Creating a Vacation Video with iMovie

Shows beginning videographers how to approach capturing, editing, and sharing a family vacation video using iMovie and their own videos and photographs.This course shows budding videographers how to create a family vacation video with the friendly tools in iMovie '11. It illustrates some basic camera techniques and strategies to use when recording video and how to edit the footage together to create an entertaining, fast-paced highlights reel. Author Abba Shapiro, an award-winning producer and director, also demonstrates how to grab the viewer's attention, organize and edit the footage, and add music, transitions, and still pictures to round out your story. The final chapters show how to improve the look and pacing of your videos with special effects, such as themes, picture-in-picture effects, and freeze frames. Topics include: Capturing the moment Adjusting settings in iMovie Cutting and editing the video Reducing background noise Adding and mixing music Cropping or fitting a photo to the video frame Correcting color Stabilizing shaky video Creating a split screen Changing video speed