iMovie ’09 included many of the features (but still no plugins) left out of iMovie ’08 that users of iMovie HD 6 wanted. Well, I don’t have iMovie ’09, but only had iMovie ’08. Although Apple removed their official download for iMovie HD 6 which I wanted, all I had to do is to use Google to search for the iMovieHD6.dmg file to find where other iMovie users had unofficially posted the file. So I downloaded the file and installed iMovie HD 6 on my Macbook. I had the editing timeline back that I was more familiar with when I was editing video under Windows. And I could do plugins. Yea! So, I’m using both iMovie HD 6 and iMovie ’08 along with QuickTime by going back and forth with the video because each does something that the other one doesn’t. As for this book, “iMovie HD 6 & iDVD 6″ by Jeff Carlson, I ordered a “used” version of the book for $6.72 plus $3.99 S&H from an Amazon marketplace seller who was selling the book here on Amazon. I received the book in a week’s time and it looked new except for a back bottom corner but otherwise in great condition. Used books are great purchases here on Amazon. Thanks for reading.
Rating: 5 / 5
Susan Brennecke said :
April 2, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Text laid out in dual columns per page with plentiful pictures making concepts easy to understand and very readable. I used this book to create a DVD of my daughter’s wedding, and it led me through the process each step of the way. A very good “how-to” guide that contains plenty of tips and the right amount of detail.
Rating: 5 / 5
Jimmy D. said :
April 2, 2010 at 4:35 pm
The Visual QuickStart Guide series is an excellent series of books. I appreciate all the screen shots and the simple explanations in the use of the application. It covers all the basics and advanced features of the program in a way that anyone can understand.
Rating: 5 / 5
Gerald S. Modena said :
April 2, 2010 at 6:08 pm
With this book you will be up and running in no time. The color picture are a great teaching aid. I have used Jeff Carlsons books before for a number of programs and all have been excellent.
Rating: 5 / 5