iPhoto ‘09: Visual QuickStart Guide
Master every aspect of iPhoto '09 with step-by-step, visual instructions!
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This ebook began as a print book in Peachpit Press's Visual QuickStart Guide series. We've converted it to a true ebook by increasing the page (and thus font) size; adding bookmarks; and linking the table of contents, index, and URLs. We encourage you to view the
free 55-page sample, since it is different from the Take Control design.
If you want a complete manual for iPhoto '09, look no further than Take Control publisher Adam Engst's iPhoto '09: Visual QuickStart Guide. Relying on concise, step-by-step instructions supported by numerous full-color screenshots and photos, this title first explains how best to import, organize, and edit your photos. Adam then shows you how to master iPhoto's new Faces and Places features; publish photos to Facebook, Flickr, and MobileMe; and create themed slideshows and prints, along with stunning photo books, greeting cards, and calendars. Also covered are how to burn CDs for Mac and Windows users, send photos via email, share an iPhoto library with another person, and, well, everything else that iPhoto can do.
A troubleshooting chapter helps readers solve common problems, and the appendixes cover background topics like aspect ratios, resolution, and color management and provide plenty of tips for taking better photos.
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- FAQ
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"Mr. Engst's book is well written, easy to follow, and contains lots of in depth information to help you become an iPhoto expert quickly."
—Nancy Gravley, writing for The Mac Observer about an earlier edition
Read this ebook to learn the answers to questions such as:
- How do I use iPhoto '09's new Faces and Places features?
- How should I publish photos to Facebook, Flickr, and MobileMe?
- What's the best way to create and switch among multiple iPhoto libraries?
- How does the new automatic red-eye reduction feature work?
- What does the Adjust window's "Avoid saturating skin tones" checkbox do?
- How do I create and manage my own custom places for geotagging?
- What's necessary to burn a CD of photos for a Windows user?
Book Info
- 240 pages
- Version 1.0
- Published May 27, 2009
- 19.7 MB download
- ISBN: 9780321601315
- Free sample with Table of Contents, Intro, Quick Start, and section starts.
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About the Author
Adam C. Engst is the publisher of TidBITS and of the Take Control ebook series. He has written numerous technical books, including the best-selling Internet Starter Kit series, and many magazine articles - thanks to Contributing Editor positions at MacUser, MacWEEK, and now Macworld. He has been turned into an action figure.
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Table of Contents
- Ch. 1: Getting Started
- Ch. 2: Importing & Managing Photos
- Ch. 3: Organizing Photos
- Ch. 4: Working with Faces
- Ch. 5: Working with Places
- Ch. 6: Editing Photos
- Ch. 7: Making Slideshows
- Ch. 8: Publishing Photos on the Web
- Ch. 9: Sharing Photos
- Ch. 10: Printing Photos
- Ch. 11: Troubleshooting
- App. A: Deep Background
- App. B: Taking Better Photos
- Index
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Read Me First
iPhoto '09 may be easy to use at a basic level, but there is a lot under the hood in Apple's photo management program. This ebook contains step-by-step instructions and hundreds of screenshots to explain how to do everything in iPhoto. This ebook was written by Adam Engst, edited by Tonya Engst, and published by Peachpit Press.
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Introduction
Digital cameras have become commonplace, and few people even consider purchasing a traditional analog camera anymore. But with digital photos, the camera is only part of the equation. Once you've taken photos, you need software to help you import, organize, edit, and share your photos. Since 2001, the most popular application for that task on the Mac has been Apple's iPhoto.
But iPhoto's popularity doesn't stem just from the fact that Apple bundles it—it's a genuinely useful program, providing a broad set of features while remaining easy to use. With iPhoto, you can organize your photos, perform common editing tasks, and create professional-looking printed works (prints, greeting cards, hardcover books, and even calendars).
If iPhoto is so easy, why write this book? Even though iPhoto '09 is the best version of the program that Apple has released so far, it still doesn't entirely demystify the process of importing a digital photograph, editing it, and presenting it on paper or on the computer screen. And iPhoto comes with no documentation beyond minimal and often incomplete online help. Read on, then, not just for the manual iPhoto lacks, but also for the help you need to take digital photos and make the most of them.
Does this book cover iPhoto '09 or iPhoto 8.0?
Both, actually. Annoyingly, Apple refers to iPhoto '09 interchangeably as "iPhoto '09" and "iPhoto 8," the latter of which is the actual version number. Although I prefer the actual version number to the year, I fear it would be too confusing to call it iPhoto 8, given that the previous version, iPhoto 7, was also called iPhoto '08. As a result, I'll use the iPhoto '09 name throughout this book, except when I'm referring to a very specific version of iPhoto '09, such as the current-as-of-this-writing iPhoto 8.0.2.
Do you have books about previous versions of iPhoto?
Yes, we have earlier versions of this book available for people still using iPhoto 6 or iPhoto '08.
Can I read this ebook on an iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, or Kindle?
There are lots of great ways to read our ebooks on these devices. For more details, please read our latest Device Advice.
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Update Plans
May 20, 2011 -- Although it's possible that we'll have a Take Control ebook about iPhoto in the future, or even that Adam will create another iPhoto book with Peachpit, at the moment we have no particular plans to create an iPhoto '11 update of this ebook, or to publish a Take Control title about digital photography. For more up-to-date information about digital photography from a Mac angle, see the Macworld Digital Photography Superguide, which (as this text is being written) was just updated to the fourth edition.
—Adam Engst
June 28, 2011 --
As iCloud rolls in, MobileMe is hitting the road, and taking photo Web galleries with it. To find out what you need to do, read on.
—Michael E. Cohen
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November 9, 2010 --
The first release of iPhoto '11 (version 9.0) is known to cause serious data loss for some users. Apple has released an updater that resolves the problem and restores calendar printing. Before you install iPhoto '11, make sure you have completely backed up your iPhoto Library, install iLife '11, update to iPhoto '11 9.1 via Software Update, and only then launch iPhoto.
—Michael E. Cohen
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