IPhoto 09 Crop Problems

When I go to crop my photos the " constrain " box is not automatically checked. Just checking it will not work (the box will be checked but the window will not be constrained to square)
I have to select original from the drop down menu, then check constrain. This is a huge pain if you tend to crop a lot of photos.
Any suggestions Appreciated?
Hotoru

I have noticed (and assumed that there was some logic that I was just missing) that when you go to crop a photo the constrain box is checked and the constraints are the pixel dimensions of the photo and that adjusting there crop is not constrained in spite of the box being checked - so I agree there
REport to Apple - iPhoto menu ==> provide iPhoto feedback - although were I the programer my fix would to to not have the constraint box checked when you start - less confusing but functionally identical
have you tried moving to the next photo using the arrow key on your keyboard? I do not want to crop a bunch of photos to test but I thought I remembered that that held the constraints form photo to photo - easier for you to try than for me to
LN

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