The
Ins and Outs of iMovie
—
Edition 4 for version 11 —
is the perfect guide for those who want to use Apple's
revolutionary iMovie to edit DV, HDV, AVCHD, AVCHD
Lite, H.264/AVC, iFrame, iPhone, Motion JPEG, AVCCAM, XDCAM
EX, DVCPRO-HD, AIC, and ProRes 422.
You’ll learn how to import the 720p25, 720p30, 1080p25,
1080p30, 1080i50, and 1080i60 formats. For those shooting
both 1080i60/24fps and native 1080p24. iMovie 11 directly
supports 1080p24. You’ll find what you need to know in my
eBook to create 24fps movies.
Even those shooting 720p50, 720p60, 1080p50, and 1080p60
will find the information they need to work with 50fps and
60fps video..
Moreover, a special process is documented to enable the DV
shooter to obtain maximum quality NTSC/PAL DVDs. Also
included are detailed instructions on editing
VHS, VHS-C, S-VHS, S-VHS-C,
Video8, Hi8 that have
been copied to DV or Digital8 tape. You can use the CatDV
application to automatically divide a file from a DV or
Digital8 tape into clips each of which has one shot.
Although
Apple considers iMovie “intuitive” — many have found this
to not be the case. And, iMovie 11 — with its many new
features — is even more difficult to learn. That’s why my
eBook includes a major section,
iMovie Tutorials,
devoted to learning how to make use of iMovie’s powerful
features including Color Correction. These are not simply
editing “tips.” The tips are organized in a way that
provides you with an optimal editing “workflow.”
You’ll learn how to burn NTSC or PAL DVDs from HD projects,
create 720p H.264 for the Internet, and burn
FullHD quality movies on Blu-ray discs (by adding a BD
burner); on regular DVD discs that hold Blu-ray content
burned by Toast using a Mac’s SuperDrive.
Of
course, you’ll also learn how to create movies for YouTube,
AppleTV, and the iPod and iPhone.
The eBook covers iMovie 11 under both OS X 10.6 and OS X
10.7.
Written by a computer and video professional, this single
eBook will save you hours of reading posts by amateurs who
tend to “guess” at answers to your questions.
Feedback
from those who bought
The
Ins and Outs of iMovie:
Thanks! I really enjoy your books. I
think you should try to publish hardcopies.
Your
content beats, hands down, any iMovie handbooks out
there. Adrian
Thank you,
you have written a very very good guide, appropriately
technical and very useful. Well worth the
money! Clement
Singarajah
Summary:
Works
perfect. Tagged 1080i clips as
progressive, used the Swap FX in iMovie, exported as QT and
burned with Toast using custom settings described by
you. Perfect
picture quality using BD-player. robertapple1
I
find that getting true HD output to my HD tv is
far more complex than the old process with SD, iMovie and
iDVD. In the course of my investigations, I ran across your
Ins and Outs of iMovie 09, downloaded it and have started
skimming. This
is by far the most helpful thing I have run across in
dealing with the vagaries of HD and all its formats,
the software limitations of iMovie 09 and iDVD, and the
various output formats. This $29.95 outlay is by far the
most useful tool I have in getting the HD I'd hoped
for when I bought my camera. Murdith
Hi
Steve,
I bought your "Ins and Outs of iMovie 09", followed your
instructions and posted what I think is pretty good quality
video on YouTube. Just for comparison, I took the same
movie and did the "Share to YouTube" directly from iMovie.
It looks horrible. So, your tips
work! Thanks, Jeff
Hi Steve
I purchased your book on imovie 09 a few weeks back. Thanks
again for the book which got me up to
speed in an evening.
Kind Regards, Paul
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By
return email, you will receive, at no
cost, a Zip
compressed folder containing
iMakeFullHD software.
To
learn more about iMakeFullHD, scroll down to
Why Use iMakeFullHD
Table
of Contents
Chapter
1: How iMovie Works
Progressive HD Operation
Interlace HD Operation
iMovie is Like No Other
Source Frame-size
Target Frame-sizes
Scaling Factor
How Scaling Works
Chapter 2: Import HDV, AVCHD, and AVCCAM
Import Interlaced HD
Import Progressive Segmented Frame (PsF) HD
Import Progressive HD
FireWire HDV Import
USB Import AVCHD/AVCCAM and AVCHD Lite Import
Camcorder Harddisk
Import
Camcorder SDHC Card
Import
Clip Preview and Import Tool
Import 1080i
Importing 720p/1080p and other Video Codecs
1080i Video Import
Recommended iMovie Settings for 1920x1080i
Full – Original Size for 1080i
Create 1080i HD Movies
How to use the iMakeFullHD utility for 1920x1080i
When to use iMakeFullHD
Tag Event Folder 1080i Clips as Progressive
Tag Speed-change Clips as Interlaced
iMovie Share…
Chapter 3: Edit Progressive Video
iPhone Video
Beyond AVCHD
Import Progressive Files
Optimize Video after Import
Adjust Clip Dates
Recommended Progressive Video iMovie Settings
Create Progressive HD Movies
iMovie Share…
Chapter 4: Create Movies from DV
Recommended iMovie Settings for DV
DV FireWire Capture
DV Quality Loss: the Solution
DV Clip Conversion
Import Analog Video Recorded on DV/Digital8
Create Standard Definition Movies
Import Converted Clips
iMovie Share…
Chapter 5: iMovie Workflow Tutorial
The FCP X Look
Event Library Editing
Primary Project Editing Functions
Color Correction Tutorial
Secondary Project Editing Functions
Keyboard Shortcuts
Chapter 6: Burn a DVD with iDVD
Burn with iDVD
Add Chapters using GarageBand
Chapter
7: Create 720p H.264 for the Internet
1080i to 720p
720p or 1080p to 720p
Chapter
8: Burn “AVCHD” Movies for Blu-ray Players
What is Blu-ray?
Export 1080i for Toast
Export 720p and 1080p for Toast
Burn 720p, 1080i and 1080p Movies with Toast
Appendix A: Remove 2-3 Pulldown from 1080i60/24p
Appendix B: Working with p50 and p60 HD
Why Use iMakeFullHD
Both
OS X 10.6 and 10.7 are supported
When a project
includes 1080i AVCHD/AVCCAM or 1080i50/25PsF/1080i60/30PsF
AVCHD clips, if you
use
Themes,
Stabilize a clip, employ
a
PIP or
Crop, add a
Ken Burns effect to a
video clip, or use a
Wipe,
Ripple,
Zoom,
Page Turn, or
Pseudo-3D transition (such as Swap),
iMovie on-the-fly deinterlaces these 1080i clips to 1080p
video. Therefore, all
interlaced
1920x1080 and 1440x1080 anamorphic clips in your project
will lose up to 30% vertical resolution.
This loss of resolution will occur even if you add
only one
of
these effects. Your project will now be composed of 1080p
video. By using the
iMakeFullHD software, this
loss of resolution is prevented.
iMakeFullHD
tags
all the clips in an Event as “progressive.” Now, iMovie
will be tricked
into
not deinterlacing your interlaced HD video to video.
Therefore, your video clips will not lose resolution. After
tagging, these clips are called “false 1080p.”
Summary
of iMakeFullHD Features:
- No quality is lost by tagging because encoded video is not decoded and re-encoded during the tagging process.
- Tagging is very fast.
If you use an AVCHD camcorder, such as the Canon HF200E, that shoots both 50i and 25p and records both as 1080i50 (interlaced 25fps), you will encounter a problem with how iMovie 09 (version 8.0.5) functions.
When you have Shot 1080i50 AVCHD
iMovie erroneously treats interlace video as progressive. Thus, iMovie tricks itself into not deinterlacing when scaling FX are applied. Therefore, your video clips will not lose resolution. However, certain FX may cause scaling artifacts. If you see objectionable artifacts, either slightly alter the FX—for example, make a transition shorter—or remove the FX. iMakeFullHD will not be used. These clips are called “True 1080i50.”
When you have Shot 1080p25 AVCHD/AVCCAM
iMovie treats progressive video as interlaced. Thus, iMovie will deinterlace when scaling FX are applied. Therefore, your video clips will lose resolution. Use iMakeFullHD to correctly tag 25p clips in an Event as “progressive.” iMovie will now not deinterlace these clips so your clips will not lose resolution. Moreover, you can freely use all FX without worrying about scaling artifacts caused by certain iMovie FX. After tagging, these clips are called “True 1080p25.”