iPhoto 6: Visual QuickStart Guide
by Adam C. Engst
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iPhoto 6: Visual QuickStart Guide

Master every aspect of iPhoto 6 with step-by-step, visual instructions!

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This ebook began as a print book in Peachpit Press's Visual QuickStart Guide series. We've now converted it to a true ebook by increasing the page (and thus font) size; adding bookmarks; and linking the table of contents, index, and URLs. We encourage you to download the free 47-page sample to see what it looks like, since it is different from our Take Control design.

If you've found yourself wanting a complete manual for iPhoto 6, look no further than Take Control publisher Adam Engst's iPhoto 6: Visual QuickStart Guide. Relying on concise, step-by-step instructions supported by numerous full-color screenshots (providing a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Adam and Tonya's life), this title first explains how best to import, organize, and edit your photos.

Adam then shows you how to create slideshows and prints, along with stunning photo books, greeting cards, and calendars. Also covered are how to get started with photocasting, burn CDs for Mac and Windows users, send photos via email, share an iPhoto Library with another person, and more. A troubleshooting chapter helps readers solve common problems, followed by a pair of appendixes, one covering background topics like aspect ratios, resolution, and color management; and another that provides lots of tips for taking better photos.

You may instead be interested in the newer iPhoto '08: Visual QuickStart Guide, released in December 2007.

Book Info

  • 226 pages
  • Version 1.0
  • Published 02-Aug-06
  • 14 MB download
  • ISBN: 0-321-42331-3
  • Free 47-page PDF sample with Table of Contents, chapter openers, page samples, and the full index.

About the Author

Adam C. Engst is the publisher of TidBITS and of the Take Control ebook series. He has written numerous technical books, including the best-selling Internet Starter Kit series, and many magazine articles - thanks to Contributing Editor positions at MacUser, MacWEEK, and now Macworld. He has been turned into an action figure.

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"Mr. Engst's book is well written, easy to follow, and contains lots of in depth information to help you become an iPhoto expert quickly."
        —Nancy Gravley, writing for The Mac Observer

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1: Getting Started
  • Chapter 2: Importing/Managing Photos
  • Chapter 3: Organizing Photos
  • Chapter 4: Editing Photos
  • Chapter 5: Showing Photos Onscreen
  • Chapter 6: Printing Photos
  • Chapter 7: Cards, Books, and Calendars
  • Chapter 8: Sharing Photos
  • Chapter 9: Troubleshooting
  • Appendix A: Deep Background
  • Appendix B: Taking Better Photos
  • Index

Read Me First

In late 2001, Apple realized the immense popularity of digital cameras meant that millions of Mac owners now use digital cameras in lieu of their traditional analog counterparts. And yet, the camera is only part of the equation, and the other part, the software, is often incomprehensible to the average user.

Enter iPhoto, which helps users perform tasks never before possible in a photo management program, such as ordering prints from an online service and building and printing photo books—essentially customized hardcover photo albums. At the same time, iPhoto is easy to use, thanks in part to a simple interface, but also thanks to the fact that it doesn't attempt to compete with the big boys of the image-cataloging and image-editing worlds.

If iPhoto is so easy, why write this book? Even though iPhoto 6 improves on previous versions, it still doesn't entirely demystify the process of importing a digital photograph, editing it, and presenting it on paper or on the computer screen. And iPhoto comes with no documentation beyond minimal and incomplete online help.

Read on, then, not just for the manual iPhoto lacks, but also the help you need to take digital photos and make the most of them.

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