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iPhoto 09 gives you plenty of options for working with your photos, but did you realize that you can alter the general options for iPhoto itself? You can use the Preferences panel to adjust a number of settings and customize your iPhoto experience. Follow this tutorial to learn about the different settings you can tweak, ... read more
The iLife suite of programs are designed to work together seamlessly. One example of this is how iPhoto and iWeb can team up to help you share your photos with lots of people quickly and easily. Just a few clicks in iPhoto will add your photos to an iWeb page for super-simple publishing to your ... read more
iPhoto 09 gives you a wide range of options for sharing your photos: via MobileMe, on an iWeb page, through Facebook, Flickr, and more. Sometimes, however, sending a single picture via email is all you need to do. This tutorial shows you how to use this basic iPhoto function.CHOOSE A PHOTO TO SENDFirst, choose ... read more
Although you can view your digital photos on your Mac, upload them to the web to share with your family and friends, or order great photo gifts via iPhoto 09, sometimes you still want a printed version to put in a frame or display on a bulletin board. iPhoto makes printing your pictures at home ... read more
Sometimes you need to get a different perspective when you’re editing pictures in iPhoto. You might want to zoom in to identify a blemish that needs to be retouched, or zoom out to get a better sense of how the final photo looks. This easy function is essential for working with your images in iPhoto, ... read more
Retouching blemishes in a picture might sound like a professional-level task, but iPhoto 09 puts a pro retouching tool right at your fingertips. You can easily mask small imperfections in your photos with just a few clicks. Follow these steps to learn how.SELECT A PHOTOFirst, choose the photo you want to retouch. Click on any ... read more
Sometimes, you might want to create multiple versions of the same photo. For example, perhaps you’d like to try several different editing effects to create different looks for the same shot. Or maybe you’d like to use the same picture multiple times in an album, calendar, or photo book. These simple steps allow you to ... read more
iPhoto 09 offers a wide range of advanced picture editing and touch-up tools. However, if you don’t understand terms like “exposure” and “contrast,” you might feel overwhelmed when you try to edit your photos. There’s no need to feel like you’re out of your depth. Follow this tutorial to learn two different options for improving ... read more
It’s one of the universal frustrations of digital photos: inevitably, pictures you take with a vertical orientation will appear sideways when you upload them to your computer. You don’t have to be resigned to craning your neck sideways to look at your pictures. A single click in iPhoto 09 will straighten your photos out. Here’s ... read more
One neat little feature in iPhoto 09 is the ability to set your desktop picture in just a few clicks. You don’t need to use the Apple System Preferences to set the background picture on your screen; you can do it right from iPhoto. The next time you’re browsing your iPhoto library and find a ... read more
iPhoto is loaded with tools to help you optimize your photos. Even better, the program allows you to customize the toolbar so that you can keep the tools you use most often right at your fingertips. Learning how to adjust these settings will help you edit and organize your photos more efficiently when you work ... read more
When you import your pictures into iPhoto, the program automatically sorts them into Events. By default, iPhoto creates a new Event for each new date that there are photos for. For example, let’s say you were on vacation for five days and took photos every day. When you imported your pictures, iPhoto would create five ... read more
Better safe than sorry. It’s an old mantra, to be sure. But take a moment to think about how you’d feel if you lost your entire iPhoto library. Perhaps a computer glitch causes you to lose your files. Or your laptop gets stolen. If your photos aren’t saved in a physical location, you can kiss ... read more
The most common way to import photos to iPhoto 09 is typically via a digital camera. However, that’s not the only way to put your photos into this super-useful program. You can also import photos that are already on your hard drive or are on an external drive or memory stick. The following tutorial will ... read more
iPhoto 09 does many things well. It provides powerful tools for organizing your snapshots and gives you lots of creative options for enjoying your photos. An especially strong feature of iPhoto is the simplicity with which you can share your photos with others. All of the program’s sharing options are organized into one menu, making ... read more
iPhoto 09 not only gives you the tools to create picture-perfect photographs, it also allows you to organize its powerful tools in a way that helps you work efficiently by customizing your toolbar. Use a simple menu function to add all available buttons to the toolbar to keep all of iPhoto’s functions at your fingertips, ... read more
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