iLife 201 - Comprehensive Study of iLife

Course Description

This three-day, hands-on course introduces students to the features and interface of iLife. iLife is a suite of digital authoring tools that comes with every Mac: iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iDVD, and iWeb. With iLife, 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 all aspects of iLife—everything from organizing and sharing your photo library to creating polished video and soundtracks. Along the way, you will produce movies, picture books, podcasts, websites, blogs, and custom DVDs.

Who Should Attend
This class is designed for educators, students, professionals, and others who prefer hands-on and interactive instruction to best explore the functionality of all iLife applications. This course prepares students to pass the Apple Certified Associate, iLife exam.

What You Will Learn

• Master the iLife tools quickly through fun, real-world projects
• Turn your photos into cards, picture books, calendars, or a web gallery
• Add motion and music to a slideshow, then publish it online
• Create and share a video with polished transitions, music, and effects
• Build a soundtrack in GarageBand, create a final mix, and score a simple movie
• Create a podcast, blog, website, and DVD

Prerequisites
Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

• Basic knowledge of the Macintosh OS

Course Outline

Day 1

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

 

Day 2

Shooting and Importing Video
Shooting to Edit, Covering a Scene, Story Structure, Moving the Camera, The Lingo of Motion, Justify Any Movement, Fix it Later, Recording Sound, Understanding Video Formats, Importing Movie Files, Getting Footage from iPhoto, Capturing from iSight, Preparing Footage, 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 an Opening, Adding a Still Image and 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

 

Day 3

Recording a Podcast
Creating a Podcast Project,Browser and Editor, Choosing Recording Equipment, Exploring Vocal Track Presets, Project Tasks, Working with Music and Sound Effects, Editing the Podcast, Adjusting the Recorded Track, Importing a Garageband Project, Working with Animation Curves, Working with Artwork and Markers, Adding Artwork to the Media Browser and Podcast Track, Adding Episode Artwork, Viewing Marker Information, Adding a URL to a Marker and Adding Episode Info to a Podcast

Publishing a Website
Deciding the Site's Purpose, Choosing a Theme, Making the Homepage, Modifying the Header, Adding Photos and Text, Adding Pictures and Other Content, Adding a Movie Page, Adding a Map to a Blank page, Publishing the Site, Publishing a Website to MobileMe, Publishing via FTP and Publishing to a Folder

Creating a Blog and Podcast
Making the Homepage, Modifying the Browser and Page Background, Modifying the Header, Adding Photos and Graphics to the Page, Adding Text to the Page, Building a Blog, Making a Podcast Page, Publishing your Podcast and Registering your Podcast with iTunes

Making a DVD
Exploring the iDVD Main Window, Building the Project, Choosing a Theme, Customizing a Template, Adding a Movie to the DVD, Using Chapter Markers, Editing the Project, Switching Themes, Editing Drop Zones, Editing the Main Menu, Previewing the DVD, Modifying Menu Buttons and Adding a Slideshow

Certification Exam
Students take a one hour exam to earn Apple Certified Associate, iLife status