iPhoto '09: The Missing Manual

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Author: David Pogue

ISBN-10: 0596801440

ISBN-13: 9780596801441

Category: Photography - Techniques & Equipment

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Author and "New York Times" tech columnist Pogue provides clear and objective guidance on the features of iPhoto—Apple's popular photo organizer and editing program.

The Missing Credits; About the Authors; About the Creative Team; Acknowledgements; The Missing Manual Series; Introduction; iPhoto Arrives; About This Book; The Very Basics; Part I: iPhoto Basics; Chapter 1: Camera Meets Mac; 1.1 iPhoto: The Application; 1.2 Getting Your Pictures into iPhoto; 1.3 The Post-Import Inspection; 1.4 Where iPhoto Keeps Your Files; Chapter 2: The Digital Shoebox; 2.1 The Source List; 2.2 All About Events; 2.3 Photos View; 2.4 Selecting Photos; 2.5 Hiding Photos; 2.6 Three Ways to Open a Photo; 2.7 Albums; 2.8 Smart Albums; 2.9 Folders; 2.10 The Info Panel; 2.11 Extended Photo Info; 2.12 Deleting Photos; 2.13 Customizing the Shoebox; Chapter 3: Five Ways to Flag and Find Photos; 3.1 Flagging Photos; 3.2 Searching for Photos by Text; 3.3 The Calendar; 3.4 Keywords; 3.5 Ratings; Chapter 4: Faces and Places; 4.1 Faces; 4.2 Places; Chapter 5: Editing Your Shots; 5.1 Editing in iPhoto; 5.2 The Toolbar and Thumbnails Browser; 5.3 Notes on Full-Screen Mode; 5.4 Notes on Zooming and Scrolling; 5.5 The Rotate Button; 5.6 Cropping; 5.7 Straightening; 5.8 The Enhance Button; 5.9 Red-Eye; 5.10 Retouching Freckles, Scratches, and Hairs; 5.11 The Effects Palette; 5.12 The Adjust Panel; 5.13 Introduction to the Histogram; 5.14 Exposure; 5.15 Contrast; 5.16 Saturation; 5.17 Highlights and Shadows; 5.18 Definition; 5.19 Sharpness; 5.20 De-noise; 5.21 Color Balance; 5.22 Copy and Paste; 5.23 Beyond iPhoto; 5.24 Reverting to the Original; 5.25 Editing RAW Files; Part II: Meet Your Public; Chapter 6: The iPhoto Slideshow; 6.1 About Slideshows; 6.2 Instant Slideshows; 6.3 Slideshow Settings; 6.4 Saved Slideshows; 6.5 Slideshow Tips; 6.6 Slideshows and iDVD; Chapter 7: Making Prints; 7.1 Making Your Own Prints; 7.2 Ordering Prints Online; Chapter 8: Email, Web Galleries,and Network Sharing; 8.1 Emailing Photos; 8.2 Publishing Photos on the Web; 8.3 Flickr; 8.4 Facebook; 8.5 The MobileMe Gallery; 8.6 iPhoto to iWeb; 8.7 Exporting iPhoto Web Pages; 8.8 Photo Sharing on the Network; 8.9 Photo Sharing Across Accounts; Chapter 9: Books, Calendars, and Cards; 9.1 Phase 1: Pick the Pix; 9.2 Phase 2: Publishing Options; 9.3 Phase 3: Design the Pages; 9.4 Phase 4: Edit the Titles and Captions; 9.5 Phase 5: Preview the Masterpiece; 9.6 Phase 6: Send the Book to the Bindery; 9.7 Photo Calendars; 9.8 Greeting Cards and Postcards; Chapter 10: iPhoto Goes to the Movies; 10.1 Before You Export the Slideshow; 10.2 Two Ways to Make Movies; 10.3 Exporting a QuickTime Movie; 10.4 Fun with QuickTime; 10.5 Managing Movies Imported from Your Camera; 10.6 Editing Digital-Camera Movies; 10.7 Burning a Slideshow Movie CD or DVD; 10.8 Slideshow Movies on the Web; Chapter 11: iDVD Slideshows; 11.1 The iDVD Slideshow; 11.2 Extra Credit: Self-Playing Slideshows; Part III: iPhoto Stunts; Chapter 12: Screen Savers, AppleScript, and Automator; 12.1 Building a Custom Screen Saver; 12.2 One-Click Desktop Backdrop; 12.3 Exporting and Converting Pictures; 12.4 Plug-Ins and Add-Ons; 12.5 AppleScript Tricks; 12.6 Automator Tricks; Chapter 13: iPhoto File Management; 13.1 About iPhoto Discs; 13.2 iPhoto Backups; 13.3 Managing Photo Libraries; 13.4 Merging Photo Libraries; 13.5 Beyond iPhoto; Part IV: Appendixes; Troubleshooting; The Most Important Advice in This Chapter; Importing, Upgrading, and Opening; Exporting; Printing; Editing and Sharing; General Questions; iPhoto '09, Menu by Menu; iPhoto Menu; File Menu; Edit Menu; Photos Menu; Events Menu; Share Menu; View Menu; Window Menu; Help Menu; Where to Go From Here; iPhoto and the Web; Colophon;David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. With 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the "for Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music); in 1999, he launched his own series of complete, funny computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 30 titles.David and his wife Jennifer Pogue, MD, live in Connecticut with their three young children. His web site is www.davidpogue.com.J.D. Biersdorfer is the author of iPod: The Missing Manual and The iPod Shuffle Fan Book, and is co-author of The Internet: The Missing Manual and the second edition of Google: The Missing Manual. She has been writing the weekly computer Q&A column for the Circuits section of The New York Times since 1998.