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The video is a finished production that runs about 40 minutes and it contains all sorts of iMovie features and tricks of the movie trade. It's highly entertaining in it's own right with a lot of educational value on the places/events shown (based on a lot of external reading/research). I will pull together a half dozen talking points to demonstrate techniques/methods of how the video is done, and the rest will be Q & A on whatever people want to know about iMovie.

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Want to learn how to create, save and share letters, spreadsheets, presentations, forms and web sites without purchasing any software or using any hard drive space?  • Want free email or a place to store and share yourphotos? • Then you'll want to learn all that you can do with a personal Google account.

Topic:

Making websites sounds glamorous and everyone seems to be doing it, but why should I? What benefits will I get? What does it do for me? What is its power? Do I need one at all? What criteria to use to even determine if creating/having a website is the right thing for me?

   • How to get started.
   • What are strengths and weaknesses in choosing among various website hosts
   • Where to find them, how fees are based.
   • What are pros/cons of using web-based templates vs DIY.

See several items of information mentioned during this meeting.

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Control, organize, backup, download, edit, Email, and print digital images with Mac OS software and free or low-cost software from 3rd party web sites. Time permitting, Jerry may also cover *Remote/Tethered Shooting* and *Geo Tagging* of photos.

See  Jerry's Digital image processing software recommendations (PDF)

Topic:

The presentation will include computer online security, ID theft and software protection; will emphasize using the Internet to get information; and be based on observations and recommendations made by a popular consumer publication.

• See online security articles in Consumer Reports, September 2008
• See a list of Macintosh Anti-virus/Security software on CMoM's own Yahoo Tech Group
• Visit the Apple website for networking and security software

Topic:

The new iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking, built-in GPS, and iPhone 2.0 software that supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs hundreds of third party applications built with the iPhone SDK.

If you can't wait, go to http://www.apple.com/iphone/guidedtour/

Topic:

This meeting will start with a trip around our club website (there is more every time you look). Then we will look at other resources and links on the web.

Did you know there is a CMoM Yahoo group site?
Visit  http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ClubMacMonterey/

Topic:

Using iChat and Skype, Jerry and Bruce will attempt to connect their MacBooks to each other using software which is free.  Why wait until next month?  Make calls from your computer — free to other people on Skype and cheap to landlines and cell phones around the world.  Download free Skype.  Also see list of steps and procedures to begin using Skype and AIM.

Topic:

Share favorite tips and tricks that assist and enhance your computing experience.
See a list of some of the "Tips" demonstrated during the meeting.

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Dave Powell will present his most recent Keynote presentation, “Dubai City”.  There is a fantastically huge amount of new construction in Dubai City at this time. "15% of all Tall Cranes in the world are building Dubai City." The information has serious implications for the future of the United Arab Emirates and possibly for the rest of us. For historical and relevant information about Dubai, see these links on this CMoM website: Dubai-URL.html

For a look at what's happening today, see Dave Powell's Keynote presentation! Dave has been able to access such information because of his professional expertise as an aquarium consultant around the world.

Dave will demonstrate how he put this Keynote presentation together including: The criteria for image downloading; adding and adjusting text; text and image transitions; adding music; timing of slides and transitions; and mention downloading and editing YouTube videos using TubeSock and QT Pro.

As David says, “PowerPoint sucks although the new Microsoft Office 2008 PowerPoint has copied a number of features from Keynote and is better than before.  For “Keynote Support”, visit http://www.apple.com/support/keynote/

Topic:

"Universal genius for photo editing"  

Test this award-winning software freely until you decide to make the purchase. This is a shareware, high performance program for just 34.95 USD. 

More than 1.5 million users worldwide swear by GraphicConverter X | Classic – from amateur photographers to professional designers. The press has dubbed the program the equivalent of the "Swiss penknife" describing it as a "universal genius for photo editing on the Mac". 

GraphicConverter offers everything needed  and would expect for an all-round editing software for your Mac with ease of use, an excellent range of functions, stability and reliability.

If you can't wait, visit:  http://www.lemkesoft.com/xd/public/content/index._cGlkPTE5Mw_.html

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CMoM bus to MacWorld Expo & meeting upon return

Club Mac will again sponsor a “field trip” to the Mac World Expo in San Francisco on Friday, January 18th. In order to reserve a bus we need to have all the signups and money in hand by the end of the our December meeting.

Given the cost of gas and parking in SF, the price of $35 for club members and $45 for guests is quite reasonable. If you are not currently a member and would like to participate this would be a good time to join (membership is only $20 for the year).

We will leave from the Pacific Grove Adult School at 8 am and be back by 6 pm. As usual, our January CMoM general meeting at 7 pm that evening will include pizza and beverages for the travelers and members attending the meeting. We will then share what we saw and learned in San Francisco.

Let us know that you want to go. Be certain we have your payment by December (no pay: no seat). Send your check to Club Mac of Monterey at P.O. Box 2107, Monterey, CA 93942 or bring your money to the December 14th meeting.

Please make you reservations early for the 24-passenger bus by email to our MacWorld bus chairman, Jerry Gifford, CMoMAmb@mac.com (Please use "Macworld Bus" in the subject line.)

The cost will be no more than $35 for CMoM members and $45 for non-members. (We should have the final cost after the Dec CMoM meeting. )

For more information, visit: http://www.macworldexpo.com