I love that I’ve been able to write a book about projects in iMovie. Editing video, after all, is a project in many ways. It often requires a good deal of time and attention to detail. It’s something you elect to do, probably in your spare time, because you want to document what happened at an event, or preserve memories, or communicate something in a way that text or photos alone are incapable of doing.

And I also love that I’ve been able to write a book about projects in iMovie. If you plucked a much younger me from the days when I first began editing video and showed me today’s iMovie, my brain would have had trouble processing what I was seeing (not to mention dealing with the fact that somehow I had been pulled through time). For as little as $15, or free when you buy a new Mac, you have the capability to edit high-definition video in real time, using a friendly interface that genuinely makes editing fun.

And let’s not even speculate how my brain would have reacted to editing HD video on the iPad, using iMovie for iOS.

Most of all, I love living in a time where these capabilities are available to millions of people who are willing to set aside some time and creativity. The future really is the best project.

Sometimes its the best stuff that gets left out of books on consumer applications. Not with the iMovie Project Book! This book delivers the cool stuff in a fun and engaging format. It jumps over the manual part of what's covered in most books to get right to tips, projects, and how to be productive. The book starts off with a chapter on the essentials and then gets into the captivating cool stuff. To grab readers' attention and direct them to valuable information the book has many entry points for the reader on each page, such as tips and notes. Fun, engaging, lively, and information-rich, this project book is designed for a new generation of learners who want to move past boring text heavy documentation and build knowledge effortlessly.