iPhoto® ’09 For Dummies®

Chapter 2. Putting iPhoto through Its Paces

In This Chapter

• Getting your photos into iPhoto

• Using quick and easy edits

• Printing your photos with iPhoto

• Modifying preferences

After you get a feel for the iPhoto interface, jumping in and trying it out is a great idea. In this chapter, you get started using the program with a simple iPhoto project.

Yes, that's right; dive right in! After you take a photo, you can transfer it to your computer, edit it to improve how it looks, and then create your first print with iPhoto. I guide you through those very steps in this chapter. This process helps you see that iPhoto software is incredibly powerful as well as easy to understand and use.

Also in this chapter, I show you how to modify the default iPhoto preferences so they reflect how you work, thus truly making them your own. As you find out more about iPhoto, you can come back and modify these preferences to meet your needs.

Tip

I use a photo named Chapter2Photo in this chapter to demonstrate using iPhoto for editing. If you wish to use this photo, you can download it from www.dummies.com/go/iphotofd. Or you're free to use your own photo because the processes described apply to any photograph needing editing.

Importing Photos into iPhoto

The first thing you have to do to use iPhoto to edit photos is, well, to import some photos. Importing simply means downloading photos from your camera (or other storage ...