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Zune Software Basics: Mar 16, 2007; Someone once said, "Behind every great man is a great woman." In the case of the Zune, a great piece of software behind the Zune helps it rise to lofty levels in the realm of digital media players. This chapter looks at the Zune software, what it can do, and how best to use it.

iTunes and You: Mar 9, 2007; iTunes is a powerful tool by itself. When paired with an iPod, it creates a unique audio experience. This excerpt will show you how to use your iPod for more than just podcasts; photos and videos can also be viewed on the device.

Making Movies with iMovie HD: Feb 2, 2007; Best-selling author Jim Heid shows you just about everything you need to know to make movies in iMovie HD. By the end of this chapter, you'll have learned how to work with clips, add photos and audio to movies, create titles, dazzle with effects and transitions, and more.

Get a Grip! How to Manage Your Footage in After Effects 7: Jan 26, 2007; In this chapter, you'll learn how to use the Project panel in After Effects 7 to organize and sort the items contained in your project. You'll also learn about other aspects of asset management such as how to replace missing footage and use placeholders and proxies to temporarily stand in for footage items. As always, taking a little time to prepare will save you a lot of time in the long run.

Don't Move! How to Add Motion to Your Movies: Jan 19, 2007; 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.

Blog On and Blog Louder with iWeb: Jan 5, 2007; Robin Williams and John Tollett show just how easy it is to create, edit, and update your blog with iWeb.

How to Work With a Project in Final Cut Express HD: Jan 5, 2007; In this 60-minute Apple-certified lesson, you'll learn how to open the Final Cut Express HD program, identify and work with the elements of your editing project, organize those elements, and begin working within the Final Cut Express editing interface.

Publish a Video Podcast with WordPress: Jan 5, 2007; Maria Langer's helicopter jaunts are too spectacular to be described with mere words; adding video podcasts to her web site would give visitors a taste of the thrill they'd be buying when they signed up for a trip. In this article, Maria takes us on a tour of the software that made it all possible.

Secrets of Videoblogging: Checking Your Toolbox: Dec 22, 2006; Before you start making your own videoblog, make sure you have all the essential tools for creating your own videos and uploading them to the Web. This sample chapter details a toolbox recommended by a team of experienced videobloggers.

Selections: The Key to Compositing in Adobe After Effects 7.0: Dec 22, 2006; A particle physicist works with atoms, bakers and bankers work with their own types of dough, and compositors work with selections—many different types of selections, each of them derived uniquely. In this chapter, you'll look at the foundation techniques that define how a layer merges with those behind it.

Beginner's Guide to Editing in the Final Cut Pro HD Timeline: Dec 15, 2006; In this 60-minute Apple-certified lesson, you'll learn how to use the Timeline in Final Cut Pro. By the end of the hour, you'll have learned how to select and move clips in the Timeline, copy and paste clips, select multiple clips in the Timeline, work with the Snapping control and more.

Managing Footage in Adobe After Effects 7: Dec 8, 2006; In this chapter, you'll learn how to use the Project panel in Adobe After Effects 7 to organize and sort the items contained in your project. You'll also learn about other aspects of asset management such as how to replace missing footage and how to use placeholders and proxies to temporarily stand in for footage items. As always, taking a little time to prepare will save you a lot of time in the long run.

Getting Started With Logic Pro 7: Nov 22, 2006; This one-hour lesson explores some basic functions you'll use when working in Logic, such as zooming in and out on an editing window's display, making selections with Logic's unique selection techniques, hiding tracks, and creating custom key commands to control Logic's editing functions. The techniques in this lesson provide a good foundation of skills you'll constantly use while making music in Logic.

Create a Killer Black and White Photo Using Photoshop Elements 5 Video Tutorial: Nov 17, 2006; The process of turning a color photo into a beautiful black and white has been revolutionized with the introduction of Photoshop Elements 5. Matt Kloskowski shows you how to use Elements to create killer black and white photos through two short video tutorials. One video shows you the easy, one-click way to create black and whites, while the other video tutorial shows you how to get a tad more control over the conversion process.

Final Cut Pro for Avid Editors: Customizing Your Project: Nov 17, 2006; This 45-minute lesson takes a look at where and how to adjust your settings in Final Cut Pro. You'll learn how to select an editing preset, change audio/video settings, select user preferences, and more. This chapter also covers bin organization and describes storyboard editing, which is performed largely by working within a bin.

Flash Video 101: Streaming Flash Video from a Reliable Content Delivery Network: Nov 10, 2006; If you're interested in gaining all the benefits of streaming your Flash video from a dedicated media server, but are concerned about all the costs and time involved, this article is for you. Author James Gonzalez reviews how to employ Flash Video Streaming Services (FVSS), hosted by a variety of content delivery networks, to do the hard work for you.