iPhoto® ’09 For Dummies®

Chapter 1. Presenting the iPhoto '09 Interface

In This Chapter

• What you can do with iPhoto

• What iPhoto can do for you

• Finding your way around iPhoto

Along with your Mac and all the other software you received or have purchased for it is the software that's the subject of this book — iPhoto '09.

Having been a photo enthusiast for many years using film and standard methods for developing and printing, you can imagine my curiosity, wonder, and finally, pure joy when digital photography arrived on the scene. No more running out of film or having the wrong kind. No more taking photo after photo trying to ensure I got the shot only to discover, after developing the film, that I still didn't get it.

As wondrous as digital photography is, there are still plenty of things for mere mortals to do with it — and iPhoto '09 gives you the power to do them.

In this chapter, I help you discover how to harness that power.

iPhoto — The Big Picture

I believe it's a good thing when those who might describe themselves as amateurs get to use tools that approach professional status. iPhoto '09 is just such a tool. The trick isn't in bringing more and more technology to bear and deal with; it's bringing in more and more technology while keeping the software's operation at a level best described as easy to understand and easy to use.

I'm amazed at how Apple improved iPhoto. Professional photographers are expected to ...