How-To Guides about iPhoto

In this tutorial, we learn how to make a family photo album with iPhoto. First, you will load your photos onto iPhoto from your digital camera. After this, you can combine all the photos from one event and label them into one album. You can use facial recognition on one photo to find more pictures of the person you're searching for. Once you open up a new scrapbook photo album, you can drag the picture into it. After this, you can add in text about the trip and then insert titles. You can also...

Looking for a quick primer on how to email someone a photo from within Apple's iPhoto 11? It's easy! And this brief home-computing how-to from MacMost presents a complete, step-by-step overview of the process. Get started sharing pictures and photos within iPhoto 11 with this video guide.

In this video, we learn how to use iPhoto Smart Albums. These are useful for organizing your photos to see what you have. First, create a smart album on the file menu, then name it and go through the drop down menus to choose how you want to categorize your pictures. Choose the type of camera model you used, then you can see what photos you have that are taken with the type of camera that you used. This is very easy if you have a lot of photos and want to go through them easily. It also...

By default, iPhoto will open as soon as your Mac detects a digital camera or iPhone. In this tutorial, learn how to change your iPhoto settings so that it does not automatically open. The auto open is a good feature, but can be annoying, especially if you are just using your computer to charge your device and do not need to import any files. iPhoto's auto-open can disrupt other activities you may be involved in on your computer. In this video, Luke will take you step by step through the process...

Check out this informative video tutorial from Apple on how to organize photos with Events in iPhoto '09.

Check out this informative video tutorial from Apple on how to add keywords, ratings or flags to photos in iPhoto '09.

Check out this informative video tutorial from Apple on how to rotate or straighten photos in iPhoto '09.

Check out this informative video tutorial from Apple on how to reduce red-eye in iPhoto '09.

Check out this informative video tutorial from Apple on how to fix photos that are too light or too dark in iPhoto '09.

Check out this informative video tutorial from Apple on how to brush out or retouch problem areas in iPhoto '09.

Check out this informative video tutorial from Apple on how to email photos to friends and family in iPhoto '09.

Check out this informative video tutorial from Apple on how to create and share a slideshow in iPhoto '09.

Check out this informative video tutorial from Apple on how to print photos at home in iPhoto '09.

Check out this informative video tutorial from Apple on how to create your own photo book in iPhoto '09.

Check out this informative video tutorial from Apple on how to create your own calendar in iPhoto '09.

From the people who brought you the Dummies instructional book series, brings you the same non-intimidating guides in video form. This is Mac for Dummies. Just watch this video tutorial to learn how to view, improve, and organize photos in iPhoto, For Dummies.

Don't waste time at the store looking for the perfect photo album to put your vacation photos in. If you have iPhoto, you can do everything right from your computer. This Apple iLife tutorial shows you how to choose, organize and edit your photos, add them to a collection and turn them into a full color photo book. You do the work in iPhoto, then send it off to Apple to be professionally printed and bound - no cheesy Hallmark photo album necessary!

This tutorial explains how to import photos from your digital camera into iPhoto '08.

Learn how to use the fine-tune panel of the Essentials plug-in for iPhoto. Learn how to use the fine-tune panel contrast and saturation controls plus the advanced highlight and shadow controls to edit and retouch your iPhoto images.

Learn how to get started with Enlarge It - one of the tools available in the Essentials plug-in for iPhoto. This Essentials tutorial covers setting the pixel dimensions and document size controls of your iPhoto images using the Enlarge It tool. Learning how to use these controls will help you resize photos without destroying the final print quality.

This iPhoto tutorial shows you how to navigate your way around the user interface of the Blur It tool in the Essentials plug-in. This tutorial covers the control panes, preview area and menu bar navigation of Blur It! This Essentials iPhoto plug-in tool makes it easy to visualize and adjust the focal point and areas of a photo you want blurred.

The FocusBug is the heart of Blur It. See how to use this intuitive control to define your sweet-spot and adjust the blur of your iPhoto images. You can use Blur It right inside your Essentials plug-in for iPhoto.

Learn how to use the different shapes of the FocusBug and the tilt function to simulate tilt-shift lenses within the Blur It! tool of the Essentials plug-in for iPhoto. The Blur It! tool allows for precise control over the blur effects on your iPhoto images. This is a great tutorial for anyone new to the Essentials plugin for iPhoto.

Learn the many ways to find and preview just the right frame in Frame It. Frame It is one of the tools available in the Essentials 2 plug-in for iPhoto. This tutorial covers using the Frame Library and the Frame Grid within Frame It to find the perfect frame for your iPhoto images.

Save your favorite photos from scary-looking red-eye with just a few simple steps in Apple iPhoto.

Once you've taken some photos, you'll need to move them from your digital camera to your Mac. Just connect your camera to the USB or Firewire port on your Mac with a cable. iPhoto will open automatically.

When you want to remove red-eye in a photo, simply use the iPhoto red-eye removing tool. iPhoto provides tools to correct other defects, as well.

With iPhoto, you can add effects to your picture quickly and easily.

In iPhoto, you'll use album to organize and arrange your photos the way you want, kind of like a playlist in iTunes. You can also use albums to publish webpages, create slideshows, and produce photobooks, calendars, and greeting cards.

Adding ratings, titles, or comments to your photos can help you easily find them later. It can also help to remember important information about each photo.

By adding keywords to your photos, you can quickly find the ones you want later. Just change the information for the photo and assign keywords to it.

When you're ready to create a slideshow, just select the ones you want to include. It's easiest to create an album with all of the photos you want in your slideshow. You can even add music to your slideshow.

Using a MobileMe account and iPhoto, it's easy to publish your photos on the internet, whether to a webpage or a blog. NOTE: MobileMe is the replacement for .mac accounts.

With a MobileMe account and iPhoto, you can publish albums to the internet and allow your friends and family to subscribe to them using photocast sharing. Then, as you add new photos, iPhoto automatically updates the published albums for your subscribers. NOTE: MobileMe is the replacement for .mac accounts.

Network sharing lets other iPhoto users view your photos and albums from their computers.

When you create a CD or DVD of your favorite photos, your photos won't be resized or lose any resolution, so it's a great way to back up and archive your photos for safekeeping.