Ready for action? Get your footage into iMovie, edit like a pro, and create a masterpiece iMovie '09 is a whole new creature, and this books is going to help you take advantage of each fabulous feature. Discover the best ways to plan a shoot, manage Events, and handle your clips. Then learn to work with iMovie themes, enhance your footage, combine video and audio tracks, and bring your creation to the world on a DVD or online. What's in a movie - learn what equipment you need, how to plan your video shoot, and how to anticipate the unexpected Editing 101 - preview and organize clips, crop and resize still images, put them together, and add themes The virtual cutting room - perform precision edits, fine-tune audio, and add titles, transitions, and effects Distribution - share your movie via YouTube, iTunes, or MobileMe as well as on DVD Quick DVDs - make a OneStep DVD from your video camera, or use Magic iDVD to create one using content already on your Mac Open the book and find: What goes into the movie-making process How to import video What Events are and how to manage them Tips for effectively arranging your clips Ten useful hardware and software add-ons How transactions can enhance your movie Video effects that add pizzazz How to add professional touches to your DVD.