iPhoto '09 For Dummies
by Angelo Micheletti
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Author: Angelo MichelettiEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-06
ISBN: 047043371X
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: For Dummies
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Book Review: Making the Complex Understandable
Summary: 5 Stars
What makes Warren Buffett in Finance or John Madden in Football so effective? It's their ability to make complex things understandable. Notice, I didn't say make complex things simple because that is not always possible.
I know topics like digital photography and iPhoto are not always simple but they are worth understanding. That's what led me to read iPhoto `09 for Dummies.
iPhoto `09 for Dummies is a great book for 3 reasons:
1) Workflow
It provides a proven workflow for editing my photos, starting with one-click features and progressing to multi-step operations. See Chapter 7.
2) Tradeoffs
I now understand the cost benefit ratio of what iPhoto can do. I can answer questions like "Is this photo worth more effort or is it perfect enough?" and "What should I do to every photo?"
3) Knowledge Sharing
There's a wealth of expertise that I wouldn't learn on my own for years, if ever. Why do I need a color card? Hint: the camera doesn't see things as my eyes and brain do. Raw, JPEG, and TIFF -- I can't believe I can now explain these formats and their impact on visual quality! And what's the point of taking photos if I don't know how to share them? See Part IV.
Short of having personal lessons from the author, reading this book is the best way to learn iPhoto and improve everything related to my photos and what I want to do with them.
Finally, the print quality of the book is fabulous - it truly is in full color!
A word to the wise: iPhoto `09 requires Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5). I was running the previous OS version called Tiger (OS X 10.4) and had to purchase an OS upgrade in addition to upgrading iPhoto `08. iPhoto `09 is part of iLife '09, a $79 upgrade. Leopard is a $129 upgrade. Bundles may provide better pricing.
Summary of iPhoto '09 For Dummies
iPhoto ?09 is packed with cool photo-editing features, and iPhoto ?09 For Dummies is your fast track to using every one. You?ll learn to clean up 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.There?s an easy exercise to get you started and plenty of beautiful full-color photos to show you the results you can achieve. You?ll learn your way around the interface, what?s new, and how to set preferences.
- Discover how to create a well-organized, maintainable archive so you can find photos
- Import and export photos from various sources, including card readers
- Manage any import problems
- Organize your collection using facial recognition and GPS technology
- Crop, rotate, and enhance your images
- Use a histogram and improve exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, saturation, and more
- Set up a MobileMe gallery, send photos to Facebook or Flickr, make prints, and burn CDs
- Get tips for successfully e-mailing your pictures and for printing your photos at home
- Create photo greeting cards, calendars, or a travel book with maps that show where you took your pictures
iPhoto ?09 For Dummies even tells about cool add-ons and ideas for iPhoto. Learn to make all your photos the best they can be.
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