iPhoto 08 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide (Paperback)

by Adam Engst (Author)
Key Phrases: editing photos, printing photos, hidden photos, Mac Slides, Cmd Shift, Ken Burns Effect (more...)

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Product Description
Visual QuickStart Guide—the quick and easy way to learn!

With iPhoto '08 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide, readers can start from the beginning to get a tour of the applications, or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. This task-based, visual guide uses step-by-step instructions and hundreds of full-color screenshots to teach beginning and intermediate users how to make the most out of their digital photos with iPhoto '08. Perfect for anyone who needs to learn the program inside out, this guide covers everything from importing, tagging, editing, and perfecting images to creating slideshows and photo albums to easy online Web publishing. Readers will learn about everything new in iPhoto '08, including automatically organizing photos by event; new editing tools that allow the user to paste a set of adjustments from one photo into another; creating new hardcover photo books, large-font calendars, and more; sharing photos via the .Mac Web Gallery; printing high-quality, frame-worthy photos with colored textures, borders, and mattes; and much more.

About the Author
Adam Engst is the publisher of TidBITS, one of the oldest and most-respected Internet publications, and the best-selling Take Control series of electronic books. His writing credits include a co-author spot on two editions of The Wireless Networking Starter Kit, the best-selling Internet Starter Kit series, and contributing editor positions at MacUser, MacWEEK, and Macworld. Industry surveys rank him as one of the most influential people in the Macintosh community, and he has been turned into an action figure. His digital camera is almost always in his pocket.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1 edition (November 14, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321501888
• ISBN-13: 978-0321501882
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #563,799 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars iPHOTO '08, February 13, 2008

By	Joseph E. Clauson "Joe C." (Anchorage, AK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Excellent overview of the latest iPHOTO program. This has been very helpful to this point in making good use of the application.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not for novices, July 10, 2008

By	Barry Blyveis (Columbia, MD USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book was a crashing disappointment for a novice. Just think of some very simple operations one would perform with iPHOTO. Then look in the index and try to find them. You will find few of them. When you do find one, and go to the indicated page, the explanation will assume that you already know so much about the subject that you needn't have purchased this book. When will they learn to hire competent writers to review computer books prior to publication? And when will they learn to test these books by handing copies to novices and observe them trying to find critical information and put it to use on the iMAC?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A book that should be included with the product, April 27, 2008

By	Roger Maxwell "retired gent" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Having purchased iPhoto and discovering that it came with very limited instructions I did a little research into what was available. Adam Engst's iPhoto '08 appeared to be what I required, Visual, Easy and in colour. It is working for me, well laid out, easy to follow and understand. A very good reference point, would not be without it.