The eBook Serious Editing in iPhoto 6 is Out

Serious Editing in iPhoto 6 by Kevin Wolfe has been updated for both iPhoto 6 and Tiger. The eBook is packed with 25 fixes for common photo problems and 33 effects. These can easily be created with iPhoto 6 and what's already on your Mac.

Fixes include: how to correct lighting temperature (including fluorescent lighting), using iPhoto's Retouch tool to remove dirt from scans/eliminate wrinkles/etc, filtering images for better tone and less noise in black and white conversions, correcting serious exposure problems, minimizing the harsh look of on-camera flash, removing stubborn redeye, reducing color artifacts, restoring old color prints, improving phone cam photos.

Effects include: solarization, posterization, thermograms, negatives, silhouettes, toning black and white, monotoning, extreme sepia, newsphotos, selective blur, double exposures, image masks, soft focus, warping, mirror images, collages, and 8 vignette/ matte/border effects that use iPhoto 6's new Effects dashboard.

Serious Editing in iPhoto 6 is a true eBook and not just a paper book in PDF form. It's hyper-indexed with 450 links for quick navigation and up-to-the-minute Web updates. It's $24.95 and includes lifetime upgrades as more is added, as iPhoto improves and as the Mac OS is upgraded. Serious Editing in iPhoto 5 purchasers are already enjoying their free upgrades. Serious Editing in iPhoto 6 can be purchased from this Web page. [Bill Fox]