The Apple Photos Book for Photographers: Building Your Digital Darkroom with Photos and Its Powerful Editing Extensions

by Derrick Story

Overview

The Apple Photos Book for Photographers, 2nd Edition, by Derrick Story shines a light on the true sophistication of this app and the ecosystem it taps into. From the point of view of a working photographer, Derrick provides everything you need to know to get the most out of the imaging tools built into Mac OS X and iCloud.

Apple’s Photos for OS X app was designed from the ground up to help you organize, edit, and share your pictures and videos. While the interface appears simple, finding the hidden nuances of Photos is not so straightforward. And with the launch of the latest Photos app, there's more to this app than initially meets the eye.

For photographers who are more than just casual snapshooters, or who are making the transition from Aperture, iPhoto, or simply the previous version of Photos, The Apple Photos Book for Photographers, 2nd Edition, by Derrick Story shines a light on the true sophistication of this app and the ecosystem it taps into. From the point of view of a working photographer, Derrick provides everything you need to know to get the most out of the imaging tools built into Mac OS X and iCloud.

Follow along with Derrick as he teaches you all about:

• Customizing the interface for organizing and viewing your images

• The thinking behind viewing options such as Moments, Collections, Years, and Albums

• Working with iCloud Photo Library to sync your photos across your devices

• Adding location data to your images so you can map your travels with your photos

• Editing your images with Photos’ basic tools, then going beyond with more advanced techniques

• Integrating third-party Editing Extensions into your workflow so you can build a digital darkroom tailored to your style of photography

• Creating projects such as books, cards, calendars, prints, and slideshows—and showing you how to create your own Fine Art Cards at home with just your Mac and an inkjet printer

• Working with videos as well as still photos

• Sharing your images on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr

Apple’s Photos is a robust, all-in-one solution for managing, editing, and sharing your photos. And The Apple Photos Book for Photographers is all you need to make the most of this great imaging ecosystem!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681983523
Publisher:	Rocky Nook
Publication date:	01/31/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	25 MB
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About the Author

Derrick Story is a professional photographer, writer, and online publisher based in Santa Rosa, California. He covers digital imaging at www.theDigitalStory.com. For those who have a passion (or curiosity) for film photography, be sure to visit www.theAnalogstory.com. Derrick also maintains an online journal about photography and life at www.theNimblePhotographer.com.

Derrick has published more than 20 video training titles on lynda.com. His trainings include Photos for OS X, Capture One Pro, Flickr, Dropbox, and live action titles on shooting high school senior portraits and travel to Cuba.

You can follow Derrick on Twitter (Derrick_Story), Instagram (DerrickStory), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/thedigitalstory/).

Derrick Story is a professional photographer, writer, and online publisher based in Santa Rosa, California. He covers digital imaging at www.theDigitalStory.com. For those who have a passion (or curiosity) for film photography, be sure to visit www.theAnalogstory.com. Derrick also maintains an online journal about photography and life at www.theNimblePhotographer.com.

Derrick has published more than 20 video training titles on lynda.com. His trainings include Photos for OS X, Capture One Pro, Flickr, Dropbox, and live action titles on shooting high school senior portraits and travel to Cuba.

You can follow Derrick on Twitter (Derrick_Story), Instagram (DerrickStory), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/thedigitalstory/).

Table of Contents

1 First Things First 1

The Guy Before You 1

The Photos Library 3

Migrating from iPhoto or Aperture 5

Reviewing Your Application Preferences 7

Approach to Library Management 9

2 Finding four Way Around 11

The First Time I Saw Photos 11

Top-Level Navigation 12

3 Make It Yours 23

Customizing Your World 23

First, the Interface 24

Moving Things Around 29

Getting the House in Order 33

4 Organizing Your Images 35

Default Organization in Photos 36

Albums and Folders 39

Application Albums 40

Albums You Create 41

Organizing the My Albums Area 41

Smart Albums 43

Using Faces to Help Organize a Library 44

How Does Faces Work? 44

Before We Move Forward 45

Adding People to Your Faces Album 46

A Person's Life Before Your Eyes 49

More About Faces 50

Where You've Been Counts Too-A Look at Places 50

The Memories Tab 52

A Tip for Organizing Your Library 54

5 Basic Editing Techniques 57

The Basics Are Useful 57

Easy Editing Adjustments 57

Top-Level Editing Tools 58

Next-Level Editing Tools 61

This Concludes Round One 67

6 Advanced Editing Techniques 69

Making It Better 69

Picking Up Where We Left Off 70

Working with the Add Menu 70

Basic Tools in the Add Menu 72

The Detail Sliders 80

The Advanced Sliders 84

Tips to Improve Quality and Efficiency 90

Copy and Paste Adjustments 90

Working with RAW Files 92

Setting Your Default Adjustments Panel 93

Edit Your Best 94

Oh, and One More Thing … 95

7 Editing Extensions 97

Better Living Through Extensibility 97

Not All Extensions Are Created Equal 98

Finding and Managing Editing Extensions 99

Affinity Haze Removal 100

8 Outside the Mac 117

The Flight Home 117

iCloud Photography 118

Exporting Pictures 124

Alternatives for Backing Up Your Library 128

9 Geotagging and Metadata 131

Some Things Just Don't Mix 131

The Info Panel 132

Using Search in Photos for macOS 139

Metadata Badges 140

Checking Out the Details 141

OK, Maybe It Wasn't Magical 142

10 Projects and Prints 145

Making It Real 145

The Projects Tab 146

Authoring a Slideshow 163

11 Make Room for Video 169

Videos Recorded with the iPhone 170

Keywords and Smart Albums 170

Viewing and Controlling Videos 170

Additional Gear Menu Options 172

Stitching Clips Together 174

12 Integrating Photos into Your World 177

For the Hobbyist Photographer Side of Me 178

How I Use Photos for macOS 180

Those Wonderful Editing Extensions 182

Video Management Too 183

This Is Just the Beginning 183

Just One More Thing … 185

Index 187