iPhoto automatically saves changes to a photo, album,
or book as you work, so there's no Save command.
If you don't like the changes you've made to a photo, you can revert to
its original version by choosing "Revert to Original" from the
File menu. You can also undo your most recent change by choosing Undo
from the Edit menu. You can also save a backup copy of the photos and
albums in your iPhoto Library folder.
iPhoto displays your
photos in the order in which you imported them. You can rearrange photos
in the photo library or in an album by sorting them.
Note: Changing the order of photos in an album also changes where they
appear in the book layout for the album. To sort photos: choose "Arrange Photos" from the Edit
menu, and then choose an option from the submenu: "by Film Roll" arranges photos in the order they were
imported. Film roll markers indicate photos that were imported together. "by Date" arranges photos by the date on which they were
taken. "Manually" lets you drag photos in any order you want,
except in the photo library.
You can change whether the most recent photos are at the top of the photo
viewing area or at the bottom.
Before running a slide show, you
can specify the display duration for each slide, add background music,
and choose whether to repeat the slide show when it's finished.
To set slide show options:
1. Choose Preferences from the iPhoto menu.
2. Set one or more of the following options:
To change the display duration for each slide, type a new duration.
Select "Repeat slide show when finished" to make your slide
show repeat automatically upon completion.
Choose a song from the Music pop-up menu to make the song play during
your slide show. To add a new song to the list of available songs, choose"
Other" from the pop-up menu, then choose an MP3 or other type of
audio file on your hard disk.To remove a song from the
list: choose Edit List.
You can also click the Slide Show icon in the Share pane to view your
slide show settings.
Resolving
unexpected errors that occurs when creating a Homepage Photo Album.
When you create a Homepage Photo Album, an alert box with
this message appears after the photos are uploaded:
"An unexpected error has occurred. Please try again later."
Note: that this error is known to occur in iPhoto 1.1
What to do:
This issue may occur if the filename of one or more of the photos in your
album contained option or double-byte characters when it was imported
into iPhoto. Examples of these include Japanese or Chinese characters,
trademarks (TM, Æ), bullets (·) and diacritical marks (é,
ç, ñ, è, ü, î).
To solve this issue, first rename the affected photos so that they do
not contain option or double-byte characters. This can be done by selecting
the photos one at a time in iPhoto and changing their names in the Title
field.
When you have finished changing the titles of all the affected images,
export them so that the original filename is replaced with the new one.
To export the images from iPhoto:
1. Select all of the images that you just renamed.
2. Choose Export from the File menu.
3. In the Export Images dialog box, be sure that to select "Use Titles"
in the Name field.
4. Click Export.
5. Select a destination where the files will be exported and click OK.
After the files have been successfully exported, you can
re-import them into iPhoto and use them to create a Homepage.
Note: Be sure to delete the original files from your iPhoto Library so
that you do not run into the issue again.
You can make a slide show movie of your photos and play
it using QuickTime Player or any other application (such as a Web browser
or word processor) that supports QuickTime.
To make a QuickTime movie of your photos:
* Select the album or group of photos you want in your movie.
* Choose Export from the File menu.
* Click the QuickTime tab.
In the QuickTime pane, change the desired options: Image: Specify the maximum dimensions of your movie in pixels,
and set the display duration for each photo. Background: To add a background color to your movie, click
the Color button then click the color preview box to change the color.
To add a background image, click the Image button, and then click Set
to select an image.
* Click Export.
* Type a name for your movie and choose where to save it.
* Click Save.
To view your movie, open it from within QuickTime Player or any other
application that supports QuickTime.
To save a group of photos as a
Web page so they can be displayed in a Web browser.
* Select the album or group of photos you want on your Web page.
* Choose Export from the File menu.
* Click the Web Page tab.
* In the Web Page pane, change the desired options:
Type a name for your Web page and specify the number of columns and rows
per page. To add a background color, click the Color button, and then
click the color preview box to change the color. To add a background image,
click the Image button, and then click Set to select an image.
Specify the maximum dimensions in pixels for your photo thumbnails.
Specify the maximum dimensions in pixels for your photos. Click the "Show
title" checkbox if you want titles and comments to appear on your
Web page.
* Click Export.
Choose where you want to save your Web page, then click OK.
Photos can be imported from a digital camera if both your computer and your
camera have built-in USB ports and your camera is compatible with iPhoto.
Digital camera
* Connect the camera to the computer's USB port using a USB cable.
* To delete photos from your camera as soon as they are imported, select
"Erase contents after transfer" at the bottom right of the Import
pane to enable that option.
*Click Import.
After you finish importing your photos, drag the camera's icon from the
Finder desktop to the Trash if necessary, turn off your camera, then disconnect
it from the computer. Media reader
* Insert the media into the media reader.
* To delete photos from your camera as soon as they are imported, select
"Erase contents after transfer" at the bottom right of the Import
pane to enable that option.
* Click Import.
After you finish importing your photos, eject the media by dragging its
icon to the Trash. Some readers may physically eject the media while others
may require that you manually eject the media. If you must manually eject
the media, wait until the media icon is gone from the Finder Desktop. Importing photos from other sources
* Choose Import from the File menu.
A Kodak Picture CD has several
files and folders on it. Only one of these folders contains pictures that
can be imported into iPhoto. This folder is appropriately named "Pictures."
* Insert the Kodak Picture CD and open iPhoto.
* Choose Import from the File menu.
* Navigate to the disc named Kodak CD.
Note: Do not click Open at this point.
* Select the Pictures folder on the disc named Kodak CD and click Open
* Select either the individual photos you want to import, or select an
entire folder or disk, then click Open. To select multiple photos or folders
without selecting all, press and hold the Command key while clicking on
photos. Tips on importing from other sources
* Each imported item, whether a single photo or an entire disk will appear
as a separate film roll. Command + clicking on multiple items during an
import will result in them all appearing on the same film roll.
* Processed photos that are offered for download from an Internet site
must first be downloaded to a local drive before they can be imported
into iPhoto.
* Do not copy or move pictures directly into the iPhoto Library folder,
as they will not appear as an option in iPhoto when attempting to import.
Will iPhoto work with
my flatbed scanners or film scanners?
Yes. To use iPhoto with your flatbed or film scanner,
simply scan your negative, slide, or print with the scanner and save the
resulting files to a folder on your Mac. You can import the images directly
into iPhoto with the Import command. You can also drag the folder of images
directly onto the iPhoto interface and add photos that way.
