Take Control Of Photos

Master Apple’s Photos app in macOS, iOS, and iPadOS! Version 3.3, updated October 16, 2023 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 Sonoma and iOS 17/iPadOS 17! 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! In this book, you’ll learn how to: • Import photos from cameras, mobile devices, or memory cards • 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 • Locate and remove duplicate photos • Search for text, faces, and other objects in photos • 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 & Pets features, and get summary views • Sync and share individual photos and videos with iCloud • Use iCloud Shared Photos to share a separate library with up to five other people • Work with multiple Photos libraries • Show off your photos on an iPhone or iPad, including customizing your lock screen • Use the Camera app in iOS/iPadOS to capture photos and videos • 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

Take control of your photo collection in Photos for Mojave and iOS 12! Get to know Apple's Photos app and how best to use it to import, manage, edit, and share your photos in Mojave and iOS 12! 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 156-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: Migrate your library from iPhoto or Aperture (Apple's discontinued professional photography app) into Photos Import photos from 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 also highlights changes in Photos under iOS 12, including searching for multiple items at once, a For You tab, and an updated Import tab; plus changes in Mojave, including new keyboard shortcuts and the removal of built-in features for making calendars, books, and other printed materials (and alternative means of obtaining them). This book, which is about the new versions of Photos that Apple released in September 2018, covers Photos for macOS version 4.0 in Mojave, as well as Photos in iOS 12 and tvOS 12.

Build a stress-free workflow to import, rate, tag, and organize your digital photos! Version 3.0, updated August 28, 2023 This book gives you the information you need to build and maintain a digital photo workflow that makes it easy to import, rate, tag, and store photos to find them quickly and easily later. It helps you spend more time on the enjoyable aspects of photography—capturing and viewing your photos—and less on the mundane but essential task of managing all your photos. It also puts you in the best position to quickly find and edit your most promising photos. Are you drowning in a sea of digital photos? Unable to find the shots you’re looking for, or to stay on top of managing all the photos you’re taking? Digital photography expert Jeff Carlson gives you a plan for tackling this problem, starting with preparing your camera ahead of time, then choosing the right app to manage your photos, judging and organizing your photos, and backing up your photos for safekeeping. In this book, Jeff offers advice to cover both macOS and Windows (along with limited coverage of mobile platforms), and to address a broad range of photo management apps, including Apple Photos, Capture One, Lightroom Classic, Lightroom desktop, Excire Foto, Exposure X7, Mylio Photos, ON1 Photo Keyword AI, and ON1 Photo RAW. With this book, you’ll learn how to: • Get started with the minimum amount of work: Take advantage of software intelligence to do some of the categorizing work for you, and find out how you can accomplish some tasks even if you have little time. • Prep your camera: Learn four actions you can take before you head out the door that will make things easier after you return with new pictures. • Manage your workflow: Choose the software and approach that best meets your needs for organizing your photos. • Import the right way: Learn how to assign valuable metadata to all images that come in during the import stage, saving lots of time and effort. • Pick winners and losers: Assign ratings to your photos, and remove or hide unwanted photos. • Remove duplicates: Use Lightroom Classic, Photos for macOS, or Gemini Photos for iOS/iPadOS to find and delete duplicate images. • Use AI/Machine Learning: Learn about AI/ML terminology, and use software tools like ON1 Photo Keyword AI and Excire Foto to apply keywords automatically. • Apply keywords and metadata: If needed, manually apply keywords to individual shots, learn how to apply geotags using location data from external devices (like an iPhone), and use facial recognition to collect shots of specific friends and family members. • Search with smart albums: Build smart albums whose contents change depending on criteria you’ve specified, allowing you to find photos more easily, even in images you add in the future. • Manage multiple libraries: Use Photos for macOS, Lightroom Classic, or Peakto to manage multiple photo libraries. • Go mobile: Find the right online service for making your photos available on mobile devices, based on your needs and which desktop photo management app you use. • Protect your photos: Learn how to implement a backup strategy that will preserve all your data, not just your photos, and how to archive photos for the future.

Build a digital workflow to import, tag, rate, and organize your photos! Why bother taking photos if you can't find them later? If you want to be able to lay your hands on any given photo in your ever-expanding library, digital photography expert Jeff Carlson has developed a simple system you can use to make your photo collection browsable, searchable, and generally navigable! Jeff leads off by helping you understand the strengths and weaknesses of the four most popular photo-management applications: iPhoto and Aperture from Apple, and Lightroom and Photoshop Elements from Adobe. Once you've picked the app that's right for you (and there's a chapter on migrating photos), you'll learn how to create a custom workflow for importing, evaluating, keywording, and tagging your photos so they are quickly sorted into logical groups. For each of these essential aspects of your workflow, Jeff provides step-by-step instructions for each of the four covered applications. And since it's all too easy to lose everything if you don't have backups, Jeff discusses the best way to back up and archive your photos to protect your irreplaceable photographic memories. In the process of creating your custom digital photo workflow, you'll find expert advice about each of these photo-management topics: Shooting smarter: Make sure your camera is set to the correct time (and time zone), choose a file format, and think about capturing geolocation data while you're out taking photos. Choosing the right app: Learn about the pros and cons of the most popular photo-management applications--iPhoto, Aperture, Lightroom, and Photoshop Elements--and find directions for how to migrate your photos from iPhoto to Aperture or Lightroom, or from Aperture to Lightroom. Importing photos: Make your Mac apply keywords and other tags in a batch during import, and make sure you're storing files in a place that makes sense going forward. Judging photos: Get time-tested tips for rating individual photos and learn how to deal with bad photos, whether you want to delete them, hide them, or leave them be. Assigning metadata: Once your camera and your computer have assigned as much metadata as possible automatically, you'll need to do the final bits yourself. Jeff describes how to think about this process, and he gives you specific steps for how to proceed efficiently. Putting photos in albums: With your metadata successfully applied, it's time to enjoy the fruits of your labor! Learn how to set u...

Build a stress-free workflow to import, tag, rate, and organize your digital photos! Are you drowning in a sea of digital photos? Unable to find the shots you're looking for, or to stay on top of managing all the photos you're taking? Digital photography expert Jeff Carlson gives you a plan for tackling this problem, starting with preparing your camera ahead of time, then choosing the right app to manage your photos, judging and organizing your photos, and backing up your photos for safekeeping. In this book--an expanded and updated version of Take Control of Your Digital Photos on a Mac --Jeff extends his advice to cover both Mac and Windows users, and to address a broader range of photo management apps: Photos from Apple, Lightroom Classic CC, Lightroom CC, Photoshop Elements, and Mylio . With this book, you'll learn how to: Get started with the minimum amount of work: Take advantage of software intelligence to do some of the categorizing work for you, and find out how you can accomplish some tasks even if you have little time. Prep your camera: Learn four actions you can take before you head out the door that will make things easier after you return with new pictures. Get your app together: Decide which app you'll use to organize your digital photos, compare popular choices and find out Jeff's recommended application. Import the right way: Learn how to assign valuable metadata to all images that come in during the import stage. Pick winners and losers: Assign ratings to your photos, and remove or hide unwanted photos. Apply keywords and metadata: Take a second pass on applying keywords to individual shots (after starting the process during import), learn how to apply geotags using GPS data from external devices (like an iPhone), and use facial recognition to collect shots of specific friends and family members. Search with smart albums: Build smart albums whose contents change depending on criteria you've specified, allowing you to find photos more easily. While searching, learn how to remove duplicate photos. Go mobile: Find the right online service for making your photos available on mobile devices, based on your needs and which desktop photo management app you use. Protect your photos: Learn how to implement a backup strategy that will preserve all your data, not just your photos, and how to archive photos for the future. "After 20 years of struggling to stay on top of family photos I now have an effective workflow, tagging strategy, and s ...

Take control of your photo collection in Photos for macOS Sierra and iOS 10! Make the most of Apple's Photos app in macOS Sierra and iOS 10, and on an Apple TV! This book by Jason Snell, publisher of Six Colors and former lead editor at Macworld, explains Photos' new machine-learning features, like Categories and Memories. It also teaches you how to extend your Photos experience across all your Apple devices--take a photo on your iPhone, put it in an album on your iPad, edit it on your Mac's large screen, and show it off via your Apple TV! Jason walks you through the Photos interface and describes how you can organize your images, both with Apple's automatic albums, categories, and Memories, and with your own keywords, albums, and smart albums. You'll learn how to make standard edits like cropping and removing red-eye along with more sophisticated improvements via the powerful Adjustments panel. If you want to go further, Jason explains how how to add third-party editing extensions. For those who are feeling crafty, there's a chapter about using Photos to create your own books, cards, and calendars. The book also provides invaluable advice on using iCloud Photo Library, sharing your photos via social media, and working with or merging multiple libraries. For those new to Photos, Jason covers what to expect from Photos in comparison to Apple's older iPhoto and Aperture apps, and he guides you through importing your existing libraries. Jason answers a bunch of burning questions, including: What should I expect from Photos when I first start up in Sierra? How do I use the new Places album? What can I do with the new Categories feature? How do keywords and Categories interact? How can I customize a Memory video? How do I match people to faces? What if I want to remove a photo from a Memory? What's important about the System Photo Library? If I delete a photo while running iCloud Photo Library, how deleted is it? You'll find directions for editing photos, including help with: Using basic editing controls, like rotation and crop Taking advantage of the blue checkmarks on the Adjustments pane The utility of each of the special adjustment controls Creating a default set of adjustments Applying a specific set of adjustments to more than one photo Removing a blemish from a face in a photo Editing a raw file (instead of the JPEG) Using a third-party photo-editing extension The book also provides advice about: Why the search field is so important in Photos Sorting your albums and sorting photos within albums Applying location information (geotags) Working with keywords, and using the heart-icon Favorite button Setting up albums and smart albums Sharing an album online via iCloud Photo Sharing Configuring the Ken Burns effect in a slideshow Exporting a slideshow as a video file Using Apple's print service for printing photos Editing a photo while working in a book, card, or calendar.

This National Book Award finalist is a revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer Sally Mann. In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, Mann's preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South are revealed as almost genetically predetermined, written into her DNA by the family history that precedes her. Sorting through boxes of family papers and yellowed photographs she finds more than she bargained for: "deceit and scandal, alcohol, domestic abuse, car crashes, bogeymen, clandestine affairs, dearly loved and disputed family land . . . racial complications, vast sums of money made and lost, the return of the prodigal son, and maybe even bloody murder." In lyrical prose and startlingly revealing photographs, she crafts a totally original form of personal history that has the page-turning drama of a great novel but is firmly rooted in the fertile soil of her own life.