IPhoto for Mac - instructions for beginners

There are many ways to organize and store your photos. Many users store their photos into folders simply structured by date - the most simple way, which is used in cameras. Some people just dump everything into one folder or create a maximum folder like "holiday 2013", "DR Seryoga", "Alink wedding." This approach is fundamentally wrong, it takes you a lot of time to search for a photo (if you are looking for is not on the date, but on some other criterion). A good solution is to use special programs, and the right - the use of iPhoto. He will do all the hard work for you, leaving you more time to shoot new things, instead of raking the rubble of the old photos.

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iPhoto is a trademark of Apple photoappendices and provides opportunities to organize and edit your photos. You can easily sort your photos by events, places, persons or to edit, applying filters to them and other improvements. In addition, with iPhoto, you can create a slideshow of your photos, prepare to print calendars, postcards and share them with friends.

iPhoto worth 479r. and is included in the iLife package, which can be purchased in the App Store. Owners of new Macs lucky - iPhoto includes free all Mac'am purchased after October 1, 2013.

Import to Library

All the photos you import into the iPhoto, are stored in your library. Here you can organize your photos by categories for more convenient viewing. It is very simple:

• launch iPhoto from the dock, the applications folder or Launchpad;
• open the menu File — Import to Library (Or use the shortcut key ⇧⌘I);
• Using Finder, select the files or folders you want to import and click the button Import;

All selected photos will be imported into the library iPhoto. Now you can view them by going to the left sidebar item Photo. Last added photos too easy to trace here in the sidebar section recent (Able to view images from the last import or the last 12 months.).

Council. To import images from a camera or iPhone, just connect it to your Mac, open iPhoto and choose Importeverything to import all the photos or import selectedTo selectively import.

Event Sort

Sort images by event is a great way to organize your growing photo collection. To do this, we need to open item Events on the side panel. Here you will see all your imported photos ever grouped by event date. As you probably noticed, for all events is displayed keyframe (which will change when the mouse) to make it easier to navigate among them, if you do a lot of shooting.

You can change the name of the event by double-clicking on it and replace it with something more meaningful to you than "20 March 2013".

Sort By Location

Filling the location information is extremely useful feature for those who travel a lot. iPhoto displays all the photos grouped by location, in the form of an interactive map. In addition, after you enter information about a place, the iPhoto analyze similar photos to find pictures taken in the same place. It is very comfortable.

To fill the information geopozitsii, we need to perform a few simple steps:

• open Events on the side panel;
• select the desired event, or a picture and click info;
• in field Appoint a place ... enter the name of the place;
• We move the pin on the map to indicate a precise location;

Sort by persons

Another nice feature iPhoto. Thanks to face recognition algorithms - iPhoto can distinguish between people present in your photos. After you select a specific person (preferably several times), the application will offer you more pictures with this man. And validation mechanism is implemented very convenient: you only need to confirm whether the man in the photo (yes / no) and make it possible for multiple photos at once.

To view persons, Select the appropriate item in the sidebar and for the "proof of identity" click on signatures "Unknown" below each photo and enter the person's name (iPhoto will use the names of people from your address book).

Edit photos

Apple also included in the set of filters and iPhoto image editing tools, so you can make your photos even better. We can rotate photos; increase the contrast, sharpness and illumination; correct exposure; modify or change the color temperature correction. All these actions are available to us on the three tabs on the edit pane, which opens after we select the desired photo and press correction.

Once you have finished editing the image, iPhoto will automatically save your work. Later, from the library, you can share image with your family or friends.

Exporting photos

CS is a function too well implemented in iPhoto, you can easily share your photos with friends and colleagues via social networks: Facebook, Flickr, Twitter. You can also create slideshows and even order prints calendar, or greeting card.

Select the desired photo and press the button Export, Then you will be prompted to enter credentials for the account with which you want to share your photo or in the case with the preparation for printing - to specify the desired parameters, following the prompts.

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As you can see, iPhoto is startlingly simple and intuitive interface. It is made in the best traditions of Apple. Nevertheless, the iPhoto has the necessary set of tools for organizing, storing and editing your photos. And most importantly, they work flawlessly. With built-in algorithms, you can easily bring order to their images, determining all the people present at these places and where photos were taken.

Tell us whether using iPhoto to import and store all your photos or use some other tool, whether it is pleasant to you?