Organize photos and create albums using iPhoto

Create Albums with iPhoto

Just like physical photo albums, Albums in iPhoto help you organize your photos. You can name your Albums anything you want, organizing your photos by person, date, event name…the possibilities are endless.

Create a new Album by clicking File > New Album. Enter a name into the text box and then click Create. Drag the photos that you want to place inside the Album over from the Library pane. If you prefer, you can also select all the photos that you want to place in an Album and then, while the photos are still selected, create your Album and make sure to check the Use Selected Items in New Album check box; all the photos will automatically be placed inside the new Album.

Remember the Smart Mailbox from Mail and Smart Groups? Well, you can create Smart Albums too. Start by selecting File > New Smart Album and then select the criteria you want iPhoto to use when adding pictures to it.

Build a Slideshow

You can make really cool custom slideshows with your favorite photos to share with friends or just to show them off. You can even add background music and transition effects. To get started:

Select the albums or individual photos from the Library that you want to include.
Select File > New Album and then click the Slideshow button in the New dialog box.
Name your slideshow and click Create.
Reorder your pictures in the photo browser at the top of the iPhoto window. Drag them into the order you want. You can add a theme and music to your slideshow using the appropriate buttons, if you wish.
Click Play to start your show!

To select multiple photos, click the first photo and then press and hold the command key as you select more. If you accidentally select a photo that you don’t want to add, click it again (while still holding down the command key) to deselect it.

Once you have your slideshow arranged in the way that you want it, you can use the options to add music or cool transitions between slides. You don’t need to create a new slideshow if you just want to view a series onscreen. Just select the photos or album you want to view and click the Play button in the bottom left-corner.

Edit Photos

What good would a photo management program be if you couldn’t edit your photos? Not much, which is why iPhoto gives you the tools to crop, rotate, retouch, and add effects to your pictures. You can even remove the dreaded red-eye effect! Select a photo and then click Edit to start Edit mode. This will give you access to the following tools:

Rotate - Click this button to rotate your picture by 90 degrees counter-clockwise. Keep clicking until it’s rotated to the position you want. Use option-click to rotate your photo in the opposite direction.
Crop - Clicking the Crop button allows you to position your cursor in a photo and drag to select just the part of your picture that you want to keep. Make sure the Constrain box is checked if you want your cropped photo to conform to a certain ratio.
Straighten - Gently nudge your crooked photos in the right direction with Straighten. You can rotate photos in up to 10-degree increments in either direction with this tool.
Enhance - Enhance allows iPhoto to determine what the best contrast and brightness settings are for your photo. command-z or Edit | Undo Enhance Photo will reverse the changes.
Red-Eye - Do your friends, family members, or pets look like they are possessed in your photos? You can use the Red-Eye tool to remove sinister glowing eyes. Click the Red-Eye button and drag the size slider to set the size of your crosshairs. Place the crosshairs over an eye and click the button again. Exorcism complete!
Retouch - Smooth or blend areas of your photos.
Effects - Choose one of eight effects to add to your photos, including changing them to black and white, to sepia, or creating a vignette effect.
Adjust - Manually adjust the contrast, brightness, color, and other elements of your photo here.
Done - Exit Edit mode.

Although iPhoto protects your original image, it’s still a good idea to make a duplicate before editing your photos. Do this by pressing the command-d keys or by clicking File > Duplicate when a picture is selected. If you do not make a duplicate, you can undo any changes by choosing Photos and then Revert to Original.

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