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[...]... Supplementing iLife with Other Programs .521 Freeware and shareware 521 Commercial enhancements 529 Supplementing iLife with Hardware 534 Chapter 3: Taking a Cue from the Media Pros 535 Taking Better Photos and Movies .535 Obeying the rule of thirds 536 Simplifying the background .537 xxii iLife ’04 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies Adjusting... how to launch an application in the Application folder For more information on either topic, see that excellent book by Mark L Chambers, Mac OS X All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (Wiley) 4 How This Book Is Organized How This Book Is Organized We organized this tome into seven minibooks The first five minibooks represent the five parts of iLife (iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, and GarageBand); the... song and playlist information .428 Exporting to iTunes 430 Book VI: iPod 431 Chapter 1: Have iPod, Will Travel 433 Getting Started with Your iPod 434 Thinking inside the box 435 Powering up your iPod .436 Setting the language 437 Connecting to the Mac 439 xx iLife ’04 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies Playin’ in... music store preferences 22 Importing Music into iTunes .23 Ripping music from CDs 23 Importing music files from other sources 25 Importing Audio Books 27 Listening to Web Radio 27 Streaming music from the Internet 28 Saving your favorite stations .29 Adding Web broadcasts 30 xii iLife ’04 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies Chapter... following to use any of the applications (or this book): ✦ A pile of cash for extra equipment and software: Yes, you need a digital camera for iPhoto, a digital camcorder for iMovie, a DVD-R drive for iDVD, and the iPod for portable music playing, but you can get all of this, including an iMac with a SuperDrive for burning DVD-Rs, for under $3,500, which is about one-tenth of what it cost to do the same... from film and video formats 225 Importing Multimedia Elements 226 Using photos and graphics in iPhoto 226 Using music and sounds in iTunes 227 Chapter 3: Organizing and Improving Video Clips 231 Organizing a Project 232 Creating and saving a project 232 Copying a project .233 xvi iLife ’04 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies Organizing... Calculating how much music to use 74 Importing music for an audio CD-R 75 Importing music for an MP3 CD-R .76 Table of Contents xiii Setting the Burning Preferences 76 Setting the sound check and gaps .76 Setting the format and recording speed 78 Burning a Disc 78 Exporting song information for liner notes .79 Dealing with trouble in CD-R paradise... Chapter 3: Burning DVDs 341 Previewing the DVD 341 Using the Motion and Preview buttons 341 Using the remote control 342 xviii iLife ’04 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies Adding Project Files to the DVD 343 Putting photos on DVD-ROM 343 Putting any digital files on DVD-ROM .345 Setting Up Autoplay and Looping .346 Adding... and editing titles 120 Keeping track of film rolls 123 Arranging and sorting photos 125 Adding comments .125 Adding and using keywords .126 xiv iLife ’04 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies Searching by keyword .128 Adding ratings to photos 130 Maintaining a Photo Archive .130 Backing up your library 131 Moving and switching between... nowhere plans for nobody.” But as John Lennon pointed out, “Isn’t he a bit like you and me?” With the iLife suite of software tools, you won’t be like Nowhere Man — iLife puts the world at your command All your digital assets — your photos, your songs, your videos, everything — are at your fingertips The iLife software brings together all your digital assets so that you can use them for creative projects . Rhodes iLife  ’04 ALL-IN-ONE DESK REFERENCE FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_573470 ffirs.qxd 5/29/04 12:00 AM Page iii 01_573470 ffirs.qxd 5/29/04 12:00 AM Page ii iLife  ’04 ALL-IN-ONE DESK REFERENCE FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_573470. i 01_573470 ffirs.qxd 5/29/04 12:00 AM Page ii by Tony Bove and Cheryl Rhodes iLife  ’04 ALL-IN-ONE DESK REFERENCE FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_573470 ffirs.qxd 5/29/04 12:00 AM Page iii