The calendar authoring tool in Photos provides for a variety of designs. Creating your own calendar from within the application can lead to beautiful results that you can give to others as a gift. In this movie, Derrick provides an overview of the calendar authoring tool in Photos for macOS.
- [Instructor] For my calendar project, I was thinking,…wouldn't it be neat to do a camera calendar,…and I work with these SLR cameras all the time,…these film cameras, because I have a shop on Etsy called,…theFilmCameraShop, all one word there,…so wouldn't it be neat to make a calendar…that promotes that shop, or maybe, as a gift…to my best customers at the end of the year?…I like that idea, let's do it.…Let's see what it looks like.…So, we have some camera shots here.…I'm going to hold down the Shift key,…and click on the end there to select them all,…and let's go to Calendar.…
Now, the first thing it's going to ask us is…how many months, and when do we want to start, and all that,…so I like this, so click Continue.…And then, we pick our theme, and if it doesn't have a cloud,…that means it's already on our computer.…If it does have a cloud, that means when you click on it,…it'll take an extra few seconds to download the theme,…and then, you have it.…Let's go with Big Picture.…Now, it auto fills our images for us, to get started,…
Author
Derrick Story
Released
11/30/2016Later, he walks you through how to use the application's basic editing tools, as well as more advanced elements like the histogram, a graphical chart of the tones in your pictures. Learn how to share your images to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, work with video taken on a camera or smartphone, and tap into the power of iCloud to access your images from your personal devices.
Are you still using OS X El Capitan and its older version of Photos, Photos for OS X? You may want to check out Derrick's Photos for OS X Essential Training course, which covers all of the features in Photos 1.0.
- Navigating the Photos user interface
- Importing images from your hard drive or camera
- Understanding how Memories are created
- Working with metadata, location information, and object recognition
- Mastering the Albums tab
- Creating calendars, cards, and books
- Sharing your photos online
- Managing your system library
- Editing and exporting videos
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome56s
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1. Get Started with Photos
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Check your preferences5m 4s
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Work in the Photos tab5m 12s
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2. Take Control of Your Images
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Hide and unhide photos2m 44s
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Delete photos3m 36s
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Duplicate a photo2m 28s
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Work with Live Photos1m 37s
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3. Work with Metadata
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How Photos displays metadata3m 29s
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Use the Keyword Manager3m 52s
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Change or add location data5m 42s
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Benefits of location data4m 28s
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Leverage object recognition2m 56s
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4. Master the Albums Tab
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Merge albums55s
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Organize the My Albums area2m 21s
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Build and edit Smart Albums3m 24s
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5. Memories
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The Memories tab3m 53s
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View your Memories4m 16s
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Make a Memory a favorite1m 13s
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Delete a Memory1m 47s
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Create your own Memory1m 10s
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Share Memories with others1m 39s
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Play Memories on your iPhone4m 15s
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6. People, Places, and Details
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People and Faces3m 13s
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Name people2m 15s
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Add faces to People album3m 17s
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Mark a person as a favorite1m 51s
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Work in the Places album4m 3s
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How the Details view works1m 20s
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7. Basic Editing Tools
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Switch to Edit mode1m 31s
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Rotate photos1m 13s
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Crop and straighten photos3m 52s
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Apply Enhance2m 4s
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Work with light adjustments5m 16s
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Work with color adjustments2m 50s
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Show before and after2m 17s
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Work with B&W adjustments4m 25s
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Apply filters2m 2s
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8. Advanced Editing Techniques
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Enable and work with Sharpen3m 57s
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Enable and work with Levels6m 54s
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Use the Retouch tool4m 21s
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Copy and paste adjustments2m 48s
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Use RAW as original1m 21s
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Find editing extensions2m 43s
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9. Share Your Photos Online
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Work with the Share menu1m 59s
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10. Build Projects
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Create a book5m 57s
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Create a card4m 48s
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Create a calendar5m 14s
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Author a slideshow9m 9s
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Clean up the Projects window1m 25s
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Order a print2m 35s
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Make your own print3m 44s
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11. Library Management
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The system library2m 31s
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Create a Reference Library5m 15s
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Back up your libraries2m 37s
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12. Work with Video
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Trim a video clip2m 1s
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Export a single frame1m 23s
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Export an edited movie2m 4s
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Conclusion
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Next steps2m 26s
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