| 81.
| - Apple's Generation 5 iPod vs. Sony's PSP
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By
Matthew David
- Dec 9, 2005
- Matthew David compares the Gen 5 iPod to the Sony PSP and reluctantly concludes that Sony will come out the loser. Again.
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| 82.
| - Customizing iDVD Themes
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By
Jaemi Loeb
- Dec 1, 2005
- Want to break free of the iDVD pre-set themes and create your own disc menu screen for your DVD masterpiece? From choosing background music to creating your own screen layout, Jaemi Loeb will help you take the best of what iDVD has to offer and make it distinctly yours.
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| 83.
| - Drag-and-Drop Editing in Final Cut Pro 5
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By
Diana Weynand
- Nov 23, 2005
- Final Cut Pro's flexibility allows an editor to work with different styles of editing. There's one time-saving editing style that's easy yet extremely powerful at the same time: drag-and-drop editing. This method involves dragging a clip directly to the Timeline to make an edit. This chapter will help you become familiar with this handy feature.
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| 84.
| - Creating a Podcast
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By
Bart G. Farkas
- Nov 11, 2005
- So, you fancy yourself an amateur DJ, or an amateur talk show host. Podcasting offers you the opportunity to self-publish radio shows on the internet. This chapter explains both the legal and technological requirements of podcasting, and how you can get started creating your own podcasts.
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| 85.
| - GarageBand for Audiophiles (and Audio files)
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By
Jaemi Loeb
- Nov 11, 2005
- Jaemi Loeb offers tips for professional-quality digital editing (copy/paste, filtering, and DSP's) of pre-recorded audio files using GarageBand 2 (part of iLife '05).
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| 86.
| - Make Your Own iTunes-Style Interface with Eye Candy
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By
Bryan Hoff
- Nov 11, 2005
- With Eye Candy: Impact, Photoshop just got easier. Impact is a sweet suite of filters and a must-have for serious Photoshop users. Whether you're a graphic designer, a digital photographer, or a Web content creator, Impact will make your designs pop. In this tutorial, Bryan Hoff shows you how to build an iTunes-like interface using Impact and Photoshop's layer styles.
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| 87.
| - Presets and Preferences in Final Cut Pro for Mac OS X
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By
Lisa Brenneis
- Oct 6, 2005
- Final Cut Pro's designers have carefully organized the tools you use to configure settings and preferences. The goal of this organization is to make it much easier for editors using the most common hardware and video formats to configure FCP—and much more difficult for users to unintentionally modify individual settings within a preset configuration. This chapter covers in detail the various preferences and customization options that are available in Final Cut Pro.
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| 88.
| - Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps: iMovie
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By
Robin Williams, John Tollett
- Oct 6, 2005
- There isn't much more boring than an unedited movie, and home movies are no exception. This chapter will help you learn to edit your home movies with iMovie HD.
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| 89.
| - iMovie HD: The Camera in Motion
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By
Jeff Carlson
- Sep 30, 2005
- One of the advantages of a small camera is that it easily moves with you. However, when you're shooting, motion can become a character in its own right. Slowly moving across a scene imparts a different feeling than quickly scanning your surroundings, for example. This chapter addresses the most common ways of moving the camera to add motion to your movie, including the number one rule: don't move.
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| 90.
| - I Heart iMovie: Why Apple's iMovie HD Beats Windows XP Movie Maker 2
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By
Jeff Carlson
- Aug 19, 2005
- Apple's easy-to-use iMovie software turns your home movies into slick productions, often comparable to those of professional editors. Jeff Carlson explores the features that will make Windows users sick with envy.
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| 91.
| - My Life, Your Life, Apple iLife '05
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By
Matthew David
- Jul 22, 2005
- With iLife '05, Apple bundles a suite of tools for the creative and the imaginative. If you want to flex your creative muscles, join Matthew David to see how iLife can work in your life.
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| 92.
| - Hacking iTunes: Programming iTunes on the Windows Platform
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By
Matthew David
- May 6, 2005
- In his continuing series on hacking your iPod, Matthew David gives you the skinny on developing the plugins and extensities you need to make iTunes for Windows rock.
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| 93.
| - Hacking Your iPod: Building Windows Solutions to Load Content onto Your iPod and iTunes
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By
Matthew David
- Mar 18, 2005
- Like your iPod? But don't you wish it could do just one more thing? Stop complaining and start programming! Matthew David exposes you to the fundamentals of programming iTunes to store more on your iPod.
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| 94.
| - Shuffle That Data! Using Your iPod as a Data Repository
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By
Larry Loeb
- Mar 11, 2005
- OK, so you've sprung for the iPod shuffle. You learned how to play Shuffle Roulette. (Random mode on! Click! Song. Click! Song. Click!) But you want more, more, more. The iPod shuffle can hold more than music; it can also hold your data. Larry Loeb looks at some of the tools that can help make your data synchronized and accessible.
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| 95.
| - Ten Questions with Larry Jordan, Award-Winning Producer, Director, and Editor
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By
Larry Jordan
- Feb 25, 2005
- Find out what makes award-winning director, producer, and editor Larry Jordan tick (and get the skinny on his new book, Final Cut Pro HD Hands-on Training) in this interview.
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| 96.
| - Extending Your iPod for the Mac
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By
Matthew David
- Feb 18, 2005
- Matthew David tells you how you can add more content to your iPod when you are running Mac, how you can extend the content on your iPod with third-party tools, and why you should really be using a Mac for your iPod.
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| 97.
| - Media Management, Part 1: Technologies for Corporate and Educational Applications
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By
David Gulbransen
- Feb 4, 2005
- This article is part 1 of a two-part series in which we take a look at some of the media management technologies for corporate and educational applications. In part 2, we'll take a look at the scaled-down versions of these technologies emerging for the home market.
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| 98.
| - How To Create Final Cut Pro Effects Using iMovie
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By
Gerald Everett Jones
- Oct 22, 2004
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| 99.
| - Shopping at the iTunes Music Store
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By
Jim Heid
- Oct 15, 2004
- This sample of the book Macintosh iLife 04, The: An Interactive Guide to iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, and GarageBand by Jim Heid takes you on a tour of Apple's popular online music store and offers some tips for improving your online experience.
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| 100.
| - Taking Your iPod Beyond Music
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By
Matthew David
- May 13, 2004
- Avowed Windows lover Matthew David became enamored of a little white box full of favorite tunes. Now he has found that his Apple iPod can do even more than fill his life with music.
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