• Getting Photos into iPhoto
• Shooting Pictures
• Connecting Your Camera to iPhoto
• Importing Pictures from a Camera or Card
• Importing Video from a Camera
• Importing Picture Files

• Arranging Your Pictures
• Viewing Pictures
• Organizing Your Events
• Building Picture Albums
• Hiding and Discarding Pictures
• Describing your Pictures and Searching Your iPhoto Library

• Editing Your Pictures
• Cropping Pictures
• Rotating and Strengthening Pictures
• Touching Up Pictures
• and Applying Adjustments and Effects

• Sharing a Movie
• Using iTunes to Share a Movie
• on Your iPod
• iPhone or Apple TV
• Posting Your Movie on YouTube
• Putting a Movie in Your .Mac Web Gallery
• Publishing a Movie to the iLife Media Browser
• and Exporting a QuickTime Movie

• Editing Your Movie
• Organizing Your Workspace
• Skimming Video to Select Shots
• Working with Advanced Tools
• Using Keywords
• Assembling Your Edit
• Shaping the Narrative
• Extracting and Shifting Audio
• Using a Variety of Shots
• and Recording a Voiceover

• Finishing Your Movie
• Trimming to Perfect Your Edit
• Adding Still Images to your Movie
• Rotating a Photo
• Creating a Still Image from Your Video
• Creating Transitions
• Correcting Color
• Adjusting Color to Create Effects
• and Adding Titles and Credits

• Sharing a Movie
• Adjusting Audio Tracks and Sound Levels
• Adding Sound Effects and Adding Music

• Scoring an iMovie or QuickTime Video
• Creating a New Movie Score Project
• Working with Video Files in the Media Browser
• Preparing the Project for Scoring
• Building a Soundtrack in the Timeline
• Using Track Automation Curves
• Monitoring Tracks
• Working with a Software Instrument Loop
• and Sharing a GarageBand Project

• Scoring an iMovie or QuickTime Video
• Creating a New Podcast Project
• Editing the Podcast
• Working with Artwork and Markers
• and Adding Episode Info to a Podcast

• Creating a Website
• Deciding the Site’s Purpose
• Choosing a Template
• Making the Homepage
• Publishing the Site and Adding and Linking
  New Pages

• Creating Blogs, Photo Pages and Podcasts
• Building a Photo Page
• Building a Blog
• and Making a Podcast

• Students take a one hour exam to earn Apple Certified Associate, iLife ’08 status

Course Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:
Basic knowledge of the
Macintosh OS 

By taking and passing the Apple Certified Pro exam a user is given Apple Certified Pro status which allows them to distinguish themselves to colleagues employers and prospective clients as a skilled user of the chosen software application This certification gives individuals a competitive edge in todays ever changing job market.

Pro Certification Exam

Peachpit Manual Included
iLife '09
iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand,
iWeb, iDVD
by Michael Cohen, Michael Wohl, Richard Harrington, Mary Plummer