Master Apple’s Photos app in macOS, iOS, and iPadOS!
Version 2.1, updated 10/8/2020
This book introduces you to the many features of Apple’s Photos app on Mac, iPad, and iPhone, with advice on navigating the interface, editing your images, searching your library like a pro, syncing with iCloud Photos, sharing photos with others, and creating photo books.
Get to know Apple’s Photos app and how best to use it to import, manage, edit, sync, and share your photos in Big Sur and iOS 14/iPadOS 14! As the successor to Apple’s iPhoto and Aperture apps, Photos has a more refined interface and deeper connections to iCloud, and it runs faster. Following the expert advice of Jason Snell, publisher of Six Colors and former lead editor at Macworld, you’ll learn how to navigate Photos like a pro!
This 161-page book replaces and more than doubles the length of Jason's previous book Photos: A Take Control Crash Course. It's now a full-length Take Control title with much more detail.
In this book, you’ll learn how to:
Import photos from cameras, mobile devices, or memory cards
Use multiple Photos libraries
Navigate the Photos interface, including the sidebar and icons
View, edit, or disable Live Photos
Organize your library by using enhanced search features, adding metadata, building albums, and creating smart albums
Edit your photos using quick fixes like cropping, applying filters, and fixing red-eye and rotation problems
Use advanced editing techniques within Photos and edit using external apps like Photoshop
Manage your photo collection using the Memories and People features, and get summary views
Sync and share your photos with iCloud
View your photos on an Apple TV
Share your photos via social media, export them out of Photos, or turn them into slideshows
Create printed objects (such as books and calendars) from your photos using third-party services
Jason covers cross-platform changes such as and improved Memories feature, the new sidebar on iPads, and support for captions on iOS/iPadOS; plus changes in Big Sur, including new video tools and an updated Retouch tool.
Author(s): Jason Snell
Edition: 2
Publisher: alt concepts inc.
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 187
Table of Contents
Read Me First
Updates and More
Basics
Introduction
Photos Quick Start
What’s New in Photos
Changes in Photos for iOS
Changes in Photos for Mac
Switch from iPhoto
Import from iPhoto into Photos
What Happens Behind the Scenes
Take Stock of the Changes
Import Your Files into Photos
Import from a Camera
Manage Files Yourself
Import to iOS
Weigh New Formats vs. Compatibility
Choose Raw, JPEG, or Both
Manage Multiple Photos Libraries
Add a New Library
Switch Between Libraries
Merge Your Photos Libraries
Repair a Bad Library
Understand the System Photo Library
Use Photo Libraries on External Drives
Back Up Your Photos
Navigate the Photos Interface
Browse Your Library
Explore Other Sections in the Sidebar
Use the Info Window
Interact With Live Photos
Navigate Photos for iOS
Manage Your Photos
Play Favorites
Organize with Keywords
Hide Photos from View
Delete Photos
Find and Name People
Find All Photos for a Person
Name and Merge People
See People in iOS
Use Search to Find Your Photos
The Search Box Is Your Friend
Harness the Power of Categories
Find Photos by Location
Unearth Old Photos
What’s In a Memory?
Take Control of Memories
Edit a Memory Video
Make Albums in Photos
Find Your Albums
Make a New Album
Add Photos to an Album
Organize Your Albums
Use Albums in Photos for iOS
Define Smart Albums
Sync with iCloud Using Photos
Set a System Photo Library
Get that Syncing Feeling
Make Quick Photo Fixes
Edit Without Editing
Make Quick Fixes in Edit Mode
Process Photos in iOS
Make Edits to Your Photos
Adjust Your Photos
Remove Blemishes and Dust
Remove Color Casts
Copy and Paste Adjustments
Add Adjustments in iOS
Edit Live Photos
Edit Outside of Photos for macOS
Share Your Photos
Use the Share Menu
Try Drag and Drop Image Sharing
Share Multiple Photos
Export and Resize Images
Share Using iCloud
Share from iOS
View Photos on Apple TV
Scroll Through Photos
Make Slideshows in Photos
Create a Slideshow
Play in Photos
Save a Slideshow as a Video
Make Slideshows in iOS
Build Books and Calendars
Design Books with Mimeo and Motif
Make a Calendar
Order Prints and Cards
About This Book
Ebook Extras
About the Author
About the Publisher
Copyright and Fine Print
