"How to" Guideline series is coordinated by Helen Mongan-Rallis of the Education Department at the University of Minnesota Duluth. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions to improve these guidelines please e-mail hrallis@d.umn.edu.

iMovie Guides and References

1. Importing Video Using Sony Digital 8 Camcorder (by Helen Rallis)

Commercial sites:

1. MacWorld iMovie Complete Archive (http://macworld.zdnet.com/subject/imovie/)
   • iMovie Lesson One: Importing Video and Sound by Jill Baird, Sept. 4, 2000. (http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/09/04/imovie.html)
   • iMovie Lesson Two: Adventures in Editing by Jill Baird, Sept. 18, 2000.(http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/09/18/imovie2.html)
   • iMovie Lesson Three: Editing Music and Sound by Jill Baird, Oct. 4, 2000.(http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/10/04/imovie.html)
   • iMovie Lesson Four: Using Audio and Video Transitions by Jill Baird, march 5, 2001. (http://macworld.zdnet.com/2001/03/05/howto/imovie_l4.html)
   • iMovie Tips and Tricks... (http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/04/features/homemovies.html)
   • Wrap Up Your iMovie: How to Share Your Movies on the Web, CD-ROM, or Videotape By Christopher Breen (http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/12/howto/imovie.html).
   • iMovie Grows Up: Comparing iMovie with iMovie 2 by Jill Baird (http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/07/27/imovie.html). Useful to read before upgrading to iMovie 2. Offers a detailed comparison, including screen shots to show the difference between the two versions.
   • iMovieThe Sequel: Harness the Powers of iMovie 2 to Make Your Home Movies Even Better by Jim Heid (http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/11/howto/imovie2.html). Also useful to read before upgrading to iMovie 2. Describes the features of iMovie 2 and what you can expect from it.
   • Go Beyond iMovie by Galen Fott (http://macworld.zdnet.com/2001/02/features/imovie.html). For those interested in moving to more advanced digital video editing applications, Fott describes and compares three other video editing applications, namely: Adobe's Premiere 5.1c, Digital Origin's EditDV 2.0, and Strata's VideoShop 4.5.1
2. iMovie Sans the iMac (2000) by Dennis R. Dimick (http://www.wap.org/journal/imovie/default.html)
3. iMovie: The Missing Manual (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/imoviemm/index.html). For those of you who like to have a printed manual on an application, this looks like something you might want to buy (since iMovie does not come with a manual). According to this web site, the book "takes you through every step of iMovie video production, from choosing a camcorder to burning finished films onto CDs."

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