Mac Tips
---- Use the Mac Preview App to do Useful things
-- Crop
• Click Select Tool
• Click/Drag Square around crop area
• Click Tools | Crop
• File | Save As | Suppy different name
-- Adjust Color
• Exposure
• Brightness
• Contrast
• Adjust Sharpness
• Click Tool | Sharpen
• Make Sepia
• Sharpness
- Rotate Left, Right, Flip Horiz, Flip Vert
-- Resize
--- Good Web page that talks about Preview
http://www.usingmac.com/2008/8/5/10-handy-mac-preview-application-tricks
More About Charts!
Review File Folder Locations on your Macintosh
Pictures:
Home | Pictures | Reunion Pictures
Charts:
Home | Documents | Reunion | Charts
Perspective Events:
Home | Library | Application Support | Reunion | Perspective Events
Chart Types
FAN Charts
* Started Chart for John Schlossberg then showed a final Version.See Example
* Showed how to lighten a photo with Preview, then use it as a background picture in charts.
Descendant Waterfall Charts.
1.Can put a lot of information in few pages
See Example Chart.
Timeline Chart
1. Perspective Events available from Leisterpro
2. Make your own perspective events by editing with Textedit,
inserting date (any format), tab and Description
See Example Chart
Pedigree with Siblings Charts
1. Made the Chart with Siblings, then without
See demo Chart
Thank you to Pat Burrow (http://www.plumlady.com) for loaning us the following charts:
Reference Web Sites
• Familygraphics.com
• ChartChick.com
• Macgenealogist.com
Reunion Tips
Repeat - Source Person and their relatives
To see who the Source Person is Click List | Relatives | Identify
To Change, Set the Family Card, then
Click List | Relatives | Identify | Click on Person | List |
MacGenealogist.com Screencast CDs
http://macgenealogist.com/get-my-videos-on-cd/
http://macgenealogist.com/articles/
http://macgenealogist.com/category/reunion-software/
We had a drawing for Disk 3 of the MacGenealogist screencasts and George Field won. Congratulations!
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