iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual Review

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iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual ReviewPart one of the book is dedicated to working with a digital camera and the basics of digital photography. There is good advise here regardless of whether you are using iPhoto 6 or not. Photographing action, theatre performances, underwater photography, weddings and events, as well as nighttime photography are all covered thoroughly.
Next, the author digs into using iPhoto itself. While iPhoto 5 focused on editing features such as the Adjustment Panel and RAW file support, version 6 focuses on output and organization. The library can now hold up to 250,000 images. Also, iPhoto 6 sports some new buttons. Alongside the old Info and Keyword buttons you'll now find an "Enter Full Screen" button. Click on it, and iPhoto's interface-along with your desktop and any other windows-will completely disappear, replaced by a solid black field in which your image will be displayed as large as possible. In full-screen editing mode, which is covered well in this book, you can edit your photo without the distraction of other interface elements or colors.
Also there is the new Effects palette, which is iPhoto's only editing addition, and Pogue does a good job of covering it along with old familiar interfaces. With the Effects panel, you gain single-click access to black-and-white conversion, sepia-toning effects, simple saturation changes, and edge effects such as vignettes and blurs. These tools won't help images with serious problems, but the Effects panel is handy for quickly applying simple adjustments to most images, and there is good advise here on appropriate uses of these tools.
For years, iPhoto has allowed users to share their photo libraries with other iPhoto users on the same local area network. With version 6, you can now easily share your photos with other users anywhere on the Web, whether they use iPhoto or not. The instructions on how to do this are covered in detail. Also covered is the feature of photocasting, for which you must have a .Mac account. Once set up, iPhoto will use your .Mac storage to host the photos you choose to share.
Complementing the improved book-making feature of iPhoto are two new output options that let you design and order custom cards and calendars. The Calendar feature is particularly impressive, thanks to its ability to automatically import iCal calendars and Address Book birthday entries. Again, there are new entries in this updated edition that cover these features.
For Web-gallery creation, Apple has replaced iPhoto's HomePage integration with automatic export to iWeb, iLife's new Web-building application. Simply select an album and click on the iWeb button, and your photos will automatically be poured into one of iWeb's page designs. Other output improvements include options for borderless printing on printers that support it, the ability to export 16-bit TIFF files, and the option to tag images with a ColorSync profile while importing. Again, this is all covered in the new edition, along with the little tricks you have come to expect from the missing manual series. There is also supposed to be a "Missing CD" along with this new edition, but it is not yet up and running at the book's website at O'Reilly and Associates.
I think this book does a good job of updating veteran users of iPhoto on the new features of version 6 plus introducing first-time users to iPhoto. I highly recommend it.
Amazon does not show the table of contents so I do that here:
PART 1: DIGITAL CAMERAS: THE MISSING MANUAL
1. Composing Brilliant Photos
2. Beyond the Simple Snapshot
PART 2: IPHOTO BASICS
3. Camera Meets Mac
4. The Digital Shoebox
5. Editing Your Shots
PART 3: MEET YOUR PUBLIC
6. The iPhoto SlideShow
7. Making Prints
8. iWeb, Photocasting, and Network Sharing
9. Books, Calendars, and Cards
10. iPhoto Goes to the Movies
11. iDVD Slideshows
PART 4: IPHOTO STUNTS
12. Screen Savers, AppleScript, and Automator
13. iPhoto File Management
PART 5: APPENDIXES
A. Troubleshooting
B. iPhoto 6, Menu by Menu
C. Where to Go From HereiPhoto 6: The Missing Manual Overview

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