iPhoto

IPhoto is a program for image management for Mac OS X and is part of the iLife package, which also GarageBand, iMovie, iDVD, and iWeb are included.

Functions

New images can be imported from a digital camera and classified into categories. After importing iPhoto can simple editing operations such as altering the brightness or the contrast, white balance, sharpening and turning perform. Other features include: remove red eyes, retouch and obstructions, apply various filters, print, send via mail, export it as a QuickTime movie or website. iPhoto can be preserved by an original on each image, resorted to that later.

Since version 6 iPhoto also dominates the processing of RAW images.

MobileMe members could post 6 images with version also termed as photocasts the internet. With version 7, this function has been replaced by the integration of the MobileMe Web Gallery function. This allows published images in photo albums sorted, look into an online gallery with various display modes, individually or download together as a ZIP archive or as an album in iPhoto subscribe. A subscribed album will be updated automatically when the owner adds new images, so that when the subscribers new images are loaded and the subscribed album is synchronous with that of the owner. In addition, visitors to the MobileMe Web Gallery, if the owner allows it, add it yourself images via a web browser or e -mail. These images will then appear instantly in the Web Gallery and also at the originally released album and all subscribed albums back - synchronized.

Since version 8 iPhoto includes several new features: It provides the ability to automatically recognize faces in photos and assign same faces a particular person. Another innovation is the implementation of geotagging features such as displaying the coordinates on a map and subsequent positioning of the image. Moreover, it is now possible to publish pictures on the photo service Flickr and the social networking platform Facebook. In the latter, the information gained name and face detection are published. In case of manual labeling of other people with the name of the Facebook platform, this information will be back - synchronized to iPhoto. Furthermore themed templates can be used for slideshows now. This photos are used in prefabricated so-called " artwork " and played virtual camera moves about. Both the slide and in the iPhoto commercially available printed material (photo albums, etc.) cards can be used, which are based "Places " feature on the new information.

Since October 2010, version 9 of iPhoto is available. It can be managed in a library up to 250,000 photos. In addition, can be about Kodak 's photos created, greeting cards, wall calendars or photo albums order. Since early 2012, iPhoto 5.1 is also available as an app for Apple's iOS devices with iOS, so it can also be used on the iPhone and the iPad. The iPod touch is not supported here. For the first time no longer resorted to maps from Google Maps, but on data from OpenStreetMap in this version. In contrast to the iOS app, the application ( currently version 9.4 ) for Mac OS X continues to use maps from Google.

Versions

For Mac OS

• IPhoto 1: January 7, 2002
• IPhoto 2 (iLife ): January 3, 2003
• IPhoto 4 (iLife '04): January 6, 2004
• IPhoto 5 (iLife '05): January 11, 2005
• IPhoto 6 (iLife '06 ): January 10, 2006
• IPhoto 7 (iLife '08): August 7, 2007
• IPhoto 8 (iLife '09): January 7, 2009
• IPhoto 9 (iLife '11 ): October 20, 2010
• IPhoto 9.5: October 22, 2013
• IPhoto 9.5.1: December 11, 2013

For Apple iOS

• IPhoto for iOS 5.1: March 11, 2012
• IPhoto 2.0 for iOS 7: October 22, 2013