iphoto 2 fast & easy

This Fast & Easy book from Premier Press covers the newest version of iPhoto 2,Apple’s powerful program for organizing and reproducing photos under Mac OS X.Even if you’ve just taken you

Lisa A Bucki

Publisher: Stacy L Hiquet

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ISBN: 1-59200-071-1

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2003104021

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My thanks go out to everyone at Premier Press for again giving me the

opportunity to be a part of this successful series Like other Fast & Easy titles, this

book results from outstanding contributions by a number of Premier Press teammembers Thank you to Publisher Stacy Hiquet for her continued support of mywriting efforts Project Editor Jenny Davidson, Copy Editor Sandra Wilson, andTechnical Reviewer Brian Proffitt deserve recognition for providing the editorialmuscle and attention to detail to ensure this book’s quality and timely publication.Thanks as well to the production team, Bill Hartman and Sara Gullion, and IndexerKatherine Stimson for producing the polished pages herein

Acknowledgments

An author, trainer, and publishing consultant, Lisa A Bucki has been involved in

the computer book business for more than 12 years She wrote Mac OS X Version

10.2 Jaguar Fast & Easy, FileMaker Pro 6 for the Mac Fast & Easy, Adobe Photoshop

7 Fast & Easy, Adobe Photoshop 7 Digital Darkroom, and Managing with Microsoft Project 2002 for Premier Press She also has written or contributed to dozens of

additional books and multimedia tutorials, as well as spearheading or developingmore than 100 computer and trade titles during her association with Macmillan.Bucki currently also serves as a consultant and trainer in Western North Carolina

About the Author

Introduction xv

PART I INTRODUCING IPHOTO 2 1

Chapter 1 Getting Started with iPhoto 3

Chapter 2 Importing Photos 15

Chapter 3 Creating and Managing Albums 37

PART II EDITING YOUR PHOTOS 55

Chapter 4 Working with Photo Information 57

Chapter 5 Making Basic Changes to Photos 81

Chapter 6 Correcting and Enhancing Photos 95

PART III PUBLISHING YOUR PHOTOS 109

Chapter 7 Setting Up a Photo Book 111

Chapter 8 Printing Your Book Yourself 139

Chapter 9 Sharing Your Photos Online 165

Contents at a Glance

Chapter 10 Making and Ordering Prints and More 191

Chapter 11 Viewing Your Photos on Your Mac 223

Chapter 12 Exporting Your Photos 239

PART IV MANAGING YOUR DIGITAL IMAGES 257

Chapter 13 Archiving Your Photos 259

Chapter 14 Publishing an Online Slideshow 271

Chapter 15 Processing Photos with Scripts 279

Chapter 16 Choosing iPhoto Preferences 289

PART V APPENDIXES 297

Appendix A Downloading and Installing iPhoto 2 299

Appendix B Taking and Making Better Photos 311

Appendix C Dialing the Internet if Needed 317

Glossary 323

Index 327

Introduction xv

Who Should Read This Book? xv

Added Advice to Make You a Pro xvi

PART I INTRODUCING IPHOTO 2 1

Chapter 1 Getting Started with iPhoto 3

Starting iPhoto 4

Navigating the iPhoto Window 4

Taking a Look at the Views 7

Getting Help 9

Quitting iPhoto 13

Chapter 2 Importing Photos 15

Understanding the Photo Library 16

Importing Images from a Digital Camera 17

Importing Images from a Digital Media Reader or Disk 21

Viewing and Hiding Roll Information 26

Selecting Images 29

Deleting Images from the Photo Library 31

Viewing Photo Titles and Info 33

Contents

Chapter 3 Creating and Managing Albums 37

Creating an Album and Adding Photos 38

Selecting an Album 40

Rearranging Photos in an Album 40

Sorting Photos 41

Moving Photos Manually 42

Duplicating a Photo in an Album 44

Deleting a Photo from an Album 45

Deleting an Album 47

Editing the Album Name 49

Changing the Photo Display Size 50

Part 1 Review Questions 53

PART II EDITING YOUR PHOTOS 55

Chapter 4 Working with Photo Information 57

Working with Photo Titles 58

Setting Titles 59

Editing Title, Date, and Comments 62

Working with Keywords 64

Assigning or Removing a Keyword 64

Creating a New Keyword 67

Renaming or Deleting a Keyword 69

Viewing Photos by Keyword 72

Searching for a Photo 74

Displaying and Hiding Photo Keywords 76

Renaming the Film Roll 77

Chapter 5 Making Basic Changes to Photos 81

Rotating a Photo 82

Cropping a Photo 84

Adjusting Photo Tone 88

Eliminating Red Eye 90

Converting to Black and White 92

Chapter 6 Correcting and Enhancing Photos 95

Using the Enhance Feature 96

Removing Scratches and Other Flaws 98

Reverting a Photo 101

Editing a Photo in a Separate Window 103

Part II Review Questions 107

PART III PUBLISHING YOUR PHOTOS 109

Chapter 7 Setting Up a Photo Book 111

Choosing a Theme and Page Contents 112

Choosing a Page Design 116

Locking and Unlocking the Page Design 119

Changing Page Order 120

Working with Photo Text 122

Editing Text 122

Applying Bold and Italics 124

Changing the Font 126

Copying a Font 132

Spell Checking the Text 134

Previewing the Book’s Pages 136

Chapter 8 Printing Your Book Yourself 139

Changing the Page Setup 140

Creating a Custom Paper Size 144

Changing Print Settings 145

Specifying Copies and Pages 148

Adjusting the Layout 149

Printing Duplex Pages 150

Specifying Print Quality, Paper Feed, and More 151

Viewing Summary Information 153

Printing the Book at Last 154

Saving and Choosing Printing Presets 156

Saving the Book as a PDF File 160

Chapter 9 Sharing Your Photos Online 165

E-Mailing Your Photos 166

Obtaining a Mac Subscription 169

Publishing Photos to Your Mac HomePage 178

Viewing the HomePage Photos 182

Editing the HomePage 182

Protecting the HomePage 187

Chapter 10 Making and Ordering Prints and More 191

Printing on Photo Paper 192

Printing a 4 × 6 Photo 193

Printing an 8 × 10 Photo 200

Printing Multiple Photos per Page 205

Printing a Greeting Card 210

Signing Up for an Apple ID and 1-Click Ordering 214

Ordering Prints 215

Ordering a Photo Book 219

Updating Account Information 222

Chapter 11 Viewing Your Photos on Your Mac 223

Viewing a Slideshow on the Desktop 224

Setting Slideshow Preferences for an Album 224

Viewing the Slideshow 226

Applying a Photo to the Desktop 228

Rotating an Album’s Images on the Desktop 229

Using an Album as Your Screen Saver 233

Chapter 12 Exporting Your Photos 239

Exporting Images in Another Size or Format 240

Creating a Basic Web Page of Your Photos 244

Exporting Your Photos as a QuickTime Movie 250

Part III Review Questions 256

PART IV

MANAGING YOUR DIGITAL IMAGES 257

Chapter 13 Archiving Your Photos 259

Prepping for the Burn 260

Burning a CD or DVD 261

Viewing a Library from a CD-R 263

Creating a New Library 264

Selecting a Library 267

Chapter 14 Publishing an Online Slideshow 271

Publishing and Announcing the Mac Slideshow 272

Viewing an Online Slideshow 276

Chapter 15 Processing Photos with Scripts 279

Understanding AppleScript 280

Downloading Example Scripts 280

Running a Script 283

Creating a Basic Script 285

Chapter 16 Choosing iPhoto Preferences 289

Setting Viewing, Editing, and Mailing Defaults 290

Setting Slideshow Defaults 293

Part IV Review Questions 295

PART V APPENDIXES 297

Appendix A Downloading and Installing iPhoto 2 299

Appendix B Taking and Making Better Photos 311

Appendix C Dialing the Internet if Needed 317

Glossary 323

Index 327

This Fast & Easy book from Premier Press covers the newest version of iPhoto 2,

Apple’s powerful program for organizing and reproducing photos under Mac OS X.Even if you’ve just taken your first set of photos with a digital camera, don’t beintimidated This book zeros in on the key skills you need to know, making each skillaccessible with concise steps and clear illustrations

iPhoto 2 Fast & Easy teaches the steps that will enable you to navigate the iPhoto

interface, import digital photos from a camera, and organize your images in albums.You will also learn to correct and arrange images, create books and slideshows,print your photos, or even order professional prints and photo books To help youexpand your skills even further, this book covers how to share photos with otherusers and how to save time by creating scripts

If you want to build a robust library of your digital images, iPhoto 2 and this bookprovide everything you need

Who Should Read This Book?

This book is geared for novices who are new to iPhoto 2 Users of earlier iPhotoversions who have upgraded to iPhoto 2 also can benefit from this book, because itpresents the features that are new in iPhoto 2

Introduction

Because nearly every step in this book includes a clear illustration, you won’t have

to struggle to learn a process or find the right tool onscreen The non-technicallanguage also helps smooth the transition from newbie to comfortable user

With each task clearly identified by a heading, you’ll also find it easy to use thetable of contents to find the steps you need So, whether you want to workthrough the book from beginning to end or find just the tricks that you need, thisbook will accommodate your style and enhance your results

Added Advice to Make You a Pro

Once you get started, you’ll notice that this book presents many steps, with littleexplanatory text to slow you down Where warranted, however, the book presentsthese special boxes to highlight a key issue:

• Tips give shortcuts or hints so you learn more about the ins and outs of Mac OS X Version 10.2

• Notes offer more detailed information about a feature, food for thought, orguidance to help you avoid problems or pitfalls in your work

• Cautions alert you to pitfalls and problems you should avoid

Appendixes at the end of the book highlight additional topics: downloading andinstalling iPhoto 2, taking better photos, and connecting to and disconnecting fromthe Internet as needed Finally, the glossary explains key terms that you need tounderstand to work effectively in iPhoto 2

Whether or not you have used iPhoto before, you’ll have fun as you dive in now

with iPhoto 2 Fast & Easy!

Introducing iPhoto 2

Introducing iPhoto 2

Getting Started with iPhoto

organize, print, and share your digital photos The latest version, iPhoto 2, offers improved features such as the ability to correct scratches and other imperfections in digital photos But before you can go there, take a few minutes to master the program basics In this chapter, you will learn how to:

Start iPhoto.

Learn about the parts of the iPhoto window.

Move between the different iPhoto modes.

Get help in iPhoto.

Quit iPhoto when you’ve finished working.

1

Getting Started with iPhoto

1

NOTEThe first time you start iPhoto 2, a Welcome to iPhotomessage box opens Click OK to continue Then, a

prompt to upgrade the existing library to work with

iPhoto 2 appears Click on Upgrade to convert thelibrary and continue

Navigating the iPhoto WindowWhen you import digital photos, iPhoto places them in its

library, or main photo catalog From there, you can organize

the photos into individual albums or groups The iPhoto 2

NAVIGATING THE IPHOTO WINDOW

application window offers a variety of controls that you canuse to navigate between the library and albums, as well asorganize, edit, view, and share your photos While laterchapters will teach you about various operations in greaterdetail, survey the controls now so that you can get

comfortable in iPhoto

• Menu bar The iPhoto menubar loads when you start theprogram The menu barorganizes availablecommands, with each menulisting several relatedcommands

• Photo viewing area Thephotos in the photo library orselected album appear here

A blue outline appearsaround the currently selectedphoto

• Library list Shows the library,albums you create, and theTrash, which holds

temporarily-deleted photos.Click on an item here to viewits contents in the photoviewing area

NOTEThe first time you start iPhoto 2, it won’t contain anyphotos I imported some photos into iPhoto to helpmake the figures in this section a bit more clear

• Information Lists detailsabout the currently selectedalbum or photo.

• Add, Play, Information, andRotate buttons Click on thedesired button to add a newalbum, play the current album

as a slide show, display orhide the current album orphoto information, or rotatethe selected photo by 90degrees, respectively

• View buttons Click a buttonhere to change to the desirediPhoto view: Import,

Organize, Edit, or Book

• Size control Drag the roundslider left to decrease or right

to increase the size of thephotos in the photo viewingarea

• Other options The icons andcontrols in this toolbar varydepending on the currentview For example, in theOrganize view, you can click

on an icon to Order Prints ofthe selected photo or create

a Web HomePage

TAKING A LOOK AT THE VIEWS

Taking a Look at the ViewsEach of the different views enables you to perform specificactions on the photos in your library or the selected album.Click on one of the view buttons just below the photo viewingarea to change to the desired view The following imagesshow you each of the available views Later chapters willdescribe in detail how to use each view to manage, edit, andprint your digital images

NOTEThe views are also called panes, as in “Book pane.”

• Import Choose this viewwhen you want to importphotos from a digital camera

or disk If you’ve connectedyour digital camera,

information about the cameraand its contents appears atthe bottom of the iPhotowindow

• Organize In this view, youcan change the order of thephotos within the library orselected album You also canuse the icons at the bottom

of the window to order printsand more

• Edit Use this view to makechanges to a selected photo.The photo editing toolsappear at the bottom of thewindow in this view

GETTING HELP

Getting HelpLike many other applications optimized for Mac OS X, iPhoto

2 uses the Mac OS X Help Viewer to present help information.The Help Viewer works much like a Web browser Click on

• Book Work in this view to set

up the photos in the currentalbum as a book that you canprint yourself or have

professionally printed

topic links (formatted in blueand underlined by default) tonavigate to the Help topic youneed The following steps show

a basic Help navigation, butkeep in mind that some HelpViewer links may take you to anonline site or a search location

1.Click on Help The Helpmenu will appear

2.Click on iPhoto Help HelpViewer will open

3.Click on Contents in theiPhoto Help window A list ofHelp topics will appear in theleft pane.

4.Click on the topic you want

A listing of more specific Helptopics will appear in the rightpane of the iPhoto Helpwindow

GETTING HELP

5.Click on the topic ofinterest The topic will appear inthe iPhoto Help window

NOTEWhen you select someHelp topics, you may beprompted to connect tothe Internet to downloadmore information Click

OK to launch InternetConnect so that yoursystem can dial yourInternet connection

Appendix C, “Dialing theInternet If Needed,”

explains how to connectand disconnect

6.Click on the back button orother links as needed The HelpViewer window will navigate tothe appropriate page

NOTEClick on the iPhoto Helplink at the top of anypage to return to theinitial iPhoto Help page

7.If you click on a Tell me morelink and see a list of topics likethis, click on the topic you want

in the top pane A preview ofthe topic will appear in thebottom pane

8.Click on the topic link in thebottom pane The Help Viewerwill display the specified page

9.When you’ve finishedviewing Help, click on HelpViewer The Help Viewer menuwill appear

10.Click on Quit Help Viewer.Help Viewer will close

QUITTING IPHOTO

Quitting iPhotoYou can quit the iPhoto application at any time to finishworking and free up RAM in your system Note that there’s noneed to save your album files before quitting iPhoto savesyour albums automatically each time you make a change

1.Click on iPhoto The iPhotomenu will appear

2.Click on Quit iPhoto iPhotowill close

Importing Photos

and create cool slideshows or books, you have to bring your digital images into iPhoto This chapter focuses on getting that job done, showing you how to add digital images to the iPhoto

2 photo library and begin to work with the images once they’re there In this chapter, you will learn how to:

Store and view digital photos in the photo library.

Import digital photos from a camera or other digital media reader.

Import digital photos from a disk or folder.

Select and delete images in the photo library.

View photo information.

2

Importing Photos

2

Understanding the Photo Library

The iPhoto photo library acts as a digital storage area andcatalog of all the images that you’ve imported into iPhoto

Importing a digital image intoiPhoto automatically creates acopy of the image and placesthe copy within the photolibrary folder—the iPhotoLibrary folder within the Picturesfolder of your Home folder—onyour system’s hard disk iPhotoautomatically creates subfolderswithin the iPhoto Library folder

to organize photos by the datethey were taken (year, month,and day) This illustration shows

an older copy of my iPhotoLibrary folder, with subfoldersfor images from various years.For each album you build, iPhoto creates a specific subfolder(using the album name) within the Albums subfolder of theiPhoto Library folder The album subfolder identifies eachimage in the album via an alias or shortcut to the originalimage imported into the iPhoto Library folder This techniqueenables you to include a particular image in multiple albumswithout having multiple copies of the image file consuminghard disk space

Importing Images from a Digital Camera

In most cases, you’ll want to import images directly from your digital camera into iPhoto Mac OS X Version 10.2 and iPhoto 2 directly support a number of digital cameras (To verify whether your digital camera is compatible, seehttp://www.apple.com/iphoto/compatibility/camera.html.)Connect the camera to your system via the USB or FireWireport and turn it on iPhoto will recognize the camera andlaunch so that you can download images from the camera to

Within the iPhoto 2 application,all of the digital photos thatyou’ve imported show up in thephoto viewing area when youhave Photo Library selected inthe library list at left

NOTEChapter 13, “Archiving Your Photos,” gives you avariety of techniques for working with library folders,including burning a library to CD-R and selecting alibrary folder to use in iPhoto

your system Digital cameras typically save images in theJPEG and TIFF file formats, and iPhoto can easily import both

of those formats

NOTEMac OS X Version 10.2 also includes the Image Captureapplication for downloading photos You can specifywhether to launch iPhoto or Image Capture when youattach your digital camera in Image Capture’s

preferences The first time you load images in iPhoto, adialog box appears to ask you to verify that you wantiPhoto to launch automatically when a camera is attached.Click on Yes to have iPhoto launch automatically

1.Connect the camera to thesystem, turn it on or plug in itspower source, and switch to itsplayback or transfer mode.iPhoto will launch

2.Click on Import The Importview pane appears

3.Click on the Importcommand button iPhoto willimport the digital images fromthe camera’s storage, will add athumbnail for each image intothe iPhoto Photo Library, andwill switch to the Organize view

NOTEClick on the Erase camera contents after transfer checkbox only if you want to delete the images from thestorage in your camera after the import

4.Click on the minimizebutton for the iPhoto window.iPhoto minimizes to an icon onthe Dock.

5.Control+click on the storagemedia icon for your camera Thecontextual menu will appear

TIPControl+click,Command+click, orShift+click means to pressand hold the Control,Command, or Shift key onthe keyboard, and thenclick on the desiredobject or icon onscreen

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6.Click on Eject Mac OS XVersion 10.2 will dismount(disconnect from) the camera,and its icon will disappear Youmay now turn off and

disconnect the camera

7.Click on the iPhoto windowicon on the Dock The iPhotowindow will maximize so youcan continue working

CAUTIONTurning off anddisconnecting the camerawithout first dismountingits media can damage themedia You also shouldclick on the Stop button

in iPhoto beforedisconnecting the camera

if iPhoto has not yetfinished importingimages

Importing Images from a Digital Media Reader or Disk

If your digital camera isn’t compatible with iPhoto 2, you canconnect a media reader to your Mac and use the reader toimport digital photos from the storage medium (typicallyCompact Flash, smart media, or Memory Stick) used by yourcamera Because readers work like a disk drive attached toyour system, importing from a media reader works likeimporting from a disk attached to the system iPhoto also canimport images already burned to a CD-R or stored on anothersystem on your network if you’ve previously copied theimages or scanned and saved them there No matter wherethe images to import are stored, the image files must besaved in one of the following file formats:

Start the following import steps from within iPhoto.

1.Connect the media reader to the system, turn it on orplug in its power source if needed, and insert the digitalmedium that you previously removed from your camera (Or,

insert the CD-R holding yourdigital images.) Mac OS X willmount the media as a disk drive

2.Click on File The File menuwill appear

3.Click on Import The ImportPhotos dialog box will open

4.Navigate to the disk andfolder that holds the photos toimport A list of digital images inthe specified location willappear on the right

5.Click on photos to import.The photos are selected and apreview icon will appear next toeach one.

6.Click on Import Again,iPhoto adds a thumbnail foreach digital photo into thephoto library, and copies theimage files to your Mac’s harddisk

7.If you imported the imagesfrom a digital media reader,click on the minimize button forthe iPhoto window iPhotominimizes to an icon on theDock

TIPCommand+click or Shift+click to select multiplephotos for import

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8.Control+click on the storagemedia or CD-R icon The

contextual menu will appear

9.Click on Eject Mac OS XVersion 10.2 will dismount(disconnect from) the digitalmedia reader, and its icon willdisappear You may now safelyremove the storage mediumfrom the reader

CAUTIONRemoving the card orstick without firstdismounting it candamage the media

10.Click on the iPhotowindow icon on the Dock TheiPhoto window will maximize soyou can continue working.

TIPYou can use the Finder toimport images auto-matically Display the iconfor the folder or image toimport in the Finder Dragthe icon over the photoviewing area in iPhoto.iPhoto will import theselected image (or folder)

as a new film roll

Viewing and Hiding Roll Information

Each time you import a group of photos from a digital camera

or other source, iPhoto creates a film roll or roll to further

organize the photos When you’re working in the Organizeview (pane), you can view or hide the roll information asdesired See “Renaming the Film Roll” in Chapter 4 to learnhow to change the name automatically assigned to a film roll

TIPRemember, click on the Organize button in the iPhotowindow to change to the Organize view

1.Click on View The Viewmenu will appear

2.Click on Film Rolls A filmroll name and date will appearabove each group of photos inthe photo viewing area

3.Scroll the photo viewingarea as desired You will see thefilm roll name and date aboveeach group or roll of photos.

4.To hide (collapse) the images

in a roll, click on the downtriangle icon beside the rollname The digital images withinthat roll will be hidden