iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual--O'Reilly's Latest Release

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iPhoto 6 Manual and Complete Digital Photography Course--Two Books in One
O'Reilly Releases "iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual"

Sebastopol, CA-- "Don't let the rumors fool you. iPhoto may be simple, but
it isn't simplistic," say David Pogue and Derrick Story. "It offers a wide
range of tools, shortcuts, and database-like features; a complete arsenal
of photo-presentation features; and sophisticated multimedia and Internet
hooks. Unfortunately, many of the best techniques aren't covered in the
only 'manual' you get with iPhoto--its slow, sparse electronic help
screens."

That's where their new "iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual" (Pogue and Story,
O'Reilly, US $29.99) comes in: it's the iPhoto book that should have been
in the box and a complete course in digital photography.

Dramatically faster than previous versions, iPhoto 6 can handle 250,000
photos and boasts dozens of new features for storing, searching, editing,
publishing, and sharing digital pictures. In full color, this
authoritative, witty guide delivers the technical expertise to take
advantage of each and every iPhoto detail, as well as the artistic
know-how to shoot consistently great photos--including professional tips
for composition, lighting, and manual exposure. The book includes:

-Essentials of Photography: Find a complete course on digital photography,
 from buying to using and exploiting a digital camera, advice on choosing
 the proper image resolution settings, getting the most out of batteries
 and memory cards, and more

-Editing Basics: Learn editing techniques using iPhoto 6's beefed-up
 editing suite, including its new full-screen editing mode, and take
 advantage of a new editing palette that turns a photo into a sepia-toned,
 monochromatic, desaturated, or saturation-enhanced version

-Finding an Audience: Tutorials include incorporating pictures into screen
 savers, desktop backgrounds, internet "photocasts," web pages, Kodak
 prints, self-playing DVD slideshows (with music), gift books, calendars,
 greeting cards, and postcards

-Beyond the Basics: Learn how to export photos in various formats, use
 plug-ins and accessory programs, manage Photo Libraries, and even get
 photos to and from cameraphones and Palm organizers

With the countless tutorials, shortcuts, stunts, and undocumented tricks
in "iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual," shutterbugs will be able to exercise
all the power, flexibility, and creativity of the stunning new iPhoto 6 to
turn everyday snapshots into brilliant photos.


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"iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual"
David Pogue and Derrick Story
ISBN: 0-596-52725-X, 408 pages, $29.99 US, $41.99 CA
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