"iPhoto 5 : The Missing Manual"

Author	:	David Pogue & Derrick Story
Publisher	:	O'Reilly
Price	:	RM 99
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Some people may argue that iPhoto is a simple enough application that it doesn’t require a 388-page user guide. But one peek into David Pogue and Derrick Story’s latest, full colour edition of their Missing Manual will reveal that this is an extremely informative and useful book.

"iPhoto 5 : The Missing Manual" is divided into four main parts:

1. Digital Cameras covers the basics of digital photography, everything from selecting and buying a digital camera to how to take great photographs. This includes detailed lessons on how to achieve the best results in the many different types of photography, e.g. action, portrait, nighttime, etc.
   
   
2. iPhoto Basics describes all the features of iPhoto 5: transferring photos from your camera to your Mac, setting up albums and managing and editing your photos, e.g. removing scratches and red-eye, adjusting exposure and balancing colour.
   
   
3. Meet Your Public discusses ways you can showcase your photos to the world: via slideshows, QuickTime movies, burning to DVDs, making prints, publishing on the web and printing photo books.
   
   
4. iPhoto Stunts delves into the more advanced features of iPhoto 5 like making screensavers, using AppleScript and managing your photo libraries.

This is more than just a book for iPhoto. The first part alone is like a separate manual on digital photography. And the colour images truly enhance this edition. All in all, a very useful book to have for the aspiring photographer who wants to make the best of iPhoto as well as improve his or her photographic skills.