Chapter 4 (Photos)

Photos

Syncing Photos from Your Computer

Viewing Photos

Using a Photo as Wallpaper

Tap Photos to view your photos, use a photo as

wallpaper, and play slideshows.

iPod touch lets you sync photos from your computer so you can share them with your

family, friends, and associates on the high-resolution display.

Syncing Photos from Your Computer

If you’ve set up photo syncing, iTunes automatically copies or updates your photo

library (or selected albums) from your computer to iPod touch whenever you connect

iPod touch to your computer. iTunes can sync your photos from the following

applications:

On a Mac: iPhoto 4.0.3 or later

On a PC: Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 or later or Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0

or later. For information about syncing iPod touch with photos and other information on your computer, see “Getting Music, Videos, and Other Content onto iPod touch”

Viewing Photos

Photos synced from your computer can be viewed in Photos.

View photos :Tap Photo Library to see all your photos, or tap an album to see just those photos.

See a photo at full screen:Tap the thumbnail of a photo to see it at full screen. Tap the full screen photo to hide

the controls.

Tap the photo again to show the controls.

See the next or previous photo :

Flick left or right. Or tap the screen to show the controls, then tap

Changing the Size or Orientation

See a photo in landscape orientation

Rotate iPod touch sideways. The photo automatically reorients and, if it’s in landscape

format, expands to fit the screen. Zoom in on part of a photo

Double-tap the part you want to zoom in on. Double-tap again to zoom out.

Zoom in or out

Pinch to zoom in or out.

Pan around a photo

Drag the photo.

Viewing Slideshows

View photos in a slideshow

Choose an album and tap a photo, then tap

If you don’t see , tap the photo to

show the controls. Stop a slideshow

Tap the screen. Set slideshow settings

1 From the Home screen choose Settings > Photos.

2 To set: The length of time each slide is shown, tap Play Each Slide For and choose a time.Transition effects when moving from photo to photo, tap Transition and choose a

transition type.

Whether slideshows repeat, turn Repeat on or off.

Whether photos are shown in random order, turn Shuffle on or off.

Play music during a slideshow

From the Home screen choose Music, and play a song. Then choose Photos from the

Home screen and start a slideshow.

Using a Photo as Wallpaper

You see a wallpaper background picture as you unlock iPod touch.

Set a photo as wallpaper

1 Choose any photo.

2 Drag to pan, or pinch to zoom in or out, until the photo looks the way you want.

3 Tap the photo to display the controls, then tap and tap Set Wallpaper.

You can also choose from several wallpaper pictures included with iPod touch by

choosing Settings > General > Wallpaper > Wallpaper from the Home screen.

Emailing a Photo

Email a photo

Choose any photo and tap , then tap Email Photo.

iPod touch must be set up for email (see “Setting Up Email Accounts” on page 53).

Sending a Photo to a Web Gallery

If you have a .Mac account, you can send photos directly from iPod touch to a Web

Gallery created with iPhoto ‘08. You can also send photos to someone else’s .Mac Web

Gallery if that person has enabled email contributions.

To send photos to a Web Gallery, you need to do the following:

Set up your .Mac mail account on iPod touch

Publish an iPhoto ‘08 album to a .Mac Web Gallery

Select “Allow photo uploading by email” in the Publish Settings pane of iPhoto ‘08

For more information about creating a Web Gallery in iPhoto ‘08, open iPhoto ‘08,

choose Help, and search for Web Gallery. Send a photo to your web gallery

Choose any photo and tap , then tap Send to Web Gallery.

Assigning a Photo to a Contact

You can assign a photo to a contact.

Assign a photo to a contact

1 Choose any photo on iPod touch and tap

2 Tap Assign to Contact and choose a contact.

3 Drag the photo to pan, or pinch the photo to zoom in or out, until it looks the way

you want.

4 Tap Set Photo. You can also assign a photo to a contact in Contacts by tapping edit and then tapping the picture icon.