Exploring Iphoto '09

One of the greatest resources that we area afforded being apart of the Winona State University laptop program is the wide array of software we're able to access. I've particularly been impressed with the fact that Tech Support decided to add the latest version of Apple's Ilife suite.

The new elements in Iphoto '09 are well worked into this little program. I'd like to show you the three newest tools you can use to organize you're photo library.

One of the first new features its a little something called "Faces". This little piece of software automatically tries to recognize facial feature and complies these results into personalized albums of just this specific person! It can be fun to play around with "Faces" to see which of your friends Apple thinks resembles one another.

 If you haven't heard this before, its not hard to see why this could become a standard in the future. The technology behind virtual image searches is just starting to take off. Soon we'll be able to search for the image on a snake for example instead of having to type it in. 

The way faces works as you can see above gives you the ability to view just that certain friend and every photo that they are in. I think its sort of a neat way to organize your friends verus having albums of randomness. 

 You can see here how it's a pretty simple step to adding someone and if there is a photo that isn't being recognized you can manually add them yourself. You simple couple click and say that, "Yes this is the person in the photo and the program continues to search through its records creating new results searching for my friend Jennifer. 

It's pretty simple and as I said before can be really funny to see who you do, or don't match up with. 

Another new feature that has been added in Iphoto'09 is the ability to tag and organize your photos by location. What happens is a google maps hybrid shows up and you can type in places by keywords. If this doesn't get the job done you may also drag and drop a little red pin to mark with even greater detail where you've been on your travels. 

This is a new introdution which in future years, no doubt will begin to really take off. This is due to increased production of GPS enabled portable point and shoot cameras which are starting to become a standard. Eventually every picture you take will have the exact meta data it needs to help you never forget were you've been. 

On the right side this is a picture of Machu Picchu, outside of Cuzco, Peru. This example helps to highlight the views and custom modifications that you can employee you to enjoy your photos more all while becoming more tech savvy with what is available on campus.