While I agree that with the iLife '06 update, iPhoto became a MUCH better program, it still is lacking in one area IMO. keywords. Using keywords is a pain in iPhoto, it has been since they introduced them. with that said, I really love the keyword feature in iPhoto, just not the way that Apple implements them.
For my money (well, actually not since it's free) the Keyword Assistant plug-in for iPhoto is the way to go. http://homepage.mac.com/kenferry/software.html It makes assigning (multiple) keywords to photos, individually or in a group, very easy. Unfortunately, the iPhoto 6 update broke KAs ability to create new keywords. I'm such a fan of the plug in that I hadn't bothered to tag all of the photos that I'd imported since installing iLife 06. Luckily, the author is working on releasing a new 1.9 version that works with iPhoto 6. (I already have the testers build installed, and it works like a charm. No bugs that I've found so far). So that should be out very shortly. Now if the GeeThree guys would just get out some updates for their Slick iMovie plug-ins to make them iLife 06 friendly.... rick On Jan 30, 2006, at 2:45 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: > iWork 06 is noticeably faster than iWork 05. Features added in > Pages 2.0 are well beyond the capabilities of AW 6, of course you > must have a need for those features for them to be of value. > > I still use Mariner Write and Calc for the heavy lifting, but Pages > 2.0 has become the goto app for my SOHO (small office/home office). > It is neither Word, nor Quark but a nice little productivity tool. > > I'm surprised no one has been crowing about iLife 06. As an > outspoken critic of iPhoto, iPhoto 6 finally gets it right. If you > are an iPhoto person, close this email and rush over to MacTown for > your copy. Now you can put your images anywhere you want them > ?"outside iPhoto Library". View and Edit in "Full Screen", and lots > of other nice improvements. However, just because Apple says you > can have 250K images in your library is no sign you would really > want to do that...jf > > Note: To use iApps in iWork 06, you also have to have iLife 06. > Gottcha! > > On Jan 30, 2006, at 10:45 AM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > >> Jerry and all, >> >> So far my use of iWork is limited. However I was able to produce >> the January issue of Access using it. I was able to import the >> AppleWorks "template" (actually a back issue: November's) which I >> did using AW Draw module. I converted it to AW Word Processing and >> imported that. Then I used cut and paste to clean it up and saved >> it as a pages template. I imagine that importing from other >> platforms (Word) would work as easily. >> >> Now as to actually using Pages. Many of the keyboard commands are >> different and I haven't really learned them yet. My initial >> feeling is that more steps are required for most actions. Example: >> If I want to copy and paste text from a mail message or off a Web >> page. Copy and then three clicks in AW vs 4 in Pages ( I could >> probably) shorten both one click. >> >> AW Format in the Menu bar allows you to select and then set >> various parameters. In Pages its all done from the inspector >> window which is loaded with buttons to allow you to do all, but >> the window aways seems to be in my way. I guess it's like >> Photoshop, you need a large display; mine is only 15". >> >> And Pages runs slower on my PowerPC G4 than does AW. >> >> I'm sure as I use it more and more I'll find it just as useful as >> AW Draw and WP. MAYBE. >> >> I haven't found anything I can do in Pages that I can't do in AW. >> YET. >> >> Anne >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
