I Cant Drag And Drop my photos in iphoto 08

it said in the tutorial that i can drag and drop photos from one folder to another but nothing happens..this is the worst software i have ever used.i wish i could sell mine..

Hi
I think I know what's happening as I'm having the same problem.
Under previous iPhotos you could look at the main viewer and drag a photo or multiple photos from there to an already created album.
Now, it only appears that you can drag an entire event from the events window to an album, even when you click on an event to open it, you can't drag individual photos from an event to an album.
So how do we add individual photos to an album??
Gavin

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