Do you really use iPhoto on your Macs?
Hey,
I'm planning to make the switch to the Mac soon and I was wondering about one of the iLife apps - iPhoto - Do you really use it to manage the photos on your Mac? Is it good and useful enough?
I promise I will make the switch, no matter what your answers are - so you can answer honestly
I'm planning to make the switch to the Mac soon and I was wondering about one of the iLife apps - iPhoto - Do you really use it to manage the photos on your Mac? Is it good and useful enough?
I promise I will make the switch, no matter what your answers are - so you can answer honestly
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Beyond the well-publicized Events and other things, the image adjustments now include Highlights and Shadows and noise reduction, which is pretty much why I went for the more expensive Aperture in the first place. Haven't printed any images yet, but they look pretty good on-screen. iPhoto '08 is definitely a big improvement over '06.
Hey,
I'm planning to make the switch to the Mac soon and I was wondering about one of the iLife apps - iPhoto - Do you really use it to manage the photos on your Mac? Is it good and useful enough?
I promise I will make the switch, no matter what your answers are - so you can answer honestly
Two words, hell yes.
That experience soured me on iPhoto as a photo storage. Since then I have been using it to import my photos from the camera, and exported them out to folders.
iPhoto now has the option to leave your photos where they are and just catalogue them. I don't really need iPhoto itself for anything, but as the other Apple apps use the iPhoto library to access photos, I'm going to let it catalogue my stuff at some point.
Hey,
I'm planning to make the switch to the Mac soon and I was wondering about one of the iLife apps - iPhoto - Do you really use it to manage the photos on your Mac? Is it good and useful enough?
I promise I will make the switch, no matter what your answers are - so you can answer honestly
There's a poll someone put up on these forums about which iLife app people use the most. Currently iPhoto is winning- by a lot.
There's a poll someone put up on these forums about which iLife app people use the most. Currently iPhoto is winning- by a lot.
Wow, I would have guessed iTunes.
but iPhoto would be my second-most-used.
iTunes, iPhoto, (apparently now) iMovie are the system wide tools for organizing, browsing and selecting media, from Keynote to to iWeb, with the same media browser pane across many apps.
iPhoto '08 is pretty fast, imports RAW images, and has an awesome web gallery on .Mac. I'm still impressed by its web gallery feature.
Two thumbs up to the new iPhoto!
I was a previous user of Adobe Lightroom, but after updating to iPhoto '08, I am dumping Lightroom.
iPhoto '08 is pretty fast, imports RAW images, and has an awesome web gallery on .Mac. I'm still impressed by its web gallery feature.
Two thumbs up to the new iPhoto!
Ironically I thought the web gallery the biggest meh part about it. It's cool, I guess, but it's more of a .Mac feature. I love the new iPhoto myself.
Wow, I would have guessed iTunes.
but iPhoto would be my second-most-used.
iTunes is not strictly a part of the iLife package. Otherwise, it would definitely top iPhoto.
We tried that a couple of months ago and it was awesome.; we made a 40 page booklet in the small size, softcover. I have now made several books of my favorite photos (Seasons, Birds, our big trip last year, our big trip this year) and have requested multiple copies of the first two to give to friends; I keep the data on my computer for whenever I want to order again. I am now working on three new books and actually find myself planning shots that will make good spreads.
Actually putting the books together is a lot of fun; it can be a family event unto itself. There aren't too many layout options to make it cumbersome, but enough to make each page unique. A quick online order and presto, the book is on its way.
I have had many requests for a calendar, so I am currently putting together a calendar of photos of our local volcano through the year.
iPhoto now has the option to leave your photos where they are and just catalogue them. I don't really need iPhoto itself for anything, but as the other Apple apps use the iPhoto library to access photos, I'm going to let it catalogue my stuff at some point.
How do you do that? One thing I've never liked about iPhoto is that it moves/duplicates photos, when I'd just as soon leave them where they are to begin with. I can't find the option you mention in preferences.
I have had many requests for a calendar, so I am currently putting together a calendar of photos of our local volcano through the year.
I made a calendar for my mother. It turned out pretty well. I was disappointed at the size of the calendar. It was a bit small for how much it cost. I understand that the calendars are now bigger, although I'm not sure that's exclusive to iPhoto 08.
Anyway I do recommend and will do another this year myself.
The books are a little more than I would like, too, but still cheaper, including shipping to Japan from the US, than buying something similar here. Go figure.