My iPhoto

Michael Grothaus is a journalist and author whose writing has appeared in Fast Company, The Guardian, TUAW, Screen, and more. Additionally he’s a former screenwriter and the author of a dozen books on technology. Having worked for institutions such as 20th Century Fox, The Art Institute of Chicago, and Apple, he now lives in London and writes full-time. His writing is read by millions each month.

Chapter 1: What Is iPhoto?    3
iPhoto Lets You Navigate and Organize Your Photos   4
iPhoto Lets You Edit Your Photos   5
iPhoto Lets You Share Your Photos   6
Getting iPhoto   7
  iPhoto System Requirements   7
  Recommended Extras   7
Keeping iPhoto Up to Date   8
Launching iPhoto   9
The iPhoto Interface   9
  The Main Viewing Area   10
  The Source List   10
  The Toolbar   12
Chapter 2: Importing Your Photos   15
Importing Photos from a USB-Connected Device or SD Card   16
Importing Photos from a Folder on Your Mac or from an External Device   18
  Use Drag and Drop   18
  Use the File Menu   19
Importing Photos from Apple’s Mail App   20
Viewing Your Last Imported Photos   20
Turning Off Automatic iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad Imports   21
  Disable iPhoto Auto-Launch   22
Dealing with Duplicates   23
Understanding Where Your Photos Are Stored   23
Disabling the Copy Imported Photos Feature   24
Chapter 3: Reading Metadata and Marking Your Photos   27
iPhoto’s Information Pane   28
  Get to Know the Information Pane   28
What Is Exif?    29
Changing Your Photo’s Date and Time   33
  Change a Single Photo’s Date and Time   33
  Change Multiple Photos’ Dates and Times   34
Changing Your Photo’s Name   35
Adding a Description to Your Photos   36
Batch Changing Titles, Dates, and Descriptions   37
Adding Keywords to Your Photos   39
Working with the Keyword Manager   40
  Create, Edit, and Delete Keywords   41
  Add Keyboard Shortcut Keys to Keywords   42
  Apply Keywords Using Keyboard Shortcut Keys   44
Flagging Your Photos   45
  Flag a Photo   45
  Unflag a Photo   46
Rating Your Photos   47
Hiding Your Photos   48
  Hide a Photo   48
  Temporarily View Hidden Photos   48
  Unhide a Photo   49
Deleting Your Photos   49
  Move Photos to the Trash   49
  Restore Photos from the Trash   50
  Permanently Delete Photos   51
Using the Contextual Menu   51
Chapter 4: Searching Your Photos   55
Searching by Text   57
Searching by Date   58
  Search for Photos by Date   58
  Search for Photos by Specific Date   59
  Search for Photos by Consecutive Date Range   60
  Search for Photos by Nonconsecutive Dates   61
Searching by Keywords   62
Advanced Keyword Searching   63
Searching by Ratings   65
Chapter 5: Working with Events   67
Changing Events Autosplitting Time Frame   68
Viewing Event Information   69
Setting an Event’s Key Photo   70
Creating New Events   72
  Create a New Event Using Specific Photos   72
  Create a New Event Using Flagged Photos   73
  Create an Empty Event   74
Merging Events   75
Splitting Events   76
Chapter 6: Working with Albums   79
Regular Versus Smart Albums   80
Creating Regular Albums   82
  Create an Empty Album   82
  Create an Album from Selected Photos or Events   83
  Create an Album from a Folder on Your Mac   86
Changing the Contents of Your Regular Albums   87
  Add Photos to an Existing Album by Drag and Drop   87
  Add Photos to an Existing Album with the Add To Button   88
Removing Photos from Albums and Deleting Entire Albums   89
  Remove Photos from Regular Albums   89
  Delete Entire Regular Albums   90
Creating Smart Albums   91
Editing Smart Albums   92
Deleting Smart Albums   94
Duplicating Albums   95
Organizing Albums into Folders   96
  Create an Empty Album Folder   97
  Add Albums to a Folder   97
  Create a Folder by Joining Two or More Albums   98
  Remove Albums from a Folder   99
  Delete a Folder   100
Sorting Your Albums Alphabetically   100
Chapter 7: Viewing Your Photos   103
Working with Photo Thumbnails   104
  Adjust Thumbnail Size   104
  View an Individual Photo   105
Working with the Film Roll   106
Sorting the Order of Your Photos   107
  Sort Events   108
  Sort Photos   108
Chapter 8: Organizing Your Photos: Faces   111
Creating Faces Collections   112
  Create a Faces Collection   112
  Name a Face for the First Time   112
  Ignore a Face   113
The Faces Corkboard   115
  Set Faces Key Photos   115
The Faces Information Pane   116
Viewing a Faces Collection   117
Confirming or Rejecting Suggested Matches in a Faces Collection   119
  Confirm a Faces Match   120
  Reject a Faces Match   120
Rescanning Your Photo Library for Faces   121
Naming Faces and Adding Missing Faces Manually   122
  Name a Person with an Existing Detected Face   123
  Add a Face Manually   123
Removing People from Faces   125
Using Faces with Facebook   125
Chapter 9: Organizing Your Photos: Places   129
What Is Location Data?    130
  Set Up iPhoto to Use Your Location Data   131
The Places Map   132
Navigating the Places Map Manually   133
Navigating the Places Map Using the Location Menu   134
Switching Between Map Views   137
Viewing Your Photos in Places   138
  View Photos by Pin   139
  View Photos Using the Show Photos Button   140
  Search Photos Based on Location   141
Getting Familiar with the Places Mini-Maps   141
  Manually Add Locations to Photos   142
  Manually Move a Pin   144
  Add Personalized Names to Your Locations   145
  Copy and Paste Location Information   146
Removing and Restoring a Photo’s Location   147
  Remove a Location   147
  Restore a Location   147
Managing Places   148
  Open Manage My Places   148
  Delete a Location   149
  Change a Location’s Name   150
  Adjust a Location’s Area   150
Using Places to Create Smart Albums   151
Chapter 10: Editing Basics   155
The Editing Window   156
  Navigate Edit Mode   156
Quick Fixes   158
  Rotate a Photo   159
  Enhance a Photo   160
  Reduce Red-Eye   161
  Straighten Crooked Photos   163
  Crop a Photo   164
  Retouch a Photo   166
Applying Filters   168
  Use the Round Filter Buttons   169
  Use the Square Filter Buttons   170
  Apply a Filter   172
Chapter 11: Advanced Editing Tricks   175
Using the Histogram   176
  Adjust the Histogram   178
Adjusting Exposure, Contrast, and Saturation   181
  Adjust a Photo’s Exposure, Contrast, and Saturation   183
Adjusting Definition, Highlights, Shadows, Sharpness, and Noise   183
  Adjust a Photo’s Definition, Highlights, Shadows, Sharpness, and Noise   186
Adjusting Temperature, Tint, and Color Cast   186
  Use the Eyedropper Tool to Adjust Color Cast   187
  Adjust Temperature and Tint Manually   188
Cool iPhoto Editing Tricks   189
  Copy and Paste Edit Adjustments from One Photo to Another   189
  Duplicate Your Photos   191
  Quickly Review Your Original Pre-edited Photograph   191
  Compare Two or More Photos   192
  Use Contextual Menu Shortcuts to Edit Photos   194
  Zoom Using the Keyboard   195
Chapter 12: Creating Keepsakes: Books, Cards, Calendars, and Slideshows   197
Keepsakes and the Create Menu   198
Creating a New Book Project   200
  Work with the Book Theme Chooser   201
  Build a Book   202
  Work with the All Pages Screen   203
  Change the Layout of Individual Pages   204
  Add New Photos to a Page   205
  Edit Photos on a Page   207
  Clear and Autofill All Photos in Your Book   208
  Format Text   209
  Use Maps in Books   211
  Add Additional Pages to Your Book   213
Creating a Card   214
  Change the Layout of Your Cards   216
Creating a Calendar   217
  Change Your Calendar Layout   218
  Add Text to Specific Dates   220
  Add Photos to Specific Dates   221
Buying Your Keepsakes   222
Ordering Prints of Your Photographs   223
Creating a Slideshow   227
  Work with Your Slideshow   228
  Add Text to a Slideshow   229
  Choose a Slideshow Theme   229
  Add Music to a Slideshow   230
  Use Additional Slideshow Settings   230
  Play a Slideshow   232
  Export Your Slideshow   233
  Create an Instant Slideshow   234
Chapter 13: Sharing Your Photos Digitally   237
Sharing Photos via iCloud   238
  Set Up Your iCloud Account   239
  Turn Off Automatic Uploading to iCloud   240
  Manually Add Photos to My Photo Stream   241
  Delete Photos from My Photo Stream   242
  Turn Off My Photo Stream   243
Sharing Photo Streams   244
  Enable iCloud Photo Sharing   244
  Create a Shared Photo Stream   245
  View and Manage Your Shared Photo Streams   246
  Delete Individual Photos from a Shared iCloud Photo Stream   247
  Delete a Shared iCloud Photo Stream   248
  Save Photos Added by Others   248
Sharing Photos via Flickr   249
  Set Up Your Flickr Account to Use in iPhoto   250
  Publish Photos to Flickr   251
  View Your Flickr Sets   253
  Delete Photos from a Flickr Set   253
  Delete a Flickr Set   254
  Save Photos Added by Others   255
Sharing Photos via Facebook   256
  Set Up Your Facebook Account to Use in iPhoto   257
  Publish Photos to Facebook as Albums   258
  View and Manage Your Facebook Albums   259
  Publish a Photo to Your Facebook Timeline   260
  Change Your Facebook Profile Picture from Within iPhoto   261
  Delete Photos from a Facebook Album   262
  Delete Entire Facebook Albums   263
  Save Photos Added to Facebook Albums Outside of iPhoto   263
Sharing Photos via Messages   265
  Set Up Your Messages Account to Use in iPhoto   265
  Share a Photo via Messages   266
Sharing Photos via Twitter   267
  Set Up Your Twitter Account to Use in iPhoto   267
  Share a Photo via Twitter   269
Sharing Photos via Email   269
  Set Up an Email Account to Use with iPhoto   270
  Email Photos from Within iPhoto   272
Viewing Sharing Information for a Photo   274
Setting a Photo as Your Desktop Picture   274
Index   277