Visual QuickStart Guide or Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction

Visual QuickStart Guide: iMovie HD and iDVD 5 for MAC OS X

Author: Jeff Carlson

Take an easy, visual approach to teaching iMovie HD and iDVD, using pictures to guide you through the software and show you what to do.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	The digital camcorder	3
Ch. 2	Composition and coverage	17
Ch. 3	The camera in motion	33
Ch. 4	Lighting	41
Ch. 5	Capturing audio	49
Ch. 6	iMovie overview	57
Ch. 7	Importing footage	71
Ch. 8	Editing video	87
Ch. 9	Editing still pictures	105
Ch. 10	Editing audio	115
Ch. 11	Transitions	133
Ch. 12	Titles	141
Ch. 13	Effects	151
Ch. 14	Moving back to tape	161
Ch. 15	QuickTime	165
Ch. 16	Email, Web, and Bluetooth	177
Ch. 17	Moving from iMovie to iDVD	187
Ch. 18	iDVD overview	193
Ch. 19	iDVD themes	205
Ch. 20	Customizing iDVD themes	223
Ch. 21	Slideshows	237
Ch. 22	Archiving, encoding, and burning	245

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Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction

Author: Marc Campbell

You're a beginner who wants to design a state-of-the-art family web site. You've just started a new job, and you need to learn Dreamweaver fast. Or maybe you're a professional who's been using another program but is now switching to Macromedia's leading web design tool. Learning Dreamweaver 8 gets you up to speed, quickly and efficiently.

Straightforwardly practical, with speed as the by-word, this hands-on guide focuses on the best practices for constructing both interactive and static web sites. While explaining core concepts clearly and thoroughly, so that beginners have a solid conceptural and technical foundation, it cuts through the clutter that might slow down a beginner tackling a subject as vast as web design and a tool as robust as Dreamweaver. "Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction" emphasizes learning by doing, with short, task-oriented chapters that demonstrate theory by presenting design solutions and explaining the principles that make them work. Plenty of screen shots, illustrations, and sample layouts accompany rapid prototyping techniques for site production.

Marc Campbell has been building web sites since 1997-for everything from comic book fan communities to state government portals and e-commerce applications. A Macromedia Certified Dreamweaver Developer and beta tester, he has taught web design to students at all levels and has written eight books on the subject.

Sidebars in "Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction" allow readers to decide how deeply they want to delve into the subject. "Best Bets" offer bottom-line recommendations for those who want to skip the general discussion, while "Behind the Scenes" sidebars provide more in-depth looksatparticular topics for those who want more detail. Absolute beginner or faux debutante, you'll learn proven procedures for quickly building Dreamweaver sites.