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iPhoto Basics

iPhoto Basics. The care and feeding of your computer with digital images…. What Can You Do With iPhoto?. Show off your photos Make calendars, greeting cards, books, slideshows, and podcasts Edit/improve photos Publish to the Web Print Create DVDs And more!. What We’ll Learn.

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iPhoto Basics

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  1. iPhoto Basics The care and feeding of your computer with digital images…

  2. What Can You Do With iPhoto? • Show off your photos • Make calendars, greeting cards, books, slideshows, and podcasts • Edit/improve photos • Publish to the Web • Print • Create DVDs • And more!

  3. What We’ll Learn • Connect a camera to the computer • Import/edit photos from the camera • Organize and Sort the photos • Make an album • Make a slide show (with music) • Burn a disk • Ask LOTS of questions

  4. What You Need • Digital camera (most are compatible w/ Macs)with a USB port • USB cable from camera (little connector) to the Mac (big connector) • Patience • OK… take 5-10 pictures with a partner and the cameras now.

  5. Importing • Importing gets files (photos) from your original source (camera) into your target (iPhoto) • Start iPhoto, and with the camera OFF, connect the USB cable from the camera to the computer • Turn on your camera. Your camera should appear in the iPhoto Source list, located in the top left of the iPhoto window. • OK… time to try it.

  6. Did You Know? (For the “Experts”) • You Can Import Photos Without Using a Camera • There are several ways to import photos into iPhoto besides using a digital camera. (If you are not using a digital camera, try to ensure that all photos are in JPEG format for best results.) • You can import photos that are: • Saved on a CD (When you take your 35 mm film to be developed, ask if the photo developer can store your photos on a CD or floppy disk. Many offer this service.) • Saved on a DVD or flash drive • Located in a file or folder on your hard disk • Saved on a memory card (For a list of compatible storage devices, visit the iPhoto website.) • For more information, refer to the “Importing Photos” section of iPhoto Help.

  7. Editing Basics • Use the Edit button at the bottom of your window to open editing software • iPhoto can rotate the photo for you • Using the File>Export menu items lets you choose sizes and formats • Photo editing software will allow you to: • Reduce red eye • Rotate • Crop • Enhance the color • Sharpen the image • Add effects • OK… let’s watch a demonstration

  8. Organizing the Photos • All photos are stored in the iPhoto library. You can see the photos in the Library by clicking Library, located at the top of the Source list on the left side of the iPhoto window. • Within the library, photos are grouped by year and film roll (either an actual film roll, CD, or a group imported from a camera)

  9. Organizing the Photos • Your photos are displayed in the order in which you imported them. You can rearrange photos by sorting them in a variety of ways. • To sort, choose View > Sort Photos, and then choose an option from the submenu: • "by Film Roll" arranges photos in the order they were imported. Film roll markers indicate photos that were imported together. You can arrange photos by film roll only in your photo library. • "by Date" arranges photos by the date on which they were taken. • "by Keyword" arranges photos alphabetically by any keywords you’ve assigned to them. • "by Title" arranges photos alphabetically by their titles. • "by Rating" arranges photos from highest to lowest rating. • To quickly display only your most recent film rolls, click the Last Rolls icon in the Source list • To display only your most recent photos, click the Last Months icon. • OK… Let’s try some of this.

  10. Organizing the Photos • Organizing by Album • You can keep albums up-to-date by adding new photos. • You can use albums as temporary holding places for a group of photos until you’re ready to create something else from the photos, like a slideshow, book, calendar, or greeting card. • Photos added to or removed from albums do not affect the photos in your photo library.

  11. Making an Album • File>New Album, or apple-N, or use the + button in the lower left-hand corner • Type a name for your album and click “Create”(it will appear in the Source List) • Click on the Library (to see all your photos) • Drag photos from the library to your new album in the Source list • When you click on the album, you will only see the photos you placed there. • OK… take a few (not all) photos from the library and make an album. There’s a fun menu item shortcut too!

  12. Make a Slideshow • When you save a slideshow, it appears in your Source list along with your photo albums and film rolls. • You can find lots of detail about slideshows and other aspects of iPhoto in the Help menu> “iPhoto Getting Started” document • It is easier to just do, so let’s give it a try…

  13. Make a Slideshow • Select 5 or more photos you want in the Slideshow • Click the Slideshow button at the bottom of the iPhoto window • The Slideshow window opens with the pictures you selected at the top and tools at the bottom • Click the Preview button, watch what happens • Play with the Effect choices (B/W, Sepia, None) • Play with the Transition choices • Play with the Ken Burns effect

  14. Make a Slideshow • The Adjustment options are only for individual slides • Pick individual slides by clicking on them at the top of the window • The Settings button is for the entire slideshow • Timing • Transitions and speed • Screen items and automatic Ken Burns • Music basics • Screen formatting and ratios • Music options may override some timing options

  15. Saving and Sharing • Export vs. Sharing options • Under File>Export you can send your selection to the desktop, into a folder on your hard drive, or onto a disk as a series of jpegs or as a Quicktime movie • The format and organization you choose depends on what you want to do with them • Burn to disk • Upload to web • Print • Compile into a “movie”

  16. Saving and Sharing • Sharing has many options • Email • Order Prints • Upload to Web • Order/process slides • Create a DVD • Burn the data to a disk (this depends on your computer… does it have iDVD?) • OK… let’s just make a data disk of photos

  17. Questions? • There is lots of help built into the program • Many services through Mac for professional quality products • Many options through iDVD when you make a book or slideshow • Most features based on “drag and drop” • Best to edit photos first (rotate, fix color, crop or change aspect ratio) BEFORE you drop them into a slideshow, movie, or book.

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