Friday, March 14, 2003
Enhancing iPhoto
A few tips that just might enhance your iPhoto experience:
If you've just modified a picture in iPhoto and you want to quickly compare it to the original, hold down the Control and Apple (Command) keys to temporarily view your picture without changes. Let go, and you can see it with changes. I often use this method to ensure that my enhancements really did improve things. With the additional editing tools in iPhoto 2, the ability to compare the edited version to the original becomes even more important.
Have you ever groaned upon realizing that you're going to have to click the rotate button three times in order to turn a certain sideways picture upright? Just hold down the Option key while you click the rotate button, and your picture will rotate in the opposite direction, requiring only one rotation. If you find that your picture-taking habits frequently place you in this situation, you can permanently change the orientation of your rotate button by selecting "Preferences" from the "iPhoto" menu and then clicking the appropriate radio button.
While you've got your iPhoto 2 Preferences pane open, you might want to consider checking the box that places your most recent pictures at the top of the image library, which provides larger libraries some degree of organization. However, if you've already arranged your pictures to your liking, you're probably better off not selecting this option.
And one more thing: you've probably figured out by now that double-clicking on a picture in Organize mode takes you to Edit mode...but did you know that double-clicking on a picture in Edit mode takes you right back to Organize mode?
If you're still using iPhoto 1.1, you can download the iPhoto 2.0 upgrade, for free, from apple.com. There's almost no reason not to upgrade.
A few tips that just might enhance your iPhoto experience:
If you've just modified a picture in iPhoto and you want to quickly compare it to the original, hold down the Control and Apple (Command) keys to temporarily view your picture without changes. Let go, and you can see it with changes. I often use this method to ensure that my enhancements really did improve things. With the additional editing tools in iPhoto 2, the ability to compare the edited version to the original becomes even more important.
Have you ever groaned upon realizing that you're going to have to click the rotate button three times in order to turn a certain sideways picture upright? Just hold down the Option key while you click the rotate button, and your picture will rotate in the opposite direction, requiring only one rotation. If you find that your picture-taking habits frequently place you in this situation, you can permanently change the orientation of your rotate button by selecting "Preferences" from the "iPhoto" menu and then clicking the appropriate radio button.
While you've got your iPhoto 2 Preferences pane open, you might want to consider checking the box that places your most recent pictures at the top of the image library, which provides larger libraries some degree of organization. However, if you've already arranged your pictures to your liking, you're probably better off not selecting this option.
And one more thing: you've probably figured out by now that double-clicking on a picture in Organize mode takes you to Edit mode...but did you know that double-clicking on a picture in Edit mode takes you right back to Organize mode?
If you're still using iPhoto 1.1, you can download the iPhoto 2.0 upgrade, for free, from apple.com. There's almost no reason not to upgrade.
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