You can choose from several different tools to create your audio and video content. This section briefly describes some of the applications you might use. For in-depth instructions, see the manual that comes with the application.
QuickTime Pro. While QuickTime is installed on every Mac, you must purchase a registration code to gain access to its authoring features. With the full-featured version, called QuickTime Pro, you can create and edit video and audio content. After creating your content, you can export your QuickTime movie and choose the export format, including “Export to iPod”, in addition to a number of different file formats, such as MPEG-4. When you export to iPod or to MPEG-4, your content is automatically compressed.
iMovie HD. You can use video from a variety of sources and devices to create a movie in iMovie HD. If you have some digital video in your camcorder or digital video footage on your computer, you can follow the steps in the iMovie HD Getting Started manual (available from the Help menu in iMovie HD) to automatically transfer it to iMovie HD, edit the clips, add transitions and a title, and lay down a soundtrack. After creating your movie, you can export it for use on the Internet or for an iPod. It is as easy as choosing iPod from the Share menu.
Soundtrack Pro. Soundtrack Pro is a professional multitrack sound recording and editing application with built-in effects and filters, such as audio cross dissolve, normalization of audio level, and equalization. After recording the audio, export to AIFF. You can then bring it into iTunes to compress it.
GarageBand. GarageBand is a multitrack capture tool and editor for both audio and MIDI sound. With GarageBand, you can capture audio from input sources and use effects and filters to enhance the audio’s quality. GarageBand is a component of the iLife application suite from Apple and may already be installed on your computer. GarageBand can add certain metadata fields to the file and encode it as AAC for playback on iPod and in iTunes.
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