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Step-by-step instructions with callouts to iPhoto screenshots that show you exactly what to do. Help when you run into iPhoto problems or limitations. Tips and Notes to help you get the most from iPhoto. Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through doing everything you want to do with iPhoto. Learn how to Import your photos Flag and rate your photos Search your photos by text, date, keywords, and more Organize your photos into events and albums Create Smart albums Create Faces albums to group photos of your friends and family together Use Places to see a map of everywhere you’ve taken a photo Enhance and retouch your photos Add effects and filters to your photos Use iPhoto’s advanced editing tools Create printed books, cards, and calendars using your photos Create slideshows Share your photos online via iCloud, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, and more

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: What Is iPhoto?      3 iPhoto Lets You Navigate and Organize Your Photos     4 iPhoto Lets You Edit Your Photos     5 iPhoto Lets You Share Your Photos     6 Getting iPhoto     7   iPhoto System Requirements     7   Recommended Extras     7 Keeping iPhoto Up to Date     8 Launching iPhoto     9 The iPhoto Interface     9   The Main Viewing Area     10   The Source List     10   The Toolbar     12 Chapter 2: Importing Your Photos     15 Importing Photos from a USB-Connected Device or SD Card     16 Importing Photos from a Folder on Your Mac or from an External Device     18   Use Drag and Drop     18   Use the File Menu     19 Importing Photos from Apple’s Mail App     20 Viewing Your Last Imported Photos     20 Turning Off Automatic iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad Imports     21   Disable iPhoto Auto-Launch     22 Dealing with Duplicates     23 Understanding Where Your Photos Are Stored     23 Disabling the Copy Imported Photos Feature     24 Chapter 3: Reading Metadata and Marking Your Photos     27 iPhoto’s Information Pane     28   Get to Know the Information Pane     28 What Is Exif?      29 Changing Your Photo’s Date and Time     33   Change a Single Photo’s Date and Time     33   Change Multiple Photos’ Dates and Times     34 Changing Your Photo’s Name     35 Adding a Description to Your Photos     36 Batch Changing Titles, Dates, and Descriptions     37 Adding Keywords to Your Photos     39 Working with the Keyword Manager     40   Create, Edit, and Delete Keywords     41   Add Keyboard Shortcut Keys to Keywords     42   Apply Keywords Using Keyboard Shortcut Keys     44 Flagging Your Photos     45   Flag a Photo     45   Unflag a Photo     46 Rating Your Photos     47 Hiding Your Photos     48   Hide a Photo     48   Temporarily View Hidden Photos     48   Unhide a Photo     49 Deleting Your Photos     49   Move Photos to the Trash     49   Restore Photos from the Trash     50   Permanently Delete Photos     51 Using the Contextual Menu     51 Chapter 4: Searching Your Photos     55 Searching by Text     57 Searching by Date     58   Search for Photos by Date     58   Search for Photos by Specific Date     59   Search for Photos by Consecutive Date Range     60   Search for Photos by Nonconsecutive Dates     61 Searching by Keywords     62 Advanced Keyword Searching     63 Searching by Ratings     65 Chapter 5: Working with Events     67 Changing Events Autosplitting Time Frame     68 Viewing Event Information     69 Setting an Event’s Key Photo     70 Creating New Events     72   Create a New Event Using Specific Photos     72   Create a New Event Using Flagged Photos     73   Create an Empty Event     74 Merging Events     75 Splitting Events     76 Chapter 6: Working with Albums     79 Regular Versus Smart Albums     80 Creating Regular Albums     82   Create an Empty Album     82   Create an Album from Selected Photos or Events     83   Create an Album from a Folder on Your Mac     86 Changing the Contents of Your Regular Albums     87   Add Photos to an Existing Album by Drag and Drop     87   Add Photos to an Existing Album with the Add To Button     88 Removing Photos from Albums and Deleting Entire Albums     89   Remove Photos from Regular Albums     89   Delete Entire Regular Albums     90 Creating Smart Albums     91 Editing Smart Albums     92 Deleting Smart Albums     94 Duplicating Albums     95 Organizing Albums into Folders     96   Create an Empty Album Folder     97   Add Albums to a Folder     97   Create a Folder by Joining Two or More Albums     98   Remove Albums from a Folder     99   Delete a Folder     100 Sorting Your Albums Alphabetically     100 Chapter 7: Viewing Your Photos     103 Working with Photo Thumbnails     104   Adjust Thumbnail Size     104   View an Individual Photo     105 Working with the Film Roll     106 Sorting the Order of Your Photos     107   Sort Events     108   Sort Photos     108 Chapter 8: Organizing Your Photos: Faces     111 Creating Faces Collections     112   Create a Faces Collection     112   Name a Face for the First Time     112   Ignore a Face     113 The Faces Corkboard     115   Set Faces Key Photos     115 The Faces Information Pane     116 Viewing a Faces Collection     117 Confirming or Rejecting Suggested Matches in a Faces Collection     119   Confirm a Faces Match     120   Reject a Faces Match     120 Rescanning Your Photo Library for Faces     121 Naming Faces and Adding Missing Faces Manually     122   Name a Person with an Existing Detected Face     123   Add a Face Manually     123 Removing People from Faces     125 Using Faces with Facebook     125 Chapter 9: Organizing Your Photos: Places     129 What Is Location Data?      130   Set Up iPhoto to Use Your Location Data     131 The Places Map     132 Navigating the Places Map Manually     133 Navigating the Places Map Using the Location Menu     134 Switching Between Map Views     137 Viewing Your Photos in Places     138   View Photos by Pin     139   View Photos Using the Show Photos Button     140   Search Photos Based on Location     141 Getting Familiar with the Places Mini-Maps     141   Manually Add Locations to Photos     142   Manually Move a Pin     144   Add Personalized Names to Your Locations     145   Copy and Paste Location Information     146 Removing and Restoring a Photo’s Location     147   Remove a Location     147   Restore a Location     147 Managing Places     148   Open Manage My Places     148   Delete a Location     149   Change a Location’s Name     150   Adjust a Location’s Area     150 Using Places to Create Smart Albums     151 Chapter 10: Editing Basics     155 The Editing Window     156   Navigate Edit Mode     156 Quick Fixes     158   Rotate a Photo     159   Enhance a Photo     160   Reduce Red-Eye     161   Straighten Crooked Photos     163   Crop a Photo     164   Retouch a Photo     166 Applying Filters     168   Use the Round Filter Buttons     169   Use the Square Filter Buttons     170   Apply a Filter     172 Chapter 11: Advanced Editing Tricks     175 Using the Histogram     176   Adjust the Histogram     178 Adjusting Exposure, Contrast, and Saturation     181   Adjust a Photo’s Exposure, Contrast, and Saturation     183 Adjusting Definition, Highlights, Shadows, Sharpness, and Noise     183   Adjust a Photo’s Definition, Highlights, Shadows, Sharpness, and Noise     186 Adjusting Temperature, Tint, and Color Cast     186   Use the Eyedropper Tool to Adjust Color Cast     187   Adjust Temperature and Tint Manually     188 Cool iPhoto Editing Tricks     189   Copy and Paste Edit Adjustments from One Photo to Another     189   Duplicate Your Photos     191   Quickly Review Your Original Pre-edited Photograph     191   Compare Two or More Photos     192   Use Contextual Menu Shortcuts to Edit Photos     194   Zoom Using the Keyboard     195 Chapter 12: Creating Keepsakes: Books, Cards, Calendars, and Slideshows     197 Keepsakes and the Create Menu     198 Creating a New Book Project     200   Work with the Book Theme Chooser     201   Build a Book     202   Work with the All Pages Screen     203   Change the Layout of Individual Pages     204   Add New Photos to a Page     205   Edit Photos on a Page     207   Clear and Autofill All Photos in Your Book     208   Format Text     209   Use Maps in Books     211   Add Additional Pages to Your Book     213 Creating a Card     214   Change the Layout of Your Cards     216 Creating a Calendar     217   Change Your Calendar Layout     218   Add Text to Specific Dates     220   Add Photos to Specific Dates     221 Buying Your Keepsakes     222 Ordering Prints of Your Photographs     223 Creating a Slideshow     227   Work with Your Slideshow     228   Add Text to a Slideshow     229   Choose a Slideshow Theme     229   Add Music to a Slideshow     230   Use Additional Slideshow Settings     230   Play a Slideshow     232   Export Your Slideshow     233   Create an Instant Slideshow     234 Chapter 13: Sharing Your Photos Digitally     237 Sharing Photos via iCloud     238   Set Up Your iCloud Account     239   Turn Off Automatic Uploading to iCloud     240   Manually Add Photos to My Photo Stream     241   Delete Photos from My Photo Stream     242   Turn Off My Photo Stream     243 Sharing Photo Streams     244   Enable iCloud Photo Sharing     244   Create a Shared Photo Stream     245   View and Manage Your Shared Photo Streams     246   Delete Individual Photos from a Shared iCloud Photo Stream     247   Delete a Shared iCloud Photo Stream     248   Save Photos Added by Others     248 Sharing Photos via Flickr     249   Set Up Your Flickr Account to Use in iPhoto     250   Publish Photos to Flickr     251   View Your Flickr Sets     253   Delete Photos from a Flickr Set     253   Delete a Flickr Set     254   Save Photos Added by Others     255 Sharing Photos via Facebook     256   Set Up Your Facebook Account to Use in iPhoto     257   Publish Photos to Facebook as Albums     258   View and Manage Your Facebook Albums     259   Publish a Photo to Your Facebook Timeline     260   Change Your Facebook Profile Picture from Within iPhoto     261   Delete Photos from a Facebook Album     262   Delete Entire Facebook Albums     263   Save Photos Added to Facebook Albums Outside of iPhoto     263 Sharing Photos via Messages     265   Set Up Your Messages Account to Use in iPhoto     265   Share a Photo via Messages     266 Sharing Photos via Twitter     267   Set Up Your Twitter Account to Use in iPhoto     267   Share a Photo via Twitter     269 Sharing Photos via Email     269   Set Up an Email Account to Use with iPhoto     270   Email Photos from Within iPhoto     272 Viewing Sharing Information for a Photo     274 Setting a Photo as Your Desktop Picture     274 Index     277

About the Author :
Michael Grothaus is a journalist and author whose writing has appeared in Fast Company, The Guardian, TUAW, Screen, and more. Additionally he’s a former screenwriter and the author of a dozen books on technology. Having worked for institutions such as 20th Century Fox, The Art Institute of Chicago, and Apple, he now lives in London and writes full-time. His writing is read by millions each month.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780133117912
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison Wesley
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1 gr
  • ISBN-10: 013311791X
  • Publisher Date: 25 Feb 2014
  • Binding: Digital download
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