Course Description
This three-day, hands-on course introduces students to thefeatures and interface of iLife ’09. iLife ’09 is a suite of digital authoring tools that comes with every Mac: iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iDVD, and iWeb. With 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 all aspects of iLife ’09—everything from organising 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 ’09 applications. This course prepares students to pass the Apple Certified Associate, iLife ’09 exam.

What You Will Learn
• Master the iLife tools quickly through fun, real-world projects
• Turn 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 transitions, music and effects
• Build a soundtrack in GarageBand, create a final mix, score a 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

Costs
The three-day course cost is £575* excluding exam or £650*
including exam, per student.
This price includes Apple Authorised course materials.

*All Prices exclude VAT

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Course Content

Importing and Organising 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, Organising 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, Customising and Exporting a
Slideshow, Sharing Photos in a MobileMe Gallery, with Flickr,
and Facebook and Sharing Facebook Tags with Faces

Publishing your Photos
Printing, Customising a Printed Photo, Ordering Prints, Assembling a Photo Book, Laying Out a Book, Customising 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 Colour, Adding Transitions, Adding Audio, Using Themes, Customising 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