iPhoto '08: The Missing Manual
by David Pogue, Derrick Story
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Book Reviews of iPhoto '08: The Missing Manual
Book Review: Great for someone migrating from PC environment
Summary: 5 Stars
I've done digital photo editing on PCs for a number of years, utilizing several different photo editors, so my photo library is large for a snapshot collector. My greatest fear was the thought of loosing control (not to mention individual photos) from my collection of original images, edited copies and finished albums of photos.
The Mac environment is easy to master and iPhoto is no exception but I was still concerned about moving my photos over to the Mac. Honestly, you can do the job safely without additional books but The Missing Manual provides so many strategies that ease the transition of photos (and your mind) that it is certainly worth it.
Specifically, iPhoto, the Missing Manual helped me a lot in organizing my old photos to best take advantage of the iPhoto filing system. There is never one best solution to organizing; The Missing Manual provides the background as well as lots of tips and variations so that the new file system can be customized to meet one's personal needs within the framework of iPhoto and Mac OS.
The other Missing Manuals are like this too; the mechanics of each application, feature and function are explained, short cuts and tips are introduced and best use strategies are provided. The explanations are a healthy step above a simplified introductionary overview but steer clear of excessively complicated trips into the obscurities of the operating system environment.
The iPhoto Missing Manual is a winner for anyone making the transition to the Mac environment.
Book Review: SMILE!! YOU'RE ON IPHOTO!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Are you a professional photographer? If you are, then this book is for you. Authors David Pogue and Derrick Story, have done an outstanding job of writing a book that is designed to serve as the iPhoto manual.
Pogue and Story, begin by covering buying, using, and exploiting your digital camera; choosing the proper image resolution settings; and, getting the most out of batteries and memory cards. Next, the authors cover the fundamentals of getting your photos into iPhoto, organizing and filing them, searching them, and editing them to compensate for weak lighting. Then, they cover the many ways iPhoto can present those photos to other people: as a slideshow, as prints you order from the internet or make yourself, as a professionally published gift book, on a Web page, by e-mail, or as a QuickTime-movie slide-show that you post on the Web or distribute on CD or even DVD. Finally, the authors cover a miscellaneous potpourri of additional iPhoto features, including: turning photos into screen savers or desktop pictures on your Mac; exporting photos in various formats, using iPhoto plug-ins and accessory programs; managing Photo Libraries; backing up your photos using iPhoto's Burn to CD command; and, even getting photos to and from cameraphones and Palm organizers.
This most excellent book provides an invaluable grounding in professional photography. More importantly, used together, any good digital camera and iPhoto have all the technical tools you need to produce photographic presentations of stunning visual quality.
Book Review: Saving Me Time and Making Lightroom a Joy
Summary: 5 Stars
This book has saved me a ton of time and answered a lot of my questions about iPhoto and I am only about a third of the way through the book so far. It is a real joy. Questions that Apple staff in the local Apple store were unable to answer to my satisfaction are amply covered in this book. While the first section on fundamentals of digital photography is more basic than I need, still I got some useful information out of that section. I gained an understanding of the workings of the iPhoto image files - original and modified - and on how iPhoto interfaces with Elements 6.0. I also bought the Missing Manual for Elements 6.0 and find the two albums play well together.
Things that I previously was unable to figure out became clear within a short time thanks to the Missing Manual for iPhoto '08. I feel more confident that I am going to master the photo processing software and spend much less time at the iMac while doing a better job of editing and printing my images. A great value because it translates right into time saved. Much easier than using on line help and tutorials because the manual asks the questions that I was unable to even think to ask - and then proceeds to answer the questions. I am very pleased with this book. I have over 15,000 images in iPhoto now and feel that I will soon be in command of the images and not the other way around.
Book Review: 2 Thumbs up - Without a question
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is great! The purpose of iphoto is to catalog your photos, and keep them organized. This isn't a photoshop type program, but - Using Photoshop myself, it is a wonderful tool for organization and sharing your edited photos. There is SO MUCH functionality built into this program that you would never know existed. This book shows you absolutely everything you would want to know about the architecture of the program and its' use.
There is a SHORT reference if you are in the market for a new camera. It tells you what to look for you so you don't over-spend, or buy something that doesn't suit your needs. It is a brief section, but very informative. There is also a short section on how to take better pictures. The author is using the philosophy that it is hard to produce good results with a poor starting photo (without compromising quality).
The book is, without a doubt, one of the most well written informational manuals I have ever read. I liked the book so much, that I now have purchased the "Missing Manual for MAC OS X Leopard" by the same author.
Book Review: iPhoto'08
Summary: 3 Stars
Actually I am only on page 94 of the 391 pages devoted to "text". That said, I have both a criticism and a compliment! The first 74 pages are devoted to using a digital camera. I found this a pain in the aspect that I am a "Monk" (referring to the TV series)in reading, that is you don't start on chapter 4 to get at what the book is really about. I would have liked these chapters at the end of the book. Now the compliment...as a retired professional "negative" photographer, I picked up some very good points for digital photography, in these "preview" chapters. To be fair, the author DID state you could skip these "preview" chapters, but as mentioned my personally would not let me. Not being the most "computer literate" individual on the block, I would like to write a review WHEN I finish the book!
Update: (Feb 7th). Man is this slow going! I paid for this thing, so I have to force myself to get through it. If you ALREADY know how to navigate "iPhoto'08" this might be worth it, as getting threw this is tedious.