Mac OS X v.10.2 is designed to enable anyone from digital media hobbyist to mid-level professionals take advantage of the amazing capabilities of Apple's suite of digital media tools. iLife is published by Apple, retails for $49, and combines iTunes for managing music, iPhoto for digital photography, iMovie for editing digital video and iDVD for creating your own DVDs.

Features

• Includes sections dedicated to each of the iLife applications - iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, and iTunes - plus a section covering a wide variety of digital projects and special techniques.
• Provides lots of explanatory material to help readers understand the technology and applications while the Step-by-Step elements guide them through specific tasks.
• Explain and compares alternate ways to accomplish tasks to help readers select the best techniques for their own projects.
• Uses a holistic approach to the digital media tools and emphasizes how these tools work together.

Contents

• Part I iTunes: Burning Down the House
  • Touring Your iTunes Music Studio
  • Making Music with iTunes
  • Putting Your iTunes Music on the Move
• Part II iPhoto: Not Your Father's Photo Album
  • Touring Your iPhoto Digital Darkroom
  • Building Your iPhoto Photo Library
  • Editing the Images in Your iPhoto Photo Library
  • Making the Most of Your Images
• Part III iMovie: The Swiss Army Knife of Digital Video Software
  • Touring Your iMovie Movie Studio
  • Building a Movie in iMovie
  • Building a Better Video Track in iMovie
  • Building a Soundtrack that Rocks
  • Producing Your Movies
• Part IV iDVD: The Power of a Movie Production Studio in Your Mac
  • Touring Your iDVD Production Powerhouse
  • Building a DVD
  • Designing a DVD
  • Previewing, Fixing, and Burning a DVD
• Part V iLife: The Only Way to Live
  • Adding Video and Sound from Movies or TV Shows to iLife Projects
  • Creating Cool Soundtracks for iLife Projects