iPhoto 2 for Mac OS X (Visual QuickStart Guide) [Paperback]

Adam Engst (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0321197763 | ISBN-13: 978-0321197764 | Publication Date: April 21, 2003

If you've been using Apple's iPhoto software to organize and share your digital photos, you're about to start using it a whole lot more: That's because with version 2, iPhoto has grown even more powerful thanks to its integration with Apple's iLife suite of products. With iPhoto 2 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide, you'll quickly discover how you can share digital images with iMovie, create DVD-based slideshows with iDVD, archive photos instantly (to CD or DVD), create coffee-table books combining text and photos, and email your best shots to friends and relatives.

Task-based instruction, a strong visual format, and no-nonsense guidance from trusted Mac author and pundit Adam Engst make this book the perfect place to master iPhoto. If you're new to iPhoto, you'll find everything you need to start importing, organizing, editing, and sharing your photos. And if you're an old hand, you'll easily zero in on the features that excite you most: the Enhance and Retouch tools, new printing templates, expanded email support, and more. A slew of tips, screen shots-galore, and a companion Web site round out the Visual QuickStart package.

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If you've been using Apple's iPhoto software to organize and share your digital photos, you're about to start using it a whole lot more: That's because with version 2, iPhoto has grown even more powerful thanks to its integration with Apple's iLife suite of products. With iPhoto 2 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide, you'll quickly discover how you can share digital images with iMovie, create DVD-based slideshows with iDVD, archive photos instantly (to CD or DVD), create coffee-table books combining text and photos, and email your best shots to friends and relatives. Task-based instruction, a strong visual format, and no-nonsense guidance from trusted Mac author and pundit Adam Engst make this book the perfect place to master iPhoto. If you're new to iPhoto, you'll find everything you need to start importing, organizing, editing, and sharing your photos. And if you're an old hand, you'll easily zero in on the features that excite you most: the Enhance and Retouch tools, new printing templates, expanded email support, and more. A slew of tips, screen shots-galore, and a companion Web site round out the Visual QuickStart package.

About the Author

Adam C. Engst is the editor and publisher of TidBITS, one of the oldest and largest Internet-based newsletters. Adam has written and co-authored numerous Internet books and magazine articles, including the best-selling Internet Starter Kit series and most recently, The Wireless Networking Starter Kit. In addition, he has collaborated on several Internet-based educational videos and has appeared on a variety of nationally broadcast television and radio programs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press (April 21, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321197763
• ISBN-13: 978-0321197764
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,796,450 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #41 in Books > Computers & Technology > Apple > iPhoto

More About the Author

Adam C. Engst is the editor and publisher of TidBITS, one of the oldest and largest Internet-based newsletters. Adam has written and co-authored numerous computing books and magazine articles, including the best-selling Internet Starter Kit series , all editions of the iPhoto: Visual QuickStart Guide, and Take Control books on Tiger, Apple Mail, and more (Peachpit Press). In addition, he has collaborated on several Internet educational videos and has appeared on a variety of nationally broadcast television and radio programs.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for novice and expert alike., July 20, 2003

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John Faughnan "John G Faughnan" (St. Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iPhoto 2 for Mac OS X (Visual QuickStart Guide) (Paperback)

I was surprised by how good this book is. I browsed it an Apple store and paid [item price] for it there. I think of myself as almost an iPhoto expert, I read the many online sources, I read the manual, I know a lot of the weird shortcuts, etc. etc.

Even so, I learned a lot from a few minutes with this book. The advice on ordering photo books is alone worth the cost of the book. I can't judge how readable it is for a novice, but it's very clearly written and the pictures are excellent. I think it would work well for a novice too.

The author uses photos of his son Tristan throughout the book. Hopefully by the time Tristan is a teenager he will not have access to this book.

Really, a super book. There's no Apple provided iPhoto manual and the online help file is somewhat feeble. Buy this book.