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[. . . ] iPhoto Getting Started Get to know iPhoto and learn how to import and organize your photos, and create a photo slideshow and book. 1 Contents Chapter 1 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 Welcome to iPhoto What You'll Learn Before You Begin What You Need The iPhoto Interface Learn iPhoto Step 1: Import Your Photos Step 2: Organize and View Your Photos Using Keywords Organizing Your Photos Step 3: Create a Slideshow Setting Slideshow Options Playing a Slideshow Step 4: Create a Book Making Changes to Your Book Editing Text in Your Book Continue to Explore iPhoto Getting More Help Chapter 2 2 1 Welcome to iPhoto 1 Create lasting treasures from your digital photos. This document familiarizes you with the basic features of iPhoto and introduces you to new features in iPhoto '08. iPhoto offers you many ways to enhance and share your digital photos, whether you have 100 images or 100, 000. With iPhoto, you can quickly import and organize photos, improve or enhance them, and order or make your own prints. From within iPhoto, you can also email your photos or use them as screensavers, and publish photo albums to your MobileMe Gallery for others to view or download. What You'll Learn If you follow all the steps in this tutorial, you'll be able to:  Connect your camera to your computer  Import your photos into iPhoto from your camera  Sort your photos in several ways  Use or add keywords to find and organize your photos  Group your photos into one or more photo albums  Create and play a slideshow  Create a book 3 Before You Begin To make it easier to do the tasks in this tutorial, it's a good idea to print this document before you start. [. . . ] To create a photo album: 1 Click the Add (+) button in the bottom-left corner of the iPhoto window. Add button 2 Click the Album button in the dialog. 4 Click Events in the Source list, and double-click an Event to open it. You can also drag a photo to an album directly from another album, a CD or DVD, or from another location on your hard disk. When you add a photo to an album this way, iPhoto automatically imports it into your photo library. Chapter 2 Learn iPhoto 11 You can also create Smart Albums that can be automatically updated as your library changes. To choose transition effects: 1 Click to select your slideshow in the Source list. The iPhoto window changes to slideshow view. Chapter 2 Learn iPhoto 13 2 Click the Settings button in the bottom-right corner of the slideshow window. The default transition for a new slideshow is the Dissolve transition. You can choose to have photos appear as if they're on different sides of a cube, have one fade through black to the next, and so on. In this dialog, you can also set other options for the entire slideshow, including the size of the photos, the Ken Burns Effect, and whether the slideshow repeats automatically. You can also add background music to your slideshow from the sample music folder or your iTunes library. To add background music to your slideshow: 1 Click to select your slideshow in the Source list. 2 Click the Music button in the bottom-right corner of the slideshow window. 3 Click to select a song or a playlist to play during your slideshow. You can search for a song by typing the artist or title in the search field. 4 Click OK. Playing a Slideshow After you create a slideshow, you can play it on your computer. To play a slideshow: 1 Click to select the slideshow you want to play in the Source list. 2 To start the slideshow, click the Play button in the bottom-left corner of the slideshow window. To stop the slideshow, click anywhere on the screen. While viewing your slideshow, you can:  Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to adjust the speed of your slideshow  Use the Right and Left Arrow keys to move through a slideshow manually 14 Chapter 2 Learn iPhoto  Press Delete to remove the photo currently being displayed from the slideshow  Press Command-R to rotate the photo currently being displayed. (The Command key has a x symbol on it. ) Another Way to See Photos as a Slideshow You can view any combination of photo albums or individual photos as a temporary slideshow. Simply click to select the photos or albums you want to view, and then click the Play button in the bottom-left corner of the iPhoto window. Play button You have completed your first slideshow. Step 4: Create a Book It's easier to create a book in iPhoto than to print all your photos and paste them in a scrapbook. And after you've created your masterpiece, you have a variety of options for sharing: You can print it on a color printer, order it as a bound book, or even use it as the basis for a more creative slideshow. To create a book: 1 Select the photos you want to include in your book:  To use an entire album, click the album in the Source list.  To use a particular Event, click Events in the Source list, and then click the Event you want to select in the viewing area. [. . . ] If you would like to print or order a copy of your book, see the topics in iPhoto Help. Continue to Explore iPhoto iPhoto '08 offers a host of creative ways to use and enhance your photos. Check out one or more of these additional features:  Fast web publishing: Use your MobileMe Gallery to share your photo albums online with a single click. Friends and family can view your photos or download them to print large, high-quality images--and even upload their own photos to share with you. You can also email photos from your mobile phone or other mobile device to your published albums. [. . . ]