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Ross Rasmussen introduced two robust iApps, iMovie and iDVD ’09 to save your memories in an entertaining and professional looking way.  In a two hour MacLearn session on August 22^nd he took the process from start to finish.  He shot some video clips of traffic on Kalakaua Avenue and of Richard Sato dancing, well, gesturing, in front of the green wall upstairs at the ING Direct Café.  He imported them as iMovie Events, and from those Events, selected and dragged clips into an iMovie project.  Built-in templates, titles and effects made it easy to stitch the clips into a movie.  He turned Richard upside and had traffic driving through him on Kalakaua.  Howz that?!

He then demonstrated how easy it is to create a DVD with your movies or photo slideshows made with zoom and pan Ken Burns effects.  You start with one of about 100 free templates. Then you drag in movies and photos from your media browser. They become links to your media. You format these links as buttons,  framed pictures or video clips to create a menu, just like the DVDs you buy at the video store.  Add music and  just click the Burn button and you have a DVD.

Missed it or want handouts?  Go to http://drop.io/hmaus_maclearn to download the iMovie and iDVD handouts. Check out the Apple video tutorials at http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie The handouts are designed to work with the these tutorials.

Mahalo to Ross who not only gave us a great presentation last Saturday, but also provided a very enjoyable hands-on iPhoto workshop two weeks ago for 11 lucky HMAUSers.  Mahalo also to Jeff Kang who again provided yet another tech rescue for us, and took these pictures.  Finally, thank you to ING Direct for providing us with a super venue.

What’s next? Join us at the September 26th MacLearn from 10-12 at ING Direct Café. Colin Murphy, Apple Solutions Consultant based at Best Buy Pearl City presents iWork ’09, a great wordprocessing, spreadsheet and presentation suite.  Tip:  right now there are the BEST prices I’ve ever seen for  iWork -  Amazon.com has it for $46.99 with free shipping, the University of Hawaii Bookstores have it for $49 for students/staff, and it’s $79 at Best Buy with shopping points! (Note:  iWork requires 10.4 or higher). Click here for driving/parking directions to ING Direct Cafe. Hope to see you.

Other upcoming MacLearn activities:   iMovie, iDVD hands-on session by Joe Zaret on Sept. 5th and a iPhoto hands-on session by Gregg Kamei on Sept. 12th.  Sorry, both are filled, but watch your HMAUS email member announcements for last minute openings and the next workshop.

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