iPhoto is good.. for simple editing and management only. If you think you are PRO or REALLY THAT GOOD, please stop reading, this article may cause serious damage to your "Love for Windows"... or some call it "Love for IBM Compatible"... Or some call it "Normal Computer"... WTF, what does "Normal Computer" means ah ???? I am not an English Teacher nor Language Specialist... but the term "Normal Computer" ( which they refer to Windows Platform Computer) really make me sick and panas....
Anyway ....
Remember that I have talked about iPhoto in 1 of my ealier blog ? Apple came out a new one few days back. Is the iPhoto06, 1 of the software bundled together in the iLife 06 software suit, for Mac Only. But today I will just talk about iPhoto, and maybe later for the rest of the softwares in iLife06. No time mah, me busy man mah, have to take alot of pictures to keep you viewers stay in ahtak.blogspot.com mah.. hehehe
I think alot of Windows users will either use the Windows XP built-in picture viewing features or some will use ACDsee as the picture viewer and to manage thier picture files too, where I also use ACDsee back in the Windows time. Pretty powerfull and easy to use I think, but that's before AhPang (Zero5phh) show me iPhoto on his PowerBook.
A good thing bout iPhoto is that it's the combination of ACDsee ( to allow fast viewing of picture files), and the traditional pictures management, where user have to determine where and how to store thier files using folders and hell alot of sub-folders. That sounds ok if you 1 or 2 hundred pictures. what if you are like me or L B ?
see the clear area on the top left hand corner in the picture? This is how easy you can have all of the pictures be sort as how ever you want. Theve a master library to store all the pictures there, and when you want to have a copy of that picture in anyof the album, iPhoto will asign a shortcut of the original file and put that in the album. No double copy of files!!! Yeah ~~~~ So that I can have 1 master copy and few "shadow files" in different folder. Some of you might say:" Ceh, i can do the same in Windows lah, just make a shortcut only mah, my nenek also know how to do lah~", yes, I agree that maybe anyone in this world will already know how to make short cut of files. But say, if you want to copy or burn or email the whole folder of pictures where there are some "shortcuts" to your friends ? Nah, see, the Windows is still not smart enough ler, the stupid computer will copy the shortcut only, not the original file. And when your friend open that up is his computer, the "shortcut" will not be able to go back to the original file which is still in your computer. Got that ? If you think you already lost here, please email me and let me know, I will get back to you as soon as possible.
But the iPhoto very smart ler. When ever "shortcuts" in anyof the albums in iPhoto are being copy, the iPhoto will automatically retrieve the "original" file and let you copy that.hehehehe.
Above is one of the new features in iPhoto, Full screen editing. Yeah ~~~ But please, all my beloved viewers. iPhoto is only got a little bit of touch up only, If you cant merge pictures here, you cant change people's faces to anothere here also, cannot do frames also, no noise reduction, no lighting effects, if you NEED all this ( I hope you know the difference between WANT and NEED) go buy Adobe Photoshop CS2 (RM3xxx) or PhotoShop Elements for half the features(RM 3XX). Wah !!! What? Expensive ah ? Ofcoz ! you want PRO mah, want change people's head to other mah, pay loh ~ Dun want pay ah? Dun use loh ~ hahahaha, simple. ( Damm, I can feel my LanC-iness already, hehehehe)
note to L B: everthing in the iPhoto06 is at least 2 times faster than the iPhoto05
But iPhoto does let to do color corrections, contrast controt, exposure, leveling, curves, red-eye reduction, color temperature, tilting, and cropping, and resizing for email ( direct send to Mail). Not good enuff ah ? Then I think you should come to me and ask for a quotation for Adobe PhotoShop CS2... No I am serious (hahahahahaha).
Here is a sample I play with iPhoto:
I did a Crop, Leveling, push a little of Contrast, tuned the White Balance, and Saturation also... Better ? Good enuff to do a 4R print and put in on my desk already lah ~~~
Do let me know if you want to know more bout iPhoto or Mac...
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anyway... still prefer use adobe photoshop... best imaging tool i encountered...
show you my face mah ~~~ hehehehehe. People like L B n need photoshop one... since all picture sooooo good already ~ nothing to edit mah ~~ heheheheh. iPhoto only good for those who need little or no editings....PhotoShop... need to go for class ler ~ hehehe
L B:
The new iPhoto damm fast ler ~~~ at least 2 times faster when I tested it.....forget about Aperture, i install it on my PowerBook and I have not been using after 2 days of initial testing...too for what the you want.... iPhoto enuff..
Sad thing is .... the iWeb doesnt support blogger.com. Only .Mac or some other host. and yup, no comment functions and ..... for now it sucks...
It would be great if you can throw in a few advice.
oh no, the iweb doesn't support the blogger.com? i'm thinking of swapping over initially- bummer!
about the uploading ...... sometimes Blogger will act as if it was stuck, but try to wait a little longer, should ne ok. Coz the sizze of your pictures was not big... L B, you have this problem before ah ?
Pity no comments feature with iWeb's blog. Look very nice & simple to use too.. Pity pity... Anyway, blogger can still tahan until iLife '07..
really how Apple can add in the support for Blogger.com soon, or maybe the next update....
2 little fellas:
iDisk is .. basically an online storage to store files, like Pictures, movies, songs....... and it can host websites, and store your bookmarks and contacts Via iSync (found in our Application folder)..... but all that you'll have to pay for it...RM4xx per yer... hehehehe
That thing ah ??.... Eel i think ... Fish that looks like snake from the sea, and I have to role over the whole beach to get it !!! hahahaha, look stupid.
You should read up on it at Apple. Take advantage of the simplicity of Apple :-)
You want to see one mah, no meh ???? hahahahaha
2 little fellas:
Come Ikano ~~ I give live Demo ~ hehehe
Ah Tak- heard from Goh that u are a pro- ya kah?
Now lah ~~~ me PRO selling Macs only ~ heheheh