iPhoto by Pogue, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

iPhoto: The Missing Manual, 1st Edition A Note Regarding Supplemental Files The Missing Credits

About the Authors About the Creative Team Acknowledgments The Missing Manual Series

Introduction

A Quick History of iPhoto What’s New in iPhoto for Mac Introducing iPhoto for iOS 7 About This Book

About the Outline About→These→Arrows About the Online Resources

Missing CD Registration Feedback Errata

The Very Basics Safari® Books Online

1. iPhoto Basics

1. Camera Meets Mac

iPhoto: The Application

iPhoto Requirements Getting iPhoto

Upgrading from Earlier Versions

Running iPhoto for the First Time

Getting Your Pictures into iPhoto

Connecting with a USB Cable USB Card Readers Using iCloud’s Photo Stream Importing Photos from Really Old Cameras Importing Existing Graphics Files

Internal or External?

Side Doors into iPhoto The File Format Factor

Raw Files Movies Other Graphics Formats

The Post-Import Inspection Where iPhoto Keeps Your Files

A Trip to the Library

What All those Folders Mean Other Folders in the iPhoto Library Look but don’t Touch

2. The Digital Shoebox

The Source List

Library Recent Shared Devices Albums Projects Slideshows

All About Events

The Events List Opening an Event Creating Events Manually Splitting and Renaming Events Merging Events

Photos View

Collapsing Events Moving Photos Between Events Size Control Sorting Photos Renaming and Redating Photos Scrolling Through Your Photos

Selecting Photos Hiding Photos

Seeing Hidden Photos Unhiding Photos

Three Ways to Open a Photo

Method 1: Right in the Window Method 2: Full Screen View Method 3: In Another Program

Albums

Creating an Empty Album Creating an Album by Dragging Creating an Album by Selecting Adding More Photos Viewing an Album Changing an Album’s Key Photo Moving Photos Between Albums Removing Photos from an Album Duplicating a Photo Putting Photos in Order Duplicating an Album Merging Albums Deleting an Album

Smart Albums Folders The Info Panel

Renaming Photos

Changing Titles and Dates En Masse

Changing Photo Dates En Masse Adding Descriptions

Descriptions as Captions

Deleting Photos

The iPhoto Trash

Customizing the Shoebox

Changing the View Showing/Hiding Titles, Ratings, and Keywords

3. Five Ways to Flag and Find Photos

Flagging Photos

How to Flag a Photo How to Unflag Photos How to Use Flagged Photos

See them all at Once Put them into an Event Create a Smart Album Hide them all at Once Move them all to iPhoto’s Trash

Searching for Photos by Text The Calendar Keywords

Editing Keywords Assigning and Unassigning Keywords Keyboard Shortcuts Viewing Keyword Assignments Using Keywords

Ratings

4. Faces and Places

Faces

Step 1: Analysis Tagging Faces Automatically Tagging Faces Manually Adding More Pictures to a Name

Naming Faces Anytime

The Payoff Deleting Faces Adding More Details to a Face Organizing the Faces Album

Changing the Key Photo Rearranging the Order Editing Names

Places

Automatically Geotagging Photos Manually Geotagging Photos

Renaming Places

Adding Additional Info to a Photo or Event Going Places with Places

View Photos by Region

Places for Smart Albums

2. Editing and Sharing

5. Editing Your Shots

Editing in iPhoto

Choosing an Editing Setup

Getting into Edit View Using Full Screen View Editing in Another Program

Using the Thumbnail Browser

Notes on Zooming and Scrolling

Using the Navigator Zooming Numerically Scrolling Tricks The “Before and After” Keystroke Backing Out

The Quick Fixes

Rotating Enhancing Fixing Red-Eye Straightening Cropping

How to Crop a Photo

Retouching Blemishes, Scratches, and Hairs

Using the Retouch Brush

The Effects Panel The Adjust Panel

Introducing the Histogram

Three Channels Adjusting the Levels

Exposure Contrast Saturation Definition Highlights and Shadows Sharpness De-noise Color Balance

Manual Color Adjustment Automatic Color Correction

Copy and Paste Beyond iPhoto

The Official Way The Quick-and-Dirty Way

Reverting to the Original Editing Raw Files

External Raw Editors 16-Bit TIFF Files Instead of JPEGs

6. iPhoto Slideshows

About Slideshows

Slideshow Themes

Instant Slideshows

Picking Photos for Instant Slideshows Photo Order Adjusting the Slideshow’s Settings What to Do During a Slideshow Music: Soundtrack Central Different Shows, Different Albums

Slideshow Settings

Slide Timing Transitions Show Caption Show Title Slide Shuffle Slide Order Repeat Slideshow Scale Photos to Fill Screen

Saved Slideshows

Global Settings

The Themes Panel The Music Settings Panel The Slideshow Settings Panel

Individual-Slide Options

Color Options Slide Timing Transition The Ken Burns Checkbox

Slideshow Tips

Picture Size

Determining the Size of Your Photos

7. Making Prints

Making Your Own Prints

Resolution and Shape

Calculating Resolution Aspect Ratio

Tweaking the Printer Settings Paper Matters Printing from iPhoto, Step by Step

Phase 1: Choose Photos to Print Phase 2: Choose Your Printer, Paper Size, and Quality Phase 3: Choose a Printing Style (Theme) Phase 5: Print

Ordering Prints Online

8. Emailing, Sharing, and Web Galleries

Instant Messaging Photos

Getting Started with Messages Using iPhoto’s Messages

Emailing Photos

Using iPhoto’s Mail Command Using Another Email Program The Drag-and-Drop Method

Using iCloud to Share Photos

Creating a Shared Photo Stream Accepting a Photo Stream Invite Viewing and Managing Photo Streams

Adding and Deleting Photos Adding and Viewing Comments Sharing Streams via Public Website

Deleting a Shared Photo Stream

Publishing Photos on the Web

Sharing Photos via Facebook

Editing Published Facebook Albums Deleting Albums from Facebook Managing Facebook Accounts Automatic Photo-Tagging in Facebook Adding and Viewing Comments Changing Your Facebook Profile Picture

Posting Photos to Flickr

One-Time Setup Posting to Flickr Adding More Photos to Published Flickr Sets Deleting Photos from Flickr

Uploading Photos to Twitter Exporting iPhoto Web Pages

Enhancing iPhoto’s HTML

Sharing Photos on a Network

9. Books, Calendars, and Cards

Phase 1: Pick the Pix Phase 2: Publishing Options

Book Type Theme

Phase 3: Design the Pages

Open a Page Choose a Page Layout Lay Out the Book

Ways to Manipulate Photos Adding Pictures to the Project Manipulating Pages Layout Strategies

Backgrounds and Borders Fitting Photos to Frames Page Limits Hiding and Formatting Page Numbers

Phase 4: Edit the Titles and Captions

Editing Text Check Your Spelling Listen to Your Book

Phase 5: Preview Your Masterpiece

Print It Slideshow It Turn It into a PDF File

Phase 6: Send the Book to the Bindery

Your Apple ID

Photo Calendars

Phase 1: Choose the Photos Phase 2: Choose the Calendar’s Design Phase 3: Design the Pages Phase 4: Edit the Text Phase 5: Order the Calendar

Greeting Cards and Postcards

10. iPhoto Goes to the Movies

Making Movies

Exporting an Instant Slideshow Exporting a Saved Slideshow

Sharing Movies Online Fun with QuickTime Player

Exporting Edited Movies

Movies from Your Camera

Playing Digital Movies in iPhoto Editing Movies in iPhoto Editing Movies in iMovie

Burning a Slideshow Movie CD or DVD Slideshow Movies on the Web

3. Advanced iPhoto

11. Screensavers, AppleScript, and Automator

Building a Custom Screensaver One-Click Desktop Backdrop Exporting and Converting Pictures

Exporting by Dragging Exporting by Dialog Box

Plug-Ins and Add-Ons AppleScript Tricks Automator Tricks

The Lay of the Land Saving Your Task The Auto Import Folder

12. iPhoto File Management

iPhoto Backups

Backing Up to a Hard Drive Burning Files to CD or DVD

Managing Photo Libraries

iPhoto Disk Images Multiple iPhoto Libraries

Creating New Libraries Swapping Libraries (Apple’s Method) Swapping Libraries (Automatic Method)

Merging Photo Libraries

How Not to Do It The Good Way

Beyond iPhoto

4. iPhoto for iOS 7

13. iPhoto on the iPad

An Overview of iPhoto for iOS Importing Pictures

Using iCloud Photo Streams Syncing with iTunes Using iTunes File Sharing Saving Photos from Messages, Email, or the Web Using AirDrop

Browsing Photos

Viewing Albums Viewing Individual Photos

Viewing Photo Info Changing an Album’s Key Photo Auto-Enhancing and Rotating Flagging, “Favoriting,” and Tagging Photos Adding Captions Deleting and Hiding Photos

Filtering Photos

Viewing and Selecting Multiple Photos

Viewing and Selecting Similar Photos Viewing and Selecting a Range of Photos

Viewing Photos as a Slideshow

14. Editing Photos on the iPad

Editing Basics

Undoing Edits Editing Raw and Full-Sized Photos

Cropping and Straightening Adjusting Exposure and Contrast Adjusting Color

Changing White Balance

Using Brushes

Brush Options

Fun with Effects

15. Sharing Photos on the iPad

Sharing Photos and Videos

Mail Facebook, Flickr, Twitter Message Sharing Photos to iTunes Beaming Photos Sharing via AirDrop iCloud Photo Streams Apps

Saving Photos to Your Camera Roll Sending Photos to Other Apps

Printing Photos

Printing from Your iPad Ordering Prints

Creating Projects

Web Journals

Customizing the Layout Changing the Journal’s Key Photo Adding Photos and Videos Rearranging, Resizing, or Removing Photos Adding Custom Objects Managing Journal Pages Sharing Web Journals

Slideshows

Editing a Slideshow Sharing a Slideshow

Photo Books

Adding, Replacing, and Removing Photos Resizing, Repositioning, and Editing Photos Editing text on a Book Page Changing a Book’s Theme, Size, and Number of Pages Changing Page Design Adding, Removing, and Rearranging Pages Ordering a Photo book

5. Appendixes

A. Troubleshooting

The Most Important Advice in This Chapter Importing, Upgrading, and Opening Printing Editing and Sharing General Questions

B. Where to Go from Here

iPhoto and the Web

Digital Photo Equipment Online Show Your Pictures Online Instruction Online Printing

Books

Index About the Authors Copyright

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