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iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual
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- Table of Contents
- + The Missing Credits
- + Introduction
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Part One: Digital Cameras: The Missing Manual
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Chapter 1: Welcome to Digital Photography
- + Meet Digital Photography
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Buying a Digital Camera
- + Image Resolution
- Memory Capacity
- Memory Cards
- Battery Life
- Size and Shape
- Lens Quality
- Zoom
- Image Stabilizer (Vibration Reduction)
- Flip Screen
- Optical Viewfinder
- Manual Controls
- Autofocus Assist Light
- Built-In Sliding Lens Cover
- Variable “Film” Speeds
- Shutter Lag
- Attachments
- Burst Mode (RAM Buffer)
- Panorama Mode
- Software Bundle
- Noise Reduction
- Tripod Mount
- Movie Mode
- Price
- + Chapter 2: Composing Brilliant Photos
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Chapter 3: Beyond the Simple Snapshot
- + Action Photography
- + Portraits
- + Existing-Light Portraits
- Self-Portraits
- Kid Photography
- Theater Performances
- Underwater Photography
- + Travel Photography
- + Outdoor Portraits
- + Indoor Flash
- Twilight Portraits
- + Landscape and Nature
- Sunsets
- + Weddings
- + Photographing Objects
- + Nighttime Photography
- Time-Lapse Photography
- Digital Movies
- Cameraphone Photography
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Chapter 1: Welcome to Digital Photography
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Part Two: iPhoto Basics
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Chapter 4: Camera Meets Mac
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Chapter 5: The Digital Shoebox
- + The Source List
- + More on Film Rolls
- + Scrolling Through Your Photos
- Selecting Photos
- + Three Ways to Open Photos in iPhoto
- + Albums
- Smart Albums
- Folders
- Three Useful Panels
- + Information Panel: Titles, Dates, and Comments
- The Calendar
- + Keywords
- Searching for Photos by Text
- The Photo Info Window
- Rate Your Photos
- + Deleting Photos
- + Customizing the Shoebox
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Chapter 6: Editing Your Shots
- + Editing in iPhoto
- Full-Screen Mode
- + Notes on Zooming and Scrolling
- One-Click Fixups: The Rotate Button
- + Cropping
- The Enhance Button
- Red-Eye
- + Retouching Freckles, Scratches, and Hairs
- The Effects Palette
- The Adjust Panel
- + Introduction to the Histogram
- Exposure
- Adjusting the Levels
- + Brightness and Contrast Sliders
- + Color Balance
- Straightening
- Sharpening
- + Beyond iPhoto
- Reverting to the Original
- + Editing RAW Files
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Chapter 4: Camera Meets Mac
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Part Three: Meet Your Public
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Chapter 7: The iPhoto Slideshow
- + Chapter 8: Making Prints
- + Chapter 9: iWeb, Photocasting, & Network Sharing
- + Chapter 10: Books, Calendars, & Cards
- + Chapter 11: iPhoto Goes to the Movies
- + Chapter 12: iDVD Slideshows
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Chapter 7: The iPhoto Slideshow
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Part Four: iPhoto Stunts
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Part Five: Appendixes
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Appendix A: Troubleshooting
- The Most Important Advice In This Chapter
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Importing, Upgrading, and Opening
- “Unable to upgrade this photo library because…does not have access”
- “Unable to upgrade this photo library”
- iPhoto doesn’t recognize my camera.
- iPhoto crashes when I try to import.
- iPhoto crashes when I try to empty the Trash.
- There are white lines through my thumbnails!
- iPhoto won’t import images from my video camera.
- What if I don’t want iPhoto to import all the pictures from my camera?
- + Exporting
- + Printing
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Editing and Sharing
- iPhoto crashes when I double-click a thumbnail to edit it.
- My Adjust panel is missing most of its sliders!
- iPhoto won’t let me use an external graphics program when I double-click a thumbnail.
- I’ve messed up a photo while editing it, and now it’s ruined!
- I published a photocast, and it wiped out another one!
- + General Questions
- + Appendix B: iPhoto 6, Menu by Menu
- + Appendix C: Where to Go From Here
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Appendix A: Troubleshooting
- Index
- Colophon
If you used iPhoto when it first came out, you'll remember the way it slowed to a crawl once you loaded it with about 2,000 photos. Compare that to this year's model: iPhoto 6 can handle as many as 250,000 images and still have the power to run a host of suped-up features. Its new software engine lets you make changes with a drag & drop editing tool, find photos with a robust search feature, and manipulate images without affecting the originals in your master library. You can also: View and work on full-screen images Make quick edits with one click Work with RAW images Create cool new calendars, greeting cards and books Post photos online with the new iWeb application Use a method of sharing called "Photocasting" Apple makes it all sound so easy: just drag this, click that and you're done. But, as intuitive as these features are, you can still get lost, especially if you're new to iPhoto. Not to worry. iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual gives you plenty of undocumented tips & tricks for taking advantage of the new version and every little feature packed into it. It's the top-selling iPhoto book for good reason. With wit and objectivity, David Pogue and Derrick Story start you out with a crash course on digital photography, complete with tutorials on buying a camera, composing brilliant photos in various situations (sports, portraits, nighttime shots, even kid photography), and making digital movies. From there, you'll dive into every detail of iPhoto, from camera-meets-Mac basics to storing, searching, editing, and creating books, calendars and greeting cards. You'll learn to build a personal web site built with iWeb, and discover "Photocasting"-the new service that allows. Mac subscribers to publish photo albums online so that others can use the photos, even if they work on PCs. With iPhoto 6, you could add 1000 photos a month for the next 20 years and not fill it. With iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual, you can get going in no time.
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Publication year : 2006
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