33 WORKING WITH iPHOTO ‘09 Importing and Viewing Photos chapter 3 77 iPhoto displays the imported photos in the photo browser. ● The event name appears above the photos. iPhoto downloads the photos from your camera and adds them to the iPhoto library. iPhoto displays a dialog enabling you to delete the imported photos. 7 Click Delete Photos to erase the imported photos from your camera. iPhotoiPhotoiPhoto Can I import and play movies in iPhoto? You can import movies from a digital camera into iPhoto just like you do still photos. iPhoto can import and play many popular video formats including QuickTime (MOV), MPEG, and AVI. Double- clicking a movie in iPhoto opens the movie in QuickTime Player. If you want to edit movies, see Part III of this book, which covers iMovie. What photo file formats does iPhoto support? iPhoto supports the JPEG, TIFF, and RAW file formats, which are how most digital cameras save their photo files. It can also import Web formats such as GIF and PNG, Photoshop (PSD) files, and many other types. 34 44 33 55 22 11 iPhoto Library Recent Last Import Devices File Edit Photos iPhotos Events Share View Window Help Vacation H ouse Kids Photos ORGANIZER The Import Photos dialog appears. 3 Navigate to the folder on your computer that contains the photos. Note: You can also navigate to a CD-ROM, DVD, memory card, or flash drive to import photos. 4 -click to select the photos. You can press + to select all the photos. 5 Click Import. USE THE IMPORT COMMAND 1 Click File. 2 Click Import to Library. Import Photos from Your Computer If you already have photos stored on your computer, you can bring them into iPhoto to organize and edit them. This is useful if you have a collection of scanned photos or art on your Mac. You can also use these steps to bring photos into iPhoto from a CD-ROM, DVD, memory card, or flash drive. Import Photos from Your Computer 35 WORKING WITH iPHOTO ‘09 Importing and Viewing Photos chapter 3 22 33 44 11 22 33 Does iPhoto make copies of my photos when I import them? By default, iPhoto makes copies of imported photos and puts the copies in the iPhoto library. You can change the preferences to keep iPhoto from making copies. This can help save space on your hard drive. 1 Click iPhoto and then Preferences. 2 In the Preferences dialog, click Advanced. 3 Click Copy items to the iPhoto Library ( changes to ). 4 Click to close the Preferences dialog. iPhoto saves the changes. CLICK AND DRAG FROM THE FINDER 1 Open the folder containing the photos to import in the Mac Finder. 2 -click to select the photos. Youcan press + to select all the photos. 3 Click and drag the photos from the Finder to iPhoto. iPhoto imports the selected photos and displays them in the photo browser. ● iPhoto imports the selected photos and displays them in the photo browser. Note: For information about how to organize imported photos, see Chapter 4. 36 44 11 33 iPhoto iPhoto Library Library Import photos from Web The Safari Web browser opens. 2 View a Web page with the photo you want to import. 3 -click the image you want to import. 4 From the menu that appears, click Add Image to iPhoto Library. 1 Click Safari in the Mac Dock. Import Photos from the Web You can easily import a Web photo into your iPhoto library from your Safari Web browser. This is useful if you store photos on a photo- hosting site and want to use one of the photos in an iPhoto project. Import Photos from the Web 37 WORKING WITH iPHOTO ‘09 Importing and Viewing Photos chapter 3 55 66 How do I import a photo using a Web browser other than Safari? Getting your photos into iPhoto from another Web browser takes a few more steps. Here is how to do it in Firefox: 1 In Firefox, open the Web page that contains the image you want to save. 2 -click the image. 3 Select Save Image As from the menu that appears. 4 From the Save Image dialog that appears, type a file name for the image. 5 Click here to select where to save the image. 6 Click Save. The browser saves the image to your computer. 7 See “Import Photos from Your Computer” to bring the image into iPhoto. The title becomes editable. 6 Type a new title. 7 Press . iPhoto saves the title. iPhoto imports the photo and titles it with the file name. 5 Click the title. 33 55 44 22 66 38 11 22 iPhoto Library Recent Last Import Devices File Edit Photos iPhotos Events Share View Window Help iPhoto magnifies the photo to a larger size. You can click the enlarged photo once to return to the thumbnail view. 2 Click Enter full screen ( ). 1 Double-click a thumbnail in the photo browser. Magnify a Photo You can view magnified versions of your photos that you have imported by clicking the small versions, also called thumbnails, in the iPhoto photo browser. You can also view photos at full-screen size. You can cycle through the photos using the arrow keys. Magnify a Photo 39 WORKING WITH iPHOTO ‘09 Importing and Viewing Photos chapter 3 33 44 How do I adjust the size of the thumbnail versions of my photos in the photo browser? You can use the thumbnail slider: ● Click and drag the slider left to shrink or right to enlarge the thumbnails. ● Click to minimize the thumbnails. ● Click to maximize the thumbnails. When viewing the photo browser, you can also press number keys (0, 1, 2, or 3) to resize the thumbnails. 4 Move the cursor to the bottom of the photo. ● iPhoto displays editing buttons. For details about editing, see Chapter 5. 5 Press to return to the thumbnail view of the library. iPhoto expands the photo to full- screen size. 3 Move the cursor to the top of the photo. ● iPhoto shows thumbnails of the other photos in the group you are viewing. ● You can click the thumbnail of a photo to view that photo in full- screen view. Press or to view the previous or next photo in your library. 40 11 66 55 44 22 33 I n f o r m a t i o n I n f o r m a t i o n Description: Description: Description: Name: Name: Name: Notes: Notes: Notes: Size: Size: Size: click click click ● iPhoto displays the extended information, including any existing location information and camera settings. 5 Position your cursor over an image. iPhoto displays an information icon ( ). 6 Click the icon. 1 Click to select a photo in the library. 2 Click ( changes to ). ● iPhoto displays basic information about the photo, including the dimensions and time taken. 3 Click Photos. 4 Click Show Extended Photo Info. View Photo Information You can view extra information about a photo, including its description, map location, and camera settings. This can help you categorize a photo. View Photo Information 41 WORKING WITH iPHOTO ‘09 Importing and Viewing Photos chapter 3 77 ● iPhoto displays map and other information about the photo. Note: To add a photo to the map, see Chapter 4. 7 Click Done to close the information box. 22 11 How do I find a photo on the Mac file system? You can open a Finder window that shows where the photo is stored outside of iPhoto on the Mac file system. 1 -click the photo thumbnail. 2 In the menu that appears, click Show File. ● If the file has been edited, you can click Show Original File to view the unedited version. ● A Finder window opens showing the file and its location in the file system. 42 55 11 22 44 2 Type a new name for the photo. 3 Press . iPhoto saves the title. 4 Position the cursor over the thumbnail. iPhoto displays an information icon ( ). 5 Click the icon. 1 Under a photo thumbnail, click the title text. The title becomes editable. Change the Title and Description of a Photo You can edit the title and description of a photo to add information about its subject and location. When you import a photo, iPhoto assigns the file name as the title and a blank description. Change the Title and Description of a Photo . WITH iPHOTO ‘09 Importing and Viewing Photos chapter 3 77 iPhoto displays the imported photos in the photo browser. ● The event name appears above the photos. iPhoto downloads the photos. Photos chapter 3 22 33 44 11 22 33 Does iPhoto make copies of my photos when I import them? By default, iPhoto makes copies of imported photos and puts the copies in the iPhoto library. You can change the preferences to keep iPhoto. the iPhoto library. iPhoto displays a dialog enabling you to delete the imported photos. 7 Click Delete Photos to erase the imported photos from your camera. iPhotoiPhotoiPhoto Can I import