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Apple iLife 101: An Introduction to iLife '09

iLife 09 is a suite of digital authoring tools that comes with every Mac: iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iDVD, and iWeb. This two-day, hands-on training course introduces students to the features and interface of iLife 09 You will learn to create media-rich digital projects, and share them online with a few clicks. Featuring footage and images from around the world, the focused lessons cover organizing and sharing your photo library to creating polished video and soundtracks. Along the way, you will produce photo albums, movies, and music.

Pre-Requisites: This class is designed for anyone who prefers hands-on & interactive instruction to best explore the functionality of the iLife '09 applications. Students should have a basic knowledge of the Macintosh OS

What You Will Learn: Organize and edit images in iPhoto. Edit and share movies with iMovie. Turn your photos into cards, picture books, calendars, or a web gallery. Add motion and music to a slideshow, then publish it online. Create a video with polished transitions, music, and effects Build a soundtrack in GarageBand, and learn to score a simple movie

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Topics	Description
Importing and Organizing Photos	Connecting a Camera, Importing Photos and Video, Importing from Applications, Viewing Event Key Photos, Skimming Events, Navigating the Viewing Area, Viewing the iPhoto Library, Organizing Events, Choosing Event Titles, Adding Descriptions, Splitting, Merging and Reordering Events, Moving Photos between Events, Identifying Photos with Faces or Places and Creating a Place
Reviewing and Improving Photos	Comparing and Rating Photos, Assigning Keywords, Searching the iPhoto Library, Hiding and Discarding Pictures, Fixing Photos, Cropping, Straightening and Rotating, Enhancing a Photo, Repairing Red-Eye, Retouching, Adjusting Photo Levels, Adjusting Sharpness and Noise and Using Effects
Sharing your Pictures	Creating an Album, Arranging Photos, Creating Empty Albums, Creating a Smart Album, Using Photos as a Screen Saver, Sharing Photos on a Network, Emailing Photos, Syncing Photos to an Apple Device, Creating, Customizing and Exporting a Slideshow, Sharing Photos in a MobileMe Gallery, with Flickr, and Facebook and Sharing Facebook Tags with Faces
Publishing your Photos	Printing, Customizing a Printed Photo, Ordering Prints, Assembling a Photo Book, Laying Out a Book, Customizing a Map in a Book, Making a Greeting Card, Backing Up and Restoring Photos with Time Machine
Creating your First iMovie	Opening iMovie, Managing Events, Rejecting Footage, Marking Favorites, Building a Project, Adding, Rearranging and Adjusting Clips, Precision Editing, Finishing a Movie, Improving Color, Adding Transitions, Adding Audio, Using Themes, Customizing a Theme, Modifying Titles and Adding a Map
Sharing and Publishing a Movie	Playing a Movie Full Screen, Switching between Projects and Events, Sharing to iTunes, Sharing to YouTube, Sharing to a MobileMe Gallery, Sharing to the Media Browser, Making Changes after Publishing, Adding Chapter Markers, and Exporting a QuickTime Movie
Shooting and Importing Video	Importing Movie Files, Getting Footage from iPhoto, Capturing from iSight, Adding Keywords and Filtering Events
Advanced Editing Techniques	Editing Tips, Avoid Redundancy, Cut on Action, Improving an Edit, Adding Video from iPhoto, Inserting a New Clip, Adding a Cutaway, Creating a Picture-in-Picture Effect, Replacing a Shot, Using the Clip Trimmer and Fine-tuning an edit
Creating Visual Effects	Creating a Polished Opening, Adding a Still Image from iPhoto, Adding a Title, Applying Video Effects, Adding a Single-Point Map, Playing a Clip Backwards, Changing Clip Speed, Creating a Freeze Frame, Adding Transitions, Color Correction, Stabilizing Clips, and Using Green-Screen Shots
Working with Audio	Adjusting Audio Levels, Adding Sound, Adding Background Music, Adding Sound Effects to a Clip, Adding a Voiceover and Mixing Levels
Learning to Play Music with GarageBand	Opening GarageBand, Connecting Musical Instruments and a MIDI Instrument to your computer, Learning to Play Guitar or Piano, Exploring the Interface, Navigating Between Lesson Sections, Customizing the Lesson Workspace, Changing a Lesson Mix and Taking an Artist Lesson
Jamming with a Virtual Band	Selecting a Musical Genre, Navigating and Controlling Playback, Auditioning Virtual Musicians, Mixing Instruments in Magic GarageBand, Setting Up and Adding an Instrument, Recording a Part, Saving a Song in GarageBand, Sharing Projects, Sharing with iLife Applications, Exporting Projects to iTunes and Sending a Song to iTunes
Creating an iPhone Ringtone	Opening a Ringtone Template, Recording a New Software Instrument Part, Playing the Onscreen Music Keyboard, Sending a Ringtone to iTunes, Exploring a Voice Ringtone, Editing a Real Instrument Voice Track, Editing Regions in the Editor and Merging Real Instrument Regions
Certification Exam	Students take a one hour exam to earn Apple Certified Associate, iLife ?09 status