How to Edit Pictures on a Mac
Editing a photo on a Macintosh computer product is simple. Mac computers come with a program suite called iLife which includes iTunes, iMovie and iPhoto. The iPhoto program is the Mac's photo storage and editing software. The program is user friendly and the purchase price is included in the price of your computer. You'll have several options that will allow you to fix simple problems such as red-eye reduction and cropping to more sophisticated editing functions.
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Instructions
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Move iPhoto to your computer's dock. The dock is the row of program shortcuts located at the bottom of the screen. To put an iPhoto icon on your dock, select "File" drop-down box from the Finder menu in the upper left corner of the screen. Select "Find" and then type in "iPhoto." Drag the program's icon from the dialogue box and drop it in the dock. It will create a shortcut that you can now access whenever you want to edit a photo.
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Plug your digital camera's data cable into your Mac computer. The iPhoto program will automatically open. Select the "Import" button from the bottom right corner of the program and wait for the iPhoto to import your photos from your camera's memory to the computer.
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Double-click on the picture you want to edit. A toolbox of options will pop up at the bottom of the screen and the picture will move from a thumbnail to a full-size photo. Select the "Rotate" button from the toolbox at the bottom left of the screen if the picture is sideways or upside-down.
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Select the "Edit" button from the tool bar. Several options will pop up in place of the original tool bar, including red-eye clean-up, a retouch button, an adjust button and an effects button. Select the option that fits the edits you want to make. When you are finished editing, click "Organize" to save your changes.
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