PhotosApple’s App for iOS and Macintosh

Jamie Cox, MacMAD.org February 2016

Photos for Mac Version 1.3 MacOS 10.11.3

Outline• What is Photo?

• Is it for the Macintosh, iOS or the web?

• Migrating to Photos

• Workflow Tour & Demonstration

• Import Your Photos

• Organize Your Photos

• Edit Your Photos

• Share and Export Your Photos

• Publish Your Photos

What is Photos?

• Apple’s Photo App on Multiple Platforms

• Macintosh (Mac OS)

• iOS (iPhone, iPad)

• iCloud (via web browser)

• Replaces iPhoto

Similar to iPhoto• Import from Camera or Card

• Photo Editing

• Albums

• Smart Albums

• Slideshow

• Create & Buy Printed Books, Calendars & Prints

Downgrades from iPhoto• Rating Stars is missing

• Replaced by “favorite”

• Breaks Smart Albums

• iPhoto “Events” are not supported

• Similar to “Moments”

• Come into Photos as Albums in “iPhoto Events”

• No great loss?

New Stuff in Photos• Faster?

• Extended Sharing Options

• Add to Aperture

• Editing Extensions (3rd Parties)

• e.g. Affinity Retouch

• “Z” toggles zoom to 100% (feature from Aperture)

iPhoto -> PhotosMigration

Photos on iCloudFirst Time Preparation

Photos Demo

Photos Organization

• Library (Huge) Everything • Years (Large) ~Thousands • Collections (Medium) ~ a Hundred

• Moments (Small) ~ a Few

iOS ScreenshotsPhotos on the iPhone

Years View iOS

Photo Maps on

iPhone

Photo Albums on iOS

Editing on iPhone

Crop and Rotate

Rotating a Photo

Drag the angle scale

iOS Photo

AdjustmentsThe Usual Suspects