- Software You Hope You'll Never Need: An Overview of Mac OS X Backup Applications for Servers, Networks, and Workstations
- Apr 28, 2006
- Like insurance, there are many backup products to choose from. Ryan Faas cuts to the chase to tell you the best software options for your Mac servers and Mac and cross-platform networks.
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- Creating Suspense with Sound Design in Soundtrack Pro
- Apr 21, 2006
- In this lesson, you’ll take the skills presented earlier in the book and apply them to the sound design of a suspense scene. First you’ll watch the scene and determine a strategy for the sound. Then you’ll add markers in the Timeline for specific sounds effects. Once the markers are in place, you’ll work with sound effects to add reality, illusion of space, and mood to the scene. Along the way you’ll also organize tracks, change track names and icons, and learn some new features and shortcuts.
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- Final Cut Pro Power Tip: Setting a Position Keyframe in LiveType
- Apr 21, 2006
- The beauty of LiveType is that you can create dazzling text animation without a single keyframe. Larry Jordan shows the control that's possible when you start adding keyframes.
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- Final Cut Pro Power Tip: Applying Transitions to Multiple Clips in One Track
- Apr 14, 2006
- Larry Jordan knows the trick for applying transitions to multiple Final Cut Pro clips simultaneously. Amazingly, he's willing to share the secret!
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- Podcasting Made Easy with GarageBand 3, iWeb, and .Mac
- Apr 14, 2006
- If you're worried that podcasting seems too complicated, take heart. Apple's iLife '06 makes if fun and easy to put your voice out there. Find out how easy it is with this step-by-step guide from expert Ryan Faas.
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- Customizing Your .Mac Homepage With iWeb
- Apr 7, 2006
- iWeb makes it easy to create polished Web sites in no time, but can you make a site that expresses your personality instead of looking exactly like Apple's templates? You bet, says Ryan Faas, and it's not hard, either.
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- Final Cut Pro Power Tip: Keeping Files Under Control with Render Manager
- Apr 7, 2006
- Render files eat disk space surprisingly quickly. But with your Final Cut Pro files and folders set up according to Larry Jordan's advice, you can use the Render Manager to recover that lost space in a trice. (Maybe even half a trice!)
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- Setting Up a Simple DVD in DVD Studio Pro 4
- Apr 7, 2006
- This lesson focuses on the first step in building one of the most common types of DVD on the market. You'll learn how to create a single-play DVD that contains only a video track and its associated audio. You will set the DVD to play automatically when it is put into a DVD player. To allow users to skip through the video, you will also set chapter markers by importing them from a list.
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- Playing Music and More in iTunes
- Mar 31, 2006
- iTunes gives you multiple ways to locate and play songs. You may already know some of them; if you read this chapter, however, you'll likely pick up some new tricks, as well as grasp some nuances of iTunes that may save you confusion and frustration.
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- Using iWeb to Make Great Homepages in Minutes
- Mar 31, 2006
- You've heard that Apple's iWeb is easy to use, and you've seen some great examples of iWeb sites. But can you really create those great sites in half an hour, even if you don't know anything about HTML and have never tried designed a Web page? Yes, you can. Ryan Faas takes you through the process step by step.
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- Final Cut Pro Power Tip: Creating a Glow Behind Text
- Mar 24, 2006
- The outline text generator in Final Cut Pro has to be the ugliest thing since the invention of ducklings. But Larry Jordan explains how to turn it into a swan of beauty with just a little tinkering.
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- Installing, Upgrading, Backing Up, and Restoring Mac OS X
- Mar 24, 2006
- This chapter covers the initial installation and setup of Mac OS X Tiger, either as a fresh installation, or as an upgrade from a previous version. Detailed instructions are given to help you set your Mac up just how you want it.
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- Ten More Things I Hate About Mac OS X
- Mar 24, 2006
- Informit.com's very own Mac Reference Guide, Owen Linzmayer, again risks the slings and arrows of Apple's most ardent admirers with another look at how Tiger rubs him wrong. Take a look at this article to see if you recognize any of your own pet peeves.
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- Final Cut Pro Power Tip: Creating a Compressor Droplet
- Mar 17, 2006
- Apple's Compressor application makes compressing video files easy, but Larry Jordan knows a way to hurry up that process. Create a "droplet" with your favorite formatting, and you can compress a file with drag-and-drop speed.
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- Working with a Final Cut Express 2 Project
- Mar 17, 2006
- In this lesson, you will open the Final Cut Express program, identify and work with the elements of your editing project, organize those elements, and begin working within the Final Cut Express editing interface.
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- Final Cut Pro Power Tip: Changing the Default Transition
- Mar 10, 2006
- There’s nothing wrong with the default video transition in Final Cut Pro, except that it’s too long. Boring! Larry Jordan shows you how to change the default into your favorite transition and make it accessible with a keyboard shortcut.
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- Lights, Camera, Photocast: Sharing Photos with iPhoto 6
- Mar 10, 2006
- Photocasting is one of the biggest new features in iPhoto 6 and it offers a great new way to share your photos with family and friends. But how do you publish a photocast and make certain that anyone with a Mac or PC can view it in spite of the problems reported with some RSS readers? Ryan Faas has all the answers.
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- Personal Information Managers (PIMs) on the Mac for the PC Switcher
- Mar 10, 2006
- Personal Information Managers (PIMs) rank high on most users' lists of software they use every day. If you're switching to a Mac, you might be worried about the availability of productivity software. Microsoft's Entourage for the Mac works a lot like Outlook on Windows, with only a few subtle differences. There are other games in town as well, in both the commercial and freeware category. Paul Ferrill looks at a number of options for anyone making the switch from the PC to the Mac.
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- How to use Apple's Remote Desktop For Presentation, Instruction, and Collaboration
- Mar 3, 2006
- Yes, Apple Remote Desktop offers more than just observation and management tools. Ryan Faas gives the skinny on how non-IT Mac users and professionals can use Remote Desktop's least-known features for teaching, presentations, and collaboration.
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- Mac OS X Unix 101: Working With File Content
- Mar 3, 2006
- This chapter is all about file content and what you can do with it from the Unix command line. Several projects are featured that will show you how to search the file system for specific content, view files, process them, and compress them.
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