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INTRODUCING iLIFE ‘09
Getting Started with iLife ‘09
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Stabilization -
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for smoother footage
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Stabilization
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for smoother footage
Sharing Movies
Once you have created your movie masterpiece, you
can save it as a file on your computer. iMovie helps
you choose the size and format of the movie based
on how you plan to view it, be it on a mobile device,
on a computer, or on a DVD. You can publish the
movie online to your MobileMe account if you have
one, and then publicize the movie to others. iPhoto
also connects to the popular video-sharing site,
YouTube, and allows you to upload your movie to
your account.
Fixing Shaky Footage
Even if you have the steadiest of hands, some movie
footage will turn out shaky — for example if you shoot
it off-road from a moving vehicle. iMovie offers a
stabilization tool that analyzes your video clips and
attempts to remove shakiness by constantly panning
and zooming the clips to remove jiggles. The result is
smoother footage that allows the viewer to focus on
the subject matter and not be distracted by the
shaking.
Movie Audio
Background music can help establish the mood of a
movie. iMovie gives you options for adding music
from your iTunes and GarageBand libraries. You can
also choose from a selection of generic theme music
that comes with iMovie. You can add beat markers to
background music so that your video content can
change to the beat of the song. This is a useful feature
when creating a music video. You can also add sound
effects to punctuate key moments or voiceover
content to explain what is going on in the movie.
Special Effects
iMovie comes with a variety of special effects that you
can apply to your video clips to enhance the mood.
You can overlay specks and scratches to a clip to
make it look like it was from a movie reel from the
early 1900s. You can also apply effects that intensify
or shift the colors to give it a sci-fi feel. You can slow
down, speed up, or freeze a clip to call attention to an
action scene. You can also add a picture-in-picture
effect, where two clips are shown simultaneously, one
set within the other.