iMovie: The Missing Manual: 2014 release, covers iMovie 10.0 for Mac and 2.0 for iOS

You can hardly use iMovie if you don’t have this book

Very thick and heavy book of about 400 pages. Goes into a lot of detail maybe too much detail. It's easy to read but hard to get through I probably skipped most of it but if you have the time and patience I would recommend this book.

I try to be a good citizen on Amazon and do reviews of the products I buy (and I buy a lot of stuff from Amazon!), but rarely do I do book reviews--I just figure that's a personal thing. We love books (or not like them as much), for personal reasons that are often not quantifiable. But this is a bit different, this is not a book per say, but a manual. The purpose of the manual was to enable computer dummies (like me), or those less intuitive with technology, to be able to do semi-creative things at least, with the phenomenal tool that is iMovie. I will be writing to the authors of this book as well, but I consider this book to be a gift. A magic box of a book. Even I have been able to follow the easily, meticulously outlined steps/lessons, included in each chapter of the book and make videos/"movies" of my own. The first one was of my mom baking bread, and I know that what I produced, as insignificant as it may be in the scheme of things, is something I will treasure forever. This book also made me feel really good about my computer skills: made me feel like, given good and precise instruction, I too can conquer my tech fears. I know I have just begun to scratch the surface, and really look forward to what my next "movie" will look like. My sincerest GRATITUDE to the authors for the gift of this book, and the creative adventure they have made possible for me.

You must continually refer to this manual when doing your first project with the newest iMovie. At the end, after much patience, time and effort you finally appreciate what a good program iMovie is and what a great guide " The Missing Manual 2014 Release " is. Looking forward to my next iMovie which hopefully will be in triple quick time. The index could be refined is only criticism of the ebook.

I bought the entire set of these for '09 in paperback, and they were very useful. The changes in the latest IMovie are subtle, but problematic for someone so used to using the previous version. I find searching the Kindle version to be very inefficient, as every phrase using the key search term pops up without enough context for me to get my answer. I have it up in the background when I am using IMovie 10, but word searches pop up so many references it is easier to post my specific question on Google to get a quick solution from YouTube or Mac forums. Maybe if I took the time to read the whole thing I would get more out of it, but I bought it as a quick reference guide, and it is very unsatisfactory for that purpose.

This is outdated but still offers some help if you have the patience to search.

This is what you need whether you are a novice or an experienced user of iMovie. The changes from iMovie 11 are pretty substantial and this book is a great help in picking up the new tricks. It is my main source for learning the new iMovie.

Apple updates iMovie faster than books can be updated and printed, so you will find items in the manual that do not match the program. Example: page 200 says Garage Band is free, it is now $4.99 through AppStore; page 177 says two background music clips cannot play at same time, now they can (I used it with airplane sounds and music). This book is really good and necessary but check Apple iMovie support for the latest if the book does not match the program.I gave it only 4 stars because the authors say to check their website for updates and errata but there is little of value there that captures Apple's latest. The iMovie '11 manual was WAY behind the release version and their website did not capture anything. Plus they removed all the iDVD support that were there in the past, claiming iDVD is not being updated because Apple considers DVDs obsolete. There is a link on the web site but I do not know how current it is since I look at my earlier iMovie manuals.