iLife '06

$49.00

Format: 1 DVD-ROM
Duration: 12+ Hours
Platform: Apple Macintosh

Inside iLife ‘06 will take you through all the applications in the iLife collection: iPhoto, iTunes, iDVD, iMovie HD, Garage Band and the new iWeb. By using a real world project throughout each of the applications, you’ll learn how to organize and share your photos, create a short documentary video, create a DVD, create audio and video podcasts and mix together audio tracks in Garage Band. Finally it can all be integrated together in a web page created in iWeb and files shared with a dot-Mac account and iTunes. This is an essential training for anyone who wants to maximize their multimedia potential on their Mac.

Todd Howard

Todd Howard, founder of Massachusetts-based multimedia production company Howard Digital Media, has conducted hundreds of hours of training seminars and one-on-one instruction on Mac OS X, Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro, as well as Adobe® PhotoShop® and GoLive®. He is the author of "GarageBand '08 Power!" and "Who's Afraid of HTML?", a comprehensive beginner's guide to HTML and website design, and was the producer/editor on the indie feature The Trouble with Boys and Girls. With website development projects, he has helped his clients achieve a web presence that is custom tailored to their specific business goals. He has worked with his clients in a fashion that encourages asking the tough questions and finding real solutions that fit and executing them with speed and fluency. Most recently, he launched a complete redesign and rebuild of the website for MASS MoCA, The Massachusetts Museum or Contemporary Art in North Adams. MASS MoCA is the largest center for contemporary arts in the United States. Todd is a daily blogger on Zoom In Online covering technology, music, TV, film and all things Apple. His training titles include "Inside Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger", "Inside iLife '06", "Dreamweaver Jumpstart", "Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Jumpstart" and "Adobe CS3: Assets In Motion", a pocket tutorial podcast series produced in conjunction with Magnet Media and Adobe, and Todd was both the author and the instructor of these in-depth training titles. Todd has worked with clients on video and DVD projects with an approach that cultivates creativity, flow, design and good story-telling. He directed and edited a series of television spots for The REACH Community Health Foundation in North Adams, MA, for their "Get Fit" campaign which have been particularly effective at connecting people in the community with REACH and its range of personal health resources. He spent 2001 and 2002 leading Apple Computer workshops and corporate training courses in Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro while based in Seattle, WA. He was head of creative services for Synchronicity/RTSe USA, Inc. from 1998-2001. Todd is a performing musician and an avid gamer, and has tremendous passion for teaching and creating with all digital media and he especially loves writing and recording his own original music with Apple's Logic Pro 8. He lives in northwestern Massachusetts.

iWeb
iPhoto 6
GarageBand 3
iTunes 6
iMovie HD 6
iDVD 6

  1. Introduction
    1. View Free Video Sample: Adding Images and Wrapping Text
    2. Introduction to Training
    3. Section Overview

iWeb

  1. Creating a New Website
    1. Creating a Site
    2. Creating a Webpage
    3. iWeb sites vs Homepage sites
  2. Organizing Webpages
    1. Website Navigation
    2. Customizing Your Navigation
    3. Changing Your Start Page
  3. Working with Text
    1. Text Boxes
    2. Text Editing
    3. Fonts, Colors and Text Size
    4. Non-breaking Spaces vs Paragraph Returns
  4. Formatting Text
    1. Stylesheets
    2. Wrapping Text
    3. Bulleted and Numbered Lists
    4. Special Characters
    5. Find and Replace
    6. Spell Check
  5. Working with Objects
    1. Laying out Objects with Text
  6. Creating Links
    1. Text Links
    2. Image Links
    3. Enabling and Disabling Links
    4. External Links
    5. Email Links
  7. Adding a Blog
    1. Creating Blogs
    2. Creating a New Entry
    3. Editing Entries
    4. Excerpt Settings
    5. Creating an RSS Feed
    6. Adding a Subscribe Button
  8. Adding a Podcast
    1. Creating a Podcast Page
    2. Podcasts Created in GarageBand
    3. Podcasts not Created in GarageBand
    4. Submitting Your Podcast to iTunes
    5. Importing a Photocast from iPhoto
    6. Podcast and Photocast Subscribe Buttons
  9. Working with Photos, Audio and Video
    1. Working with the Media Browser
    2. Import a Movie
    3. Importing Photos
    4. Importing Audio
    5. Creating a Web Slideshow
  10. Image Editing in iWeb
    1. Brightness and Contrast
    2. Cropping and Masking
    3. Working with the Photo Grid
  11. Publishing Your Site
    1. Add a hit counter
    2. Publish to .Mac
    3. Publish to a Local Folder for FTP
    4. Password Protecting Your Site
    5. Printing Pages
    6. Announce Your Site
  12. Updating and Archiving Your Site
    1. Updating Your Site
    2. Backing Up and Archiving

iPhoto 6

  1. Importing and Organizing Photos
    1. Importing Photos on Your Computer
    2. Importing Photos from a Digital Camera
    3. Play a Slideshow
    4. Creating an Album
  2. Entering Information for Your Photos
    1. Adding Basic Information
    2. Using the Calendar
    3. Using the Calendar
  3. Editing Your Photos
    1. Regular and Full Screen Mode
    2. Rotating and Resizing Images
    3. Cropping Photos
    4. Enhance
    5. The Red-Eye Tool
    6. Photo Retouch Tool
    7. Effects
    8. The Adjust Palette
  4. Creating Apple Printed Media
    1. Books
    2. Calendars
    3. Greeting Cards
    4. Ordering Prints
  5. Sharing Your Photos
    1. Exporting Photos
    2. E-mailing Photos
    3. Send to iWeb
    4. Creating a Photocast
    5. Setting Your Desktop Background
  6. Backing Up Your iPhoto Library
    1. Archiving Library Data

GarageBand 3

  1. Getting Connected
    1. Line In and Line Out
    2. Midi Controller
    3. System Sound Preferences
  2. Choosing Your Project Type
    1. New Music Project
    2. New Podcast Project
    3. New Movie Score
    4. Open Existing Project
  3. Project Settings
    1. Tempo
    2. Time Signature
    3. Key
    4. Using the Built in Timer
  4. Working with Tracks
    1. Adding and Naming Tracks
    2. Duplicating and Deleting Tracks
    3. Track Instruments
    4. Main Playback Control
    5. Track Info
  5. Track Mixing Controls
    1. Record and Playback Controls
    2. Track Automation
    3. The Master Track
    4. The Ducking Fuction
  6. Working with Apple Loops
    1. Media Browser Button
    2. The Loop Browser
    3. Adding Loops to the Timeline
    4. Adjusting Loop Length
    5. Saving Favorites
  7. Working in the Timeline
    1. The Play Head
    2. Scrolling and Zooming
    3. The Timeline Grid
    4. Stretching and Looping Audio
  8. Real Instruments
    1. Creating a Real Instrument Track
    2. Monitoring
    3. Effects
    4. Recording
    5. Undo and Re-record
    6. Punching In
    7. Editing a Recorded Region
    8. Recording Multiple Tracks
    9. Tuning and Timing Enhancers
  9. Software Instruments
    1. Creating a Software Instrument Track
    2. Tracking from a Midi Controller
    3. Using Midi Keyboard
    4. The Matrix Editor
    5. Adjusting Rhythm
    6. Adjusting Midi Controls
    7. Notation View
  10. Working with Regions
    1. Editing Regions
  11. Creating a Podcast
    1. Creating an Episode
    2. Creating a Video Podcast
    3. The Media Browser
    4. Ducking Audio Volume
  12. Working with Podcasts
    1. The Podcast Track
    2. Markers for Podcast
    3. Marker Region Artwork
    4. Working with URLs
    5. Chapter Titles
    6. Working with Episode Information
    7. Submit Podcast to iWeb
    8. Exporting Podcast to iTunes
    9. Exporting Project as Podcast Episode
  13. Scoring a Movie
    1. Working with Video
    2. Markers for Scoring
    3. Send Movie to iDVD
    4. Exporting Project as QuickTime
  14. Sharing a GarageBand Projects
    1. Sharing GarageBand Projects
  15. Backing up GarageBand Projects
    1. Archiving GarageBand Projects

iTunes 06

  1. Importing Media
    1. Music from CDs
    2. Media From GarageBand
    3. The iTunes Store
    4. Podcasts from the Web
  2. Converting Media
    1. Convert audio file formats into MP3 or AAC format
    2. Convert Video for iPod
  3. Working with iTunes
    1. Source Panel Tour
    2. The Library
    3. Playing Media
    4. The Artwork and Video Viewer
    5. Adjusting Volume and Equalization
  4. Organizing the Media
    1. Editing Song Information
    2. Creating a Playlist
    3. Smart Playlists
  5. Sharing from iTunes
    1. Syncing to iPod
    2. Burning CDs

iMovie HD 06

  1. Importing Video
    1. Import Preferences
    2. Capturing from a DV Camera
    3. Magic iMovie
  2. Editing Your Movie
    1. Editing Basics
    2. Using Transitions
    3. Working with Titles
  3. iMovie Themes
    1. Using iMovie Themes
    2. iMovie Effects
  4. Working with Still Images
    1. Importing Photos
    2. The Ken Burns Effect
    3. Video Stills
  5. Audio in iMovie
    1. Adjusting Audio Levels
    2. Adding Music
    3. Recording a Voice-Over
    4. Audio Effects
    5. Audio Editing
  6. Sharing your Movie
    1. Exporting as a QuickTime
    2. Recording Back to Your Camera
    3. Exporting to iDVD
    4. Export to iWeb
    5. Export for iPod video
    6. Compressing Your Movie for E-mail

iDVD 6

  1. Getting Started with iDVD
    1. Create a New Project
    2. Magic iDVD
    3. OneStep DVD
  2. Creating Your Menus
    1. Using Themes
    2. Customizing Themes
    3. Creating and Editing Buttons
  3. Slideshows and Soundtracks
    1. Adding a Slideshow
    2. Soundtrack Settings
  4. Chapters and Markers
    1. DVD Markers
    2. Chapters
  5. Map View
    1. Setting AutoFirst Play Movie
    2. Play Again Options
    3. Menu and Button Transitions
    4. Error Checking
  6. iDVD Preferences
    1. Tour of iDVD Preferences
  7. Burning Your DVD
    1. Preparing for Burning
    2. Burning a DVD
  8. Backing up Your iDVD Project
    1. Archiving Your iDVD Data