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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Introduction to Digital Video | |
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| Getting Started in Digital Video | |
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| What Is Digital Video? | |
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| Cool Things to Do with Digital Video | |
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| The Cool Tools at Your Disposal | |
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| Video Production from A to Z | |
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| Shopping for a Camcorder | |
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| What We Bought: The Authors' Camcorder Picks | |
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| What to Look For in a Camcorder | |
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| Megapixels Demystified | |
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| Choosing the Right DV Software | |
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| Video File Formats and Codecs | |
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| Where to Find It | |
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| Preparing Your PC or Macintosh for Digital Video | |
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| The Key Components of a DV-Ready Computer | |
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| Processor and Memory | |
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| Hard Drive | |
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| Monitor | |
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| Inputs | |
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| DVD Burner | |
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| Where to Find It | |
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| Using Your Camcorder | |
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| Camcorders Explained | |
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| Digital Camcorder Standards | |
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| Getting Around Your Camcorder | |
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| Charging and Using the Battery | |
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| Loading Tape | |
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| Using the Camcorder Mode Controls | |
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| Managing Tapes | |
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| Working with a Storyboard | |
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| Handling Your Camcorder | |
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| Choosing a Shooting Position | |
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| Zooming for Success | |
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| Working with Sound | |
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| Creating Foley Effects | |
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| Working with Light | |
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| Correcting the Color Balance | |
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| Controlling Camcorder Exposure | |
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| Shooting at Night and in Low Light | |
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| Where to Find It | |
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| Edit Footage and Apply Effects | |
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| Getting Video into Your Computer | |
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| Preparing Your Computer | |
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| Making Space for Captured Video | |
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| Optimizing Your Hard Drive for Captured Video | |
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| Connecting Your Camcorder | |
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| Connecting to a PC | |
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| Connecting to a Macintosh | |
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| Capturing Video in Studio 8 | |
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| Navigating the Capture Screen | |
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| Starting the Capture Process | |
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| After the Capture | |
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| Capturing Video from an Analog Camcorder or a VCR | |
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| Capturing Through an Analog Capture Device | |
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| Capturing Through Your Digital Camcorder | |
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| Where to Find It | |
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| Editing Your Masterpiece on a PC | |
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| Working with Video Files | |
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| Saving Your Work | |
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| Understanding the Timeline | |
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| Adding Scenes to the Timeline | |
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| Previewing Video Clips | |
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| Trimming Your Video Clips | |
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| Using Ripples and Rolls | |
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| Splitting and Joining Clips | |
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| Adding Transitions to Your Movie | |
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| Adding a Transition in Studio 8 | |
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| Editing Transitions | |
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| Adding More Transitions | |
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| Applying Fancy Video Effects | |
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| Video Effects in Studio 8 | |
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| Controlling Video Effects in Other Video Editors | |
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| Trying Your Hand at Slow (or Fast) Motion Video | |
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| Compositing Video | |
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| Where to Find It | |
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| Editing on a Mac | |
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| Choosing Your Tools | |
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| The Entry Point: iMovie | |
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| Moving to the Next Level: Final Cut | |
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| Weighing the Pros and Cons | |
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| Setting Up and Importing | |
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| Importing Camcorder Footage in iMovie | |
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| Importing Camcorder Footage in Final Cut Express | |
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| iMovie: Basic Editing in Clip Viewer Mode | |
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| Splitting a Clip | |
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| Cropping a Clip | |
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| Arranging Clips in the Clip Viewer | |
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| Editing in the Timeline | |
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| The iMovie Timeline | |
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| The Final Cut Timeline | |
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| Using Paste Overs and Intercuts | |
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| Using Paste Over in iMovie | |
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| Using Intercuts in Final Cut | |
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| Adding Transitions Between Scenes | |
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| Adding Basic Special Effects | |
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| Adding iMovie Basic Effects | |
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| Adding Final Cut Effects | |
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| Where to Find It | |
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| Creating Slideshows | |
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| Adding Still Images to a Video | |
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| Preparing to Add Images | |
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| Adding Still Images in Studio 8 | |
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| Adding Still Images in iMovie | |
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| Adding Transitions | |
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| Working with Image Files | |
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| Common File Formats | |
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| Preparing Images for Video | |
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| Grabbing Stills from Video | |
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| Using Automated Slideshow Features | |
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| Animating Stills, Documentary Style | |
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| Animating with Microsoft Plus | |
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| Animating with Canopus Imaginate | |
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| Animating with iMovie | |
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| Where to Find It | |
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| Working with Sound | |
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| Audio Capabilities in Studio 8 | |
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| Editing Audio Tracks | |
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| Using the Change Volume Control | |
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| Ramping and Fading Volume | |
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| Making Audio Transitions | |
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| Making a J Cut | |
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| Making an L Cut | |
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| Carrying Audio Through B Roll | |
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| Adding a Second Audio Track | |
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| Adding Narration | |
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| Adding Sound Effects | |
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| Adding a Soundtrack | |
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| Ripping Tracks from CD | |
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| Ripping Music with Other Audio Software | |
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| Adding Music from Your Hard Disk | |
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| Using Pinnacle Studio SmartSound | |
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| Using an External Music Program | |
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| Where to Find It | |
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| Sound on the Mac | |
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| Adding Narration | |
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| Using Built-In Narration in iMovie | |
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| Using Voiceover in Final Cut | |
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| Using Third-Party Audio Recording | |
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| Using Audio from CDs and iTunes in Your Movie | |
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| Adding Music in iMovie | |
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| Adding Music in Final Cut | |
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| Adding Audio Transitions and Effects | |
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| Creating Fades in iMovie | |
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| Creating Fades in Final Cut | |
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| Meet Apple SoundTrack | |
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| Where to Find It | |
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| Titling Your Movie | |
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| Creating Titles in Studio 8 | |
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| Adding Canned Titles to a Project | |
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| Creating Titles in Title Editor | |
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| Creating Titles on the Mac | |
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| Adding Titles in iMovie | |
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| Adding Titles in Final Cut | |
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| Using Titles Effectively | |
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| Deliver Digital Video | |
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| Making DVD Titles on a PC | |
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| Making Sense of DVD Menus | |
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| Planning Your Menus | |
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| Creating a DVD Menu | |
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| Previewing Your Menu | |
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| Editing a Menu | |
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| Tweaking Chapter Buttons | |
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| Editing the Template | |
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| Animating the Background | |
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| Creating Chapters Manually | |
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| Setting Return Marks | |
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| Making Submenus | |
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| Sharing Your PC-Based Movies | |
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| Making Your Movie into... a Movie | |
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| Outputting Movies to Tape | |
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| Outputting Movies to AVI or MPEG | |
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| Outputting a Web-Compatible File | |
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| Sharing Your Video at StudioOnline | |
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| Outputting Movies to DVD | |
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| Where to Find It | |
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| Making Tapes and DVDs with Your Mac | |
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| Exporting to Tape from the Mac | |
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| Exporting from iMovie | |
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| Using Print to Video in Final Cut | |
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| Creating DVDs | |
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| Preparing a DVD-Compatible Movie | |
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| Importing a Video into iDVD | |
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| Customizing Your DVD Project | |
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| Saving and Burning Your DVD Project | |
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| Where to Find It | |
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| Sharing QuickTime Movies | |
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| Exporting to QuickTime | |
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| Performing a Basic Export in iMovie | |
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| Performing a Basic Export in Final Cut | |
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| Exporting from PC Applications | |
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| Using Advanced Export Options | |
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| Opening Advanced Options | |
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| Choosing Advanced Options | |
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| QuickTime on the Internet | |
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| QuickTime and HTML | |
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| QuickTime Movie Streaming | |
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| QuickTime on Disc | |
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| Burning Data CDs | |
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| Burning VideoCDs | |
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| Where to Find It | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Digital Video Glossary | |
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| Videography Quick Tips | |
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| Index | |