If you ve been using Apple s iPhoto software to organize and share your digital photos, you re about to start using it a whole lot more: That s because with version 2, iPhoto has grown even more powerful thanks to its integration with Apple s iLife suite of products. With iPhoto 2 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide, you ll quickly discover how you can share digital images with iMovie, create DVD-based slideshows with iDVD, archive photos instantly (to CD or DVD), create coffee-table books combining text and photos, and email your best shots to friends and relatives.

Task-based instruction, a strong visual format, and no-nonsense guidance from trusted Mac author and pundit Adam Engst make this book the perfect place to master iPhoto. If you re new to iPhoto, you ll find everything you need to start importing, organizing, editing, and sharing your photos. And if you re an old hand, you ll easily zero in on the features that excite you most: the Enhance and Retouch tools, new printing templates, expanded email support, and more. A slew of tips, screen shots-galore, and a companion Web site round out the Visual QuickStart package.

Contents

• Getting Started
• Importing and Managing Photos
• Organizing Photos
• Editing Photos
• Creating Books
• Sharing Photos
• Troubleshooting
• Deep Background
• Taking Better Photos
• Index