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Description

iPhoto is designed to allow easy importing from digital cameras, scanners, picture CDs and the Internet. Almost all digital cameras work without additional software, as do many scanners. iPhoto supports most common image file formats.^[1] Digital cameras are a remarkable advance in technology. ... In computing, a scanner is a device that analyzes images, printed text, or handwriting, or an object (such as an ornament) and converts it to a digital image. ... A file format is a particular way to encode information for storage in a computer file. ...

Once photos are imported, they can be optionally titled, labeled, sorted and organized into groups (known as "albums"). Individual photos can be edited with basic image manipulation tools, such as a red-eye filter, contrast and brightness adjustments, crop and resize and other basic functions. iPhoto does not, however, provide the comprehensive editing functionality of programs such as GIMP, Apple's Aperture or Adobe's Photoshop (not to be confused with Photoshop Elements or Album). The red-eye effect on a human. ... The GNU Image Manipulation Program, or GIMP, is a raster graphics editor application with some support for vector graphics. ... Apple Inc. ... Aperture is a software program for Mac OS X announced by Apple Inc at a New York media event on October 19, 2005, designed to assist professional photographers in post-production work. ... Adobe Systems (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: ) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Adobe was founded in December 1982[1] by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who established the company after leaving Xerox PARC in order to develop and sell... Adobe Photoshop is a bitmap graphics editor (with some text and vector graphics capabilities) published by Adobe Systems. ... Adobe Photoshop Elements is the consumer version of the Adobe Photoshop raster image editing product, sold at a fraction of the cost of the professional product or bundled with related hardware such as scanners and digital cameras. ... Photoshop Album is a software application from Adobe Systems designed to import, organize, edit and share digital photos. ...

Numerous options then exist to share photos. Photo albums can be made in to dynamic slideshows, and optionally set to music imported from iTunes. These slideshows can be exported to QuickTime movie files, further edited in iMovie or burned directly to DVD-video discs using iDVD. Both slideshows and static photos can be shared to other Macs on a local network by using the Bonjour "zero configuration" technology. Or they can be uploaded using simplified web publishing to Apple's .Mac online service. iPhoto can also sync photo albums to any iPod with a color display. These iPods have an audio/video output that allow photos to be played back, along with music, on any modern television. Finally, photos can be printed to a local printer, or, in certain markets, be sent over the Internet to Kodak for professional printing. iPhoto users can order a range of products, including standard prints, posters and even 100 page hardcover or softcover volumes—again, such services are available only to users in certain markets.^[2] Slideshow is a modern concatenation of Slide Show. A slideshow is a display of a series of chosen images, which is done for artistic or instructional purposes. ... This article is about the iTunes application. ... QuickTime is a multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc. ... iMovie is a video editing software application which allows users to edit their own home movies. ... Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ... iDVD is a DVD creation software application made by Apple Computer for Mac OS X. iDVD allows the user to add QuickTime Movies, MP3 music, and digital photos to a DVD that can then be played on a commercial DVD player. ... Macintosh, also known as Mac, is a family of personal computers manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc. ... Lan can stand for several things: A local area network Lan (airline) formerly LanChile Lan Peru Län, a kind of administrative division used in Sweden Lan Mandragoran, a fictional character in the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. ... Bonjour, formerly Rendezvous, is Apple Inc. ... Zeroconf or Zero Configuration Networking is a set of techniques that automatically create a usable IP network without configuration or special servers. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ... .Mac (pronounced Dot Mac) refers to a group of online services offered by Apple Inc. ... iPod (fifth generation) in Apple Universal Dock, iPod nano (second generation) and iPod shuffle (second generation) iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple and launched in 2001. ... iPod (fifth generation) in Apple Universal Dock, iPod nano (second generation) and iPod shuffle (second generation) iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple and launched in 2001. ... Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) is a large multinational public company producing photographic equipment. ...

iPhoto version history

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iPhoto

Initially released on January 7, 2002 as a free download from Apple's website.

iPhoto 2

Introduced by Apple exactly one year later, on January 7, 2003, as part of the newly created iLife suite of applications. It is still available as a free download for those with older Macs.^[3]

iPhoto 4

Announced as part of iLife '04 on January 6, 2004. New features included "Smart Albums", ratings for photos, Bonjour (then known as Rendezvous) sharing, better slideshows, and support for up to 25,000 photos. Unlike previous versions of iPhoto, iPhoto 4 was only available when purchased as part of iLife '04 or when bundled with a new Mac.

iPhoto 5

Announced as part of iLife '05 on January 11, 2005 and was the first version to allow the import of RAW images and MPEG-4 video clips. It also added enhanced editing support, better search support, more slideshow options, and new book designs. This version dropped the random order capability when viewing slideshows, but it is still available by selecting desired images and hitting the play button. As with iPhoto 4, iPhoto 5 was only available when purchased with iLife '05 or when bundled with a new Mac.

iPhoto 6

Announced as part of iLife '06 on January 10, 2006, adding enhanced scrolling and a full-screen editing mode with more one-click effects available. It also introduces "photocasting", available to .Mac members, touted as podcasting for photos. In addition, users can/will be able to construct calendars and greetings cards from photographs. It is the first version of iPhoto to be made available as a Universal binary. It also sports a refined look based on iTunes 5 and 6.

iPhoto 7

Announced as part of iLife '08 on August 7, 2007, adding It also sports a unified look is seen throughout Mac OS X Leopard.

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Reception

Software Add-Ons

iPhoto Plugins

• iPhoto2Gallery exports photos to a Gallery web site.
• FlickrExport exports photos to the Flickr photo sharing web site.
• KeywordAssistant enhances Keyword management.
• Picasa Web Albums Exporter uploads photos to Picasa Web Albums

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External Tools

• iPhoto Buddy is a multiple library manager for iPhoto.
• iPhoto Diet is a utility that helps to slim down your iPhoto libraries. (n.b.: version 3.1, released 2006-09-10, is required to support new file organization in iPhoto 6)
• iPhoto Library Manager allows for working with multiple iPhoto libraries
• iPhoto Photocast viewer for mac & PC allows for the viewing of photocasts created in iPhoto 6 on older macs and on PCs.

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See also

• ACDSee
• iLife
• Lphoto
• Digital photography
• Comparison of image viewers
• F-Spot

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External links

• iPhoto product page at Apple.com
• iPhoto support at Apple.com

Notes