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iPhoto: The Missing Manual
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iPhoto: The Missing Manual

by David Pogue, Lesa Snider
May 2014
Beginner
459 pages
16h 10m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 15. Sharing Photos on the iPad

If you want to do something more with a photo than just stare at it, you can share it. iPhoto on your iPad (or other iOS device) lets you print a photo; text it; beam it; email it; AirDrop it; post it on Twitter, Facebook, or Flickr; or pass it over to another app.

iPhoto also lets you create some incredibly cool projects. You can whip up a web journal (a digital scrapbook you can share online) from your photos and video that includes nifty widgets like weather, a map, or a note (the web journal feature is unique to iPhoto for iOS). You can also create a slick slideshow and share it on the Web or beam it to a buddy, as well as handcraft (and order) a hardcover book or individual prints from the Apple Mother Ship.

Think about it for half a second and you realize that not only do iOS gadgets have some of the best cameras on any mobile device, they’re also typically online. So once you’ve taken a few pictures, or synced some using your computer (Syncing with iTunes), and you’ve used iPhoto to perfect them—which is what this book is all about—you can do something with them right away. That’s instant gratification at its technological best.

This chapter teaches you how to do all of those things and more.

Sharing Photos and Videos

In iPhoto for iOS, it’s easy to send pictures via email, web, text message, AirDrop, iCloud photo stream, and so on.

The app’s Share icon () is your headquarters for sending stuff elsewhere, and for creating projects (which are ...

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