Chapter 3. Editing Your Pictures

Lesson Files

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Time

This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete.

Goals

Crop pictures

Rotate and straighten pictures

Touch up pictures

Adjust color and exposure

Apply effects

“Picture perfect.” You’ve probably heard that phrase before: It’s used to describe anything that looks just right.

Most photographers know quite well, of course, that this phrase is misleading: Most pictures aren’t perfect. But just because a picture isn’t perfect doesn’t mean you have to give up on it. iPhoto has a wide assortment of tools that you can use to bring your pictures closer to perfection. You’ll get a chance to play with those tools in this lesson.

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