iPhoto 5 MagnifiedWritten by Jelaine Macaraig
Want a user-friendly, efficient and versatile digital imaging software that allows you to be creative and produce professional projects? Then you’ll definitely love iPhoto 5. It has standard functions one can expect from an image editing application – Red-Eye button for well, red eyes, Retouch Brush for removing blemishes and other unwanted “dirt,” freehand Crop Tool to capture only best elements of your photo in one frame, Straighten tool to level horizons using handy-dandy grid, and Advanced Editing Dashboard for precise adjustment of black and white points using Levels tool, adjustment of exposure and color saturation, modification of color temperature and for fine-tuning tint, as well as brightness and contrast. While editing a photo, iPhoto 5 even allows you to compare it with original image simply by holding down Control key. You can also reset all adjustments you’ve done with different sliders using a single button. Yup, iPhoto 5 has all these… and so much more. It supports not only oh-so famous JPEG file format, but even RAW file format, which has become a favorite among professional photographers and higher-end enthusiasts who wish to preserve maximum image quality. It also supports MPEG-4 file format for video clips and if you’re concerned about file size, don’t worry – iPhoto 5 imports them just as fast and easy as it would JPEGs and from almost any data source too. With a USB cable, simply plug in your gadget to your Mac, whether it’s your digital camera or your memory card reader or your iPod and iPhoto would automatically launch. It would then give you a dialog box where you can put in information about your images like name, subject, keywords and other metadata, which you can later on use for fast and easy search of photos, albums or digital roll. You can also import images stored in CDs or your hard drive in two ways – either you select and add your image folders to library from File menu or simply drag folder into iPhoto window.
| | Image Pro 9: Powered Desktop Publishing ProgramWritten by Granny's Mettle
Microsoft provided software carrying two CDs--- Digital Image Suite 9 and Digital Image Pro 9. It comes with wizards that walk you through process, and tutorials that help you get started right away. The software also includes thousands of design templates for creating projects for home, business, and even kids. What makes two applications different is integration of Digital Image Library with Digital Image Suite 9. With Digital Image Library, you can quickly import photos and at same time organize them with captions, keywords, descriptions and ratings. You can sort and search library to find photos fast, and provide a backup for your photos using archive wizard. It also has Photo Story Lite that lets Windows XP users turn their photos into videos with background music and narration. This makes sharing your photo slide shows by email or on CD-ROM and VCD effortless. On other hand, Digital Image Pro 9 has new features that work quite well with improved user interface. Users would definitely find application friendly and helpful, especially with more of tools available up front and out of closet, so to speak. Digital Image Pro 9 has following features available: Smart Erase- Removes objects from a photo while filling in area with background texture. This works well with fairly consistent background surrounding. Blending Brush- Conceals flaws and blemishes without affecting texture of area. Straighten and Auto Crop- Photos can be rotated and automatically cropped when you drag a horizon line. The better to trim extra canvas.
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