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By?David Pogue, Joseph Schorr, Derrick Story
First Edition
July 2002
Pages: 304
ISBN 10: 0-596-00365-X |
ISBN 13: 9780596003654
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Apple's wildly popular iPhoto software is a gorgeous digital shoebox for downloading, organizing, printing, publishing, and touching up unlimited numbers of digital photos. In this comprehensive, witty guide, authors Pogue, Schorr, and Story give iPhoto 1.1 the one feature it lacks: a manual. With this guide, Macintosh fans can take their digital photos to the screen, to the Web, to printouts, to hardbound photo books, even to DVDs. And they'll learn how to take iPhoto far beyond its seemingly simple feature list. But the software is just the beginning. The book also covers choosing and mastering a digital camera, basic photographic techniques, and tips for shooting special subjects like kids, sports, nighttime shots, portraits, and more.
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Featured customer reviews
iPhoto: The Missing Manual Review, February 11 2003





Very useful and readable. We are now waiting for an update to iPhoto2 (and for Keynote)
iPhoto: The Missing Manual Review, December 03 2002





I'm a digital photo enthusiast and therefore just had to buy "iPhoto: The MIssing Manual," when it appeared on the store's bookshelves a couple months ago. I bought it on faith because I was so pleased with Pogue's "Missing Manual" series.
Anyone who is serious about their Macintosh the OSX system will want this addition to the series. It explains all the updated features clearly and in plain language how to use the iPhoto program, something Apple fails to do. It also includes sources for software when iPhoto isn't quite enough. I found "Pictures and Portraits" to be what I'm looking for, because I wanted more layout options for my prints.
There is also a lot of information on how to take pictures and how to choose the right equipment. I already purchased my camera, but I found the information in these sections a necessary part of the book and served to make it more valuable. I've just basically skimmed the book to this point because I'm finishing up his book on OSX, but I find the style and volume of information to be on par with his other books. I can't wait to begin reading it and gleaning it for the "Gems in the Rough."
When you see this book, snag it up, as you won't be sorry you did.
Timothy Fehl
iPhoto: The Missing Manual Review, September 03 2002





I was a new "MacUser' as well as a new digital photographer and was definitely struggling with iPhoto. I felt sure it was good and would do all the things I wanted - and had begun to do in Photoshop (the simpler version for PC's). When I heard about the Missing Manual I couldn't wait to get it and try. What a revelation!! At last I could understand the filing, the date system, the pixels etc etc. All was explained in simple language and fun to read.
Thank you for a really worthwhile investment - and to anyone hesitating - Don't!
iPhoto: The Missing Manual Review, August 11 2002





When the iPhoto application was first released I downloaded it and began using it for my new digital camera pics. I had just bought the Missing Manual for Mac OS X and recognized that it was published before the release of iPhoto so I wasn't going to get any help from that Missing Manual. I wrote to David Pogue and asked him if he was going to write anything on iPhoto. His reply was 'yes' and that it would come out some time later in 2002. He was true to his word. I bought a copy as soon as I found out it was available in August. I've had it for a few weeks and even though I've learned a lot about iPhoto on my own over the past few months, the book is still a treasure of information I had not previously discovered. If you are a digital camera maniac like myself or soon to be one and if you are fortunate to own a Mac that accomodates iPhoto, you're going to appreciate this book and get even more fun and benefit from your camera, your Mac and iPhoto. I find the Missing Manuals to be so well done that I can't say enough good things about them and iPhoto is no exception. If you're really interested in getting the most from your digital photography experience I highly recommend the iPhoto Missing Manual.
I do have a difference of opinion about the kind of battery that seems to work best with a digital camera. I find the rechargeable Nicad block battery with a second back up to be the most convenient and economical. That's my only gripe about the book,and I guess my two cents. Take the camera buying advice in iPhoto along with other sources of advice before you make your investment.
Great book. Lucky for us that David Pogue and friends love the Mac.
Media reviews
"One of the beauties of the Missing Manuals is that there is always something new to discover and the research is quite thorough...I kept finding snippets of information, in the way of Tips or Notes, that would give just that bit extra."
-- Graham K. Rogers, Bangkok Post
"Pogue, the New York Times computer columnist, is among the world's best explainers."
-- Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired
"I have reviewed quite a number of Missing Manual books and I am always impressed with them. David Pogue is a Mac master and the depth of his knowledge shines through."
-- Roger Bernau, ACT Apple User Group Incorporated
"This Missing Manual is a wonderfully written and presented book. It will help you make the best use of iPhoto's ability to create your own masterpieces from your collection of digital still photographs...a must-read! The Missing Manual series is of generally high quality, so I expected a good book about iPhoto. What I found was an excellent book about photography in general, digital photography in particular, and the use of this superb application to produce excellent results in a myriad of formats and venues. The book is both informative and a pleasure to read...If you use iPhoto, buy 'iPhoto: The Missing Manual.'"--Lawrence Katz, ApplePress, March 2003
"'iPhoto The Missing Manual' is a highly recommended powerful resource for all users of iPhoto. Those who are new to digital photography will find an enormous wealth of information from how to buy equipment, to, how to get the best out of what you have. Those at the other end of the scale, who are serious amateur photographers with ample digital experience, will find the book filled with information on hidden capabilities of iPhoto, exactly what aspiring power users are always searching for. In between those extremes, the average user will find something useful either about digital photography in general, or iPhoto in particular, on practically every page of the book. In addition, everyone at any level of interest and experience needs troubleshooting assistance at one time or another, which is another value that can be gotten out of this book."
--Bob Kenedi, Naples MUG, March 2003
"If you are going to use iPhoto, you need a missing manual."
--Joan O'Brien, NCMUG News, Feb 2003
"One of the beauties of the Missing Manuals is that there is always something new to discover and the research is quite thorough...I kept finding snippets of information, in the way of Tips or Notes, that would give just that bit extra."
--Graham K. Rogers, Bangkok Post
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