Title -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Living the Digital Lifestyle -- The Digital Lifestyle Tools -- QuickTime Makes It All Happen -- iTunes Burns Down the House -- iPhoto Is Not Your Father's Photo Album -- iMovie Is the Swiss Army Knife of the Digital Lifestyle -- iDVD Lets You Be Your Own Production Studio -- iTools Puts Your Digital Life on the Web -- The Digital Lifestyle and You: So Happy Together -- Mac OS X and the Digital Lifestyle -- Part I: Exploring the Digital Lifestyle Tools -- Part II: Building Digital Lifestyle Projects -- Part III: Displaying Your Digital Masterpieces -- Special Features of this Book -- Get a Digital Life -- PART I Exploring the Digital Lifestyle -- Chapter 1 QuickTime Pro: Making It All Happen -- The QuickTime Way -- Going Pro with QuickTime Pro -- Register QuickTime Pro -- Viewing QuickTime Movies -- Viewing QuickTime Content with the QuickTime Player -- Viewing QuickTime Content with Other Applications -- Watch QuickTime Movie Trailers -- Going Further with QuickTime -- Making Your QuickTime Player Preferences Known -- Configuring and Maintaining QuickTime -- Making Your QuickTime Preferences Known -- Configuring the QuickTime Plug-in Tab -- Configuring the Connection Tab -- Configuring the Music Tab -- Configuring the Media Keys Tab -- Configuring the Update Tab -- Keeping QuickTime Up-to-Date -- Understanding QuickTime Quality -- QuickTime Movies and Resolution -- QuickTime Movies and Frame Rate -- QuickTime Movies and Color Depth -- Editing QuickTime Movies -- Removing Material from QuickTime Movies -- Trim the Content in a QuickTime Movie -- Remove Frames from a QuickTime Movie -- Creating a New QuickTime Movie with Cut and Paste -- Create a New QuickTime Movie with Cut and Paste -- Using Other Nifty QuickTime Editing Tricks.

Making Tracks with QuickTime -- Enable or Disable a QuickTime Movie's Tracks -- Extract a QuickTime Movie's Tracks -- Working with the QuickTime Properties Tool -- Change a Video Track's Normal Size or Orientation -- Converting Files from All Over with QuickTime Pro -- Working QuickTime Like a Pro -- Chapter2 iTunes: Burning Down the House -- The iTunes Way -- CD Audio -- MP3 Rocks -- AIFF, AIFF! -- WAV -- iTuning Your Music Experience -- iTunes Modes -- iTunes Controls -- The iTunes Source Pane -- The iTunes Content Pane -- The iTunes Equalizer -- Associate a Specific Equalizer Preset with an Individual Song -- Making and Using Playlists -- Burning Tracks -- Making Your iTunes Preferences Known -- Setting iTunes General Preferences -- Setting iTunes Effects Preferences -- Setting iTunes Import Preferences -- Understanding MP3 Encoding -- Configuring Standard Levels of MP3 Encoding -- Choose an Encoding Quality Level -- Configuring Custom Levels of MP3 Encoding -- Configuring AIFF and WAV Encoding -- Selecting an Encoder -- Setting iTunes CD Burning Preferences -- Setting iTunes Advanced Preferences -- Making Music with iTunes -- Listening to Audio CDs -- Play an Audio CD -- Listening to Internet Audio -- Listen to Internet Radio -- Building, Listening to, and Managing Your Digital Music Library -- Building Your iTunes MP3 Library -- Encode an Audio CD in the MP3 Format -- Add Audio Files to the Library Directly -- Browsing and Listening to Your Library -- Browse the iTunes Library Source -- Making Your Playlists and Checking Them Twice -- Create a Playlist -- Putting Your iTunes Music on the Move -- Burning Your Own CDs -- Burn a CD -- Taking Your Digital Music on the Road with MP3 Players -- Picking an MP3 Player -- Moving Your Music to an MP3 Player -- Download Music from iTunes to an MP3 Player -- Mastering Your Digital Music with the iPod.

Moving Your Music Collection to an iPod -- Add Your Music Collection to an iPod -- Managing Your iPod Music -- Using iTunes for Your Digital Lifestyle Projects -- Chapter 3 iPhoto: Not Your Father's Photo Album -- The iPhoto Way -- The iPhoto Window -- The iPhoto Source Pane -- The iPhoto Content Pane -- iPhoto Controls -- iPhoto Modes and Tools -- Import -- Organize -- Edit -- Book -- Share -- Making Your iPhoto Preferences Known -- Building Your Digital Image Library -- Importing Images from a Digital Camera -- Download Images from a Digital Camera into iPhoto -- Importing Images from Other Sources -- Import Images from Other Sources into iPhoto -- Organizing Your Images -- Setting the Keywords You Use -- Adding New Keywords -- Add Your Own Keywords -- Changing Keywords -- Edit Your Keywords -- Adding Information and Keywords to Your Images -- Add Information and Keywords to Your Images -- Using Keywords to Find Images -- Find Images by Keyword Searches -- Building and Using Albums -- Create an iPhoto Album and Add Images to It -- Editing Your Images -- Edit an Image -- Creating Photo Books -- Create a Photo Book -- Sharing Your Images -- Printing Images -- Print Your iPhoto Images -- Creating a Slideshow -- View Images in a Slideshow -- Ordering Prints -- Order Prints of Your Images -- Ordering a Book -- Order a Professionally Printed Photo Book -- Building an iTools HomePage -- Post Images to Your iTools Web Site -- Exporting Images -- Exporting Photos as Files -- Export Images as Individual Files -- Exporting Images as a Web Site -- Export Images as a Web Site -- Exporting Images as a QuickTime Movie -- Using iPhoto for Your Digital Lifestyle Projects -- Chapter 4 iMovie: The Swiss Army Knife of Digital Video Software -- The iMovie Way -- The iMovie Window -- iMovie Modes -- The Monitor -- The Monitor in Edit Mode -- The Monitor in Camera Mode.

The Tools Palette -- The Clips Palette (AKA the Shelf) -- The Transitions Palette -- The Titles Palette -- The Effects Palette -- The Audio Palette -- The Clip Viewer -- The Timeline Viewer -- The Disk Gauge -- The iMovie Trash -- Making Your iMovie Preferences Known -- Setting Import Preferences -- Setting Views Preferences -- Setting Advanced Preferences -- Building a Movie in iMovie -- Planning a Movie -- Deciding What Your Movie Will Be -- Plan a Movie -- Preparing the iMovie Project -- Create an iMovie Project -- Building a Basic Video Track -- Stocking the Shelf with Clips -- Adding Video Clips from a DV Camera -- Import Clips from a DV Camcorder -- Adding QuickTime Clips to Your iMovie Movie -- Save a QuickTime Movie in the DV Format -- Import a DV Clip into iMovie -- Putting Still Images on the Shelf -- Import Still Images into iMovie -- Hacking (AKA Editing) Your Clips -- Previewing Clips -- Preview a Clip -- Deleting Clips -- Delete a Clip -- Changing a Clip's Information -- Rename a Clip -- Splitting Clips -- Split a Clip -- Editing Clips -- Edit a Clip -- Building the Video Track -- Place Clips in a Movie -- Building a Better Video Track -- Explaining Yourself with Titles -- Adding Opening Credits -- Add Opening Titles to a Movie -- Adding a Caption to a Clip -- Add a Caption to a Clip -- Changing a Title Clip That Had Been Placed in a Movie -- Change a Title Clip Included in a Movie -- Making Your Movie Flow with Transitions -- Adding a Fade Out Transition -- Add a Fade Out Transition -- Adding a Cross Dissolve Transition -- Apply a Cross Dissolve Transition -- Changing a Transition That Has Been Placed in a Movie -- Change a Transition Clip -- Making Your Movie Special with Special Effects -- Making New Clips Look Old -- Add Sepia Tone to a Clip -- Improving a Clip's Brightness and Contrast -- Adjust a Clip's Brightness and Contrast.

Committing to or Removing a Special Effect -- Using Smart iMovie Tricks to Liven Things Up -- Speeding Clips Up or Slowing Them Down -- Change the Speed at which a Clip Plays -- Changing Direction -- Change a Clip's Direction of Play -- Adding Instant Replay -- Create Instant Replay -- Creating a Freeze-Frame -- Add a Freeze-Frame Effect -- Pasting Over a Clip -- Paste Over a Clip -- Building a Sound Track -- Going Native (Native Sound That Is) -- Muting Native Sound -- Changing the Relative Volumes of Native Sound -- Set the Relative Volume Level of the Native Sound in a Movie -- Fading Native Sound -- Set the Duration of a Sound Fade -- Extracting Native Sound -- Extract a Clip's Native Sound -- Livening Up Your Movie with Sound Effects -- Adding iMovie's Built-in Sound Effects -- Add a Built-in Sound Effect -- Adding Your Own Sound Effects -- Add Your Own Sound Effects to a Movie -- Making Your Movie Sing with Music -- Importing MP3 Files -- Add MP3 Music to a Movie -- Recording from Audio CD -- Add Music from an Audio CD to a Movie -- Recording Your Own Sounds -- Record Narration or Other Sounds for a Movie -- Building a Soundtrack that Rocks -- Exporting Your Movie -- Using iMovie for Your Digital Lifestyle Projects -- Chapter 5 iDVD: The Power of a Movie Production House in Your Mac -- The iDVD Way -- The iDVD Window -- iDVD Controls -- The iDVD Drawer -- iDVD Modes -- iDVD Projects -- Making Your iDVD Preferences Known -- Making DVDs with iDVD -- Preparing Content for DVD -- Preparing QuickTime Movies for DVD -- Putting a Slideshow on DVD -- Designing a DVD -- Planning Your DVD -- Creating an iDVD Project -- Create a New iDVD Project -- Organizing Your DVD -- Change the Main Menu Name -- Create Submenus on the DVD -- Add Submenus to the DVD -- Adding Content to the DVD -- Adding QuickTime Movies to the DVD -- Add QuickTime Movies to a DVD.

Check the Status of the Encoding Process.