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since i got the MacBook and iLife '08, i thought that i would write a review of iLife.
Well, let me say that the only program that i use in iLife is iPhoto. while i have tried iWeb and iMovie, i have never really found them useful to me. However, we do take a lot of pictures.
after opening iPhoto 08, it swept all of my pictures and organized them into events. i am nt sure how it decided what should go with what, but it got a lot of stuff together that it took me almost a year to make Smart Albums of.
let's talk about events. this idea is the greatest. you can scroll through all of the pictures related to that event as you drag the pointer over the icon. if at first iPhoto doesnt get all of the photos into an event, you can simply merge events by dropping one event on top of the other. when i did this, i easily grouped all of my deployment photos that were spread across 12 events in to one event. events has let me get rid almost all of my smart albums. another thing in events is that you can change the thumbnail that is displayed when you view events.
events are great, but one other feature i have found is the hide photo feature. for some reason i just can not seem to get rid of all those misaligned photos that i have took. now somemay say, just get rid of them when you import them. well, that works too, but sometimes i just dont have time to sift through 50 od pictures to do that. or, there are pictures that are bland, but they contain subjects that maybe used later. before all that you could do was just scroll through all of them until you found the picture that you were looking for. now you can just hide all of those pictures. i know this sounds incredibly ridiculous idea, but i have found it very useful.
other than that i have not really divulged much further into the program. i still need try to manipulate photos and export photos. i hope that someone finds this useful. it is pretty plain and only covers a couple of features.
Well, let me say that the only program that i use in iLife is iPhoto. while i have tried iWeb and iMovie, i have never really found them useful to me. However, we do take a lot of pictures.
after opening iPhoto 08, it swept all of my pictures and organized them into events. i am nt sure how it decided what should go with what, but it got a lot of stuff together that it took me almost a year to make Smart Albums of.
let's talk about events. this idea is the greatest. you can scroll through all of the pictures related to that event as you drag the pointer over the icon. if at first iPhoto doesnt get all of the photos into an event, you can simply merge events by dropping one event on top of the other. when i did this, i easily grouped all of my deployment photos that were spread across 12 events in to one event. events has let me get rid almost all of my smart albums. another thing in events is that you can change the thumbnail that is displayed when you view events.
events are great, but one other feature i have found is the hide photo feature. for some reason i just can not seem to get rid of all those misaligned photos that i have took. now somemay say, just get rid of them when you import them. well, that works too, but sometimes i just dont have time to sift through 50 od pictures to do that. or, there are pictures that are bland, but they contain subjects that maybe used later. before all that you could do was just scroll through all of them until you found the picture that you were looking for. now you can just hide all of those pictures. i know this sounds incredibly ridiculous idea, but i have found it very useful.
other than that i have not really divulged much further into the program. i still need try to manipulate photos and export photos. i hope that someone finds this useful. it is pretty plain and only covers a couple of features.