iPhoto 09 for Dummies (ISBN - 047043371X)

291 Pages·2021·24.09 MB·English

Angelo Micheletti

• Import images into iPhoto and organize
them by who, where, and when

• Get rid of red-eye and enhance your
images

• Create a slide show, make a photo book,
and share photos online or via e-mail

IN FULL COLOR!

Learn to:

iPhoto

® ’09

Making Everything Easier!™

Open the book and find:

• An easy exercise to get you started

• How to organize your collection
using facial recognition and GPS
technology

• Why importing from a card reader
is a good idea

• Easy ways to search for a photo

• How to handle import problems

• Tips for printing your photos at
home

• Secrets for successfully e-mailing
your pictures

• Where to find cool add-ons and
ideas for iPhoto

Angelo Micheletti is a professional photographer as well as an Apple
developer who created the first encryption program for Macintosh. He
specializes in landscape photography, and his work can be seen at
www.scenesfromthewest.com.

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With the great features of iPhoto ’09, you can retouch and
enhance your photos, print them or upload them to a sharing
site online, create cool projects, protect and secure your
pictures, and make photography more fun than ever. This full-
color guide shows you how, and even helps you shoot future
photos with an eye to iPhoto’s capabilities.

• Basic training — learn your way around the interface, what’s new
with iPhoto ’09, and how to set preferences

• Get organized — discover how to create a well-organized,
maintainable archive so you can find photos

• Make them better — see how to use a histogram and improve
exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, saturation, and more

• Sharing is good — set up a MobileMe gallery, send photos to
Facebook™ or Flickr®, make prints, and burn CDs

• Make memories — create cards, calendars, or a travel book with
maps that show where you took your photos

Make all your photos —
past, present, and future —
the best they can be!

In
Color

iPhoto

® ’09
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® ’09

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by Angelo Micheletti

iPhoto® ’09

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iPhoto® ’09 For Dummies®

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About the Author

Angelo Micheletti has had a lifelong passion for photography, starting out
with a Kodak Brownie 8mm camera as a youth and graduating to a 4 x 5
camera with a digital back as his skills and interests progressed. The owner
of Scenes From The West (www.scenesfromthewest.com), Angelo com-
bines his love of photography with an easy-to-understand writing style and
a devotion to the Mac since its inception in 1984 to produce well-received
lectures, Apple Macintosh training courses, and books.

With an MBA from St. Mary’s College in California, Angelo currently resides in
Bend, Oregon.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my family, who gave me encouragement and sup-
port throughout this endeavor; and especially to my dad, who taught me
from an early age the joy and magic of photography. And to all my friends
who offered, countless times, to review portions of the book and give me
feedback, I offer my wholehearted thanks.

Author’s Acknowledgments

First of all, I want to thank Carole McClendon, my agent, for thinking of me as
the perfect author for this book and for her guidance throughout the process.

Thanks go to my excellent Project Editor, Blair Pottenger, for his suggestions
and advice; to Acquisitions Editor Kyle Looper for many productive and enjoy-
able discussions; to Senior Copy Editor Teresa Artman and Copy Editor Heidi
Unger for their timely and helpful comments and corrections, to Technical
Editor Dennis Cohen for his insight and editing skill, and to the entire Wiley
Publishing production team for their professionalism.

Finally, I want to thank all the nuns (many of them posthumously) at
Bellarmine-Jefferson High School who taught me the love of art and writing
that I’ve built on throughout my life and who gave me an appreciation for the
fact that learning is a lifetime occupation.

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Contents at a Glance

Introduction ................................................................ 1

Part I: Getting Ready to Roll with iPhoto ’09 ................. 7

Chapter 1: Presenting the iPhoto ’09 Interface ..............................................................9
Chapter 2: Putting iPhoto through Its Paces ................................................................19
Chapter 3: Importing Your Images into iPhoto ............................................................37

Part II: Manipulating Photo Organization .................... 59

Chapter 4: Events and Faces — Grouping Your Photos .............................................61
Chapter 5: Combining Photos into Albums ..................................................................83
Chapter 6: Searching for Your Photos ........................................................................101

Part III: Making Your Photos Look Even Better .......... 119

Chapter 7: Exploring the iPhoto Editor .......................................................................121
Chapter 8: Making Basic Photo Adjustments .............................................................133
Chapter 9: Using the Histogram for Advanced Editing .............................................147
Chapter 10: Finalizing Advanced Editing with the Adjust Tool ...............................157

Part IV: Showing and Sharing Your Photos ................. 179

Chapter 11: Sharing Your Photos Electronically .......................................................181
Chapter 12: Printing Your Photos ................................................................................209
Chapter 13: Showcasing Your Photos .........................................................................223

Part V: The Part of Tens ........................................... 247

Chapter 14: Ten Terrifi c Web Resources and Software Add-ons for iPhoto ..........249
Chapter 15: Ten Helpful Hints, Tips, and Shortcuts ..................................................255

Index ...................................................................... 265

Table of Contents

Introduction ................................................................. 1

About This Book ..............................................................................................1
Foolish Assumptions .......................................................................................2
Conventions Used in This Book .....................................................................2
How This Book Is Organized ..........................................................................3
Part I: Getting Ready to Roll with iPhoto ’09 ......................................3
Part II: Manipulating Photo Organization ...........................................4
Part III: Making Your Photos Look Even Better ..................................4
Part IV: Showing and Sharing Your Photos ........................................4
Part V: The Part of Tens ........................................................................5
What to Read First ...........................................................................................5
Icons Used in This Book .................................................................................6

Part I: Getting Ready to Roll with iPhoto ’09 ................. 7

Chapter 1: Presenting the iPhoto ’09 Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

iPhoto — The Big Picture ...............................................................................9
Looking at What iPhoto Can Do ...................................................................10
Organizing in iPhoto ............................................................................11
Editing in iPhoto...................................................................................13
Displaying in iPhoto.............................................................................14
Printing in iPhoto .................................................................................14
iPhoto’s Technical Specifi cations ................................................................15
Touring the iPhoto Interface ........................................................................16

Chapter 2: Putting iPhoto through Its Paces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Importing Photos into iPhoto ......................................................................19
Performing Simple Edits ...............................................................................20
Creating Your First iPhoto Print ..................................................................26
Making iPhoto Preferences Your Own ........................................................28
General Preferences pane ...................................................................28
Appearance Preferences pane ...........................................................30
Events Preferences pane .....................................................................31
Sharing Preferences pane ...................................................................32
Web Preferences pane.........................................................................32
Advanced Preferences pane ...............................................................34

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Chapter 3: Importing Your Images into iPhoto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Importing Your Photos from Your Camera ................................................37
Importing using a memory card reader ............................................38
Importing directly from your camera................................................41
Importing your photos from a CD or hard drive .............................43
Automatically Starting iPhoto Before Importing .......................................45
Adding and Editing Keywords in iPhoto .....................................................46
Adding Places to Your Photos .....................................................................49
Adding Ratings To Your Photos ..................................................................54
Setting the Key Photo for an Event .............................................................55
Handling Import Problems ...........................................................................56

Part II: Manipulating Photo Organization ..................... 59

Chapter 4: Events and Faces — Grouping Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Understanding iPhoto’s Default for Creating Events ................................62
Creating Groupings Using Your Events ......................................................63
Dealing with Multiple Same-Day Events .....................................................68
Merging Events ..............................................................................................68
Splitting Events ..............................................................................................70
Hiding Photos in Events ................................................................................72
Flagging Photos ..............................................................................................74
Grouping Photos Using Faces ......................................................................76

Chapter 5: Combining Photos into Albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Creating an Album .........................................................................................84
Making Smart Albums ...................................................................................87
Editing Smart Albums ...................................................................................90
Using Places and Faces to Create Smart Albums ......................................91
Organizing Your Albums ...............................................................................97
Changing the Photo Order in Albums .........................................................98
Removing Photos from One or More Albums ............................................99

Chapter 6: Searching for Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Using Photo Properties to Narrow Your Search ......................................102
Searching based on text ....................................................................102
Searching based on dates .................................................................104
Searching based on keywords..........................................................107
Searching based on ratings ..............................................................109
Searching based on location ............................................................111
Constructing Complex Keyword Searches ...............................................112
Ensuring You Have Something to Search For ..........................................115
Saving changes ...................................................................................115
Backing up your iPhoto Library .......................................................116