IPhoto crashing when creating books

Question

HI,
I am creating a book to export in iDVD for a slide show. I have used the "autofilling" feature to push my photos automatically in book's pages.
The problem I have is that some pages have a yellow triangle describing an error, but when I click on the page to see the error and possibly correcting them, iPhoto crashes and do it over an over.
Any idea what's wrong?
I have updated iPhoto (and all other iApps to the latest version that were make available this week.
Thanks

Answer 1

Steve:
That error triangle indicates that iPhoto thinks the image in that frame is too small to give adequate print resolution. Check the pixel dimensions of those photos and see what they are. Often iPhoto will tag the photos in error.
Try editing each of those photos, not in the book, but in the main library, just enough to cause iPhoto to create a new modified version. See if that will help. You can also delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your User/Library/Preferences folder. If often causes some strange errors. It will be recreated when you next launch iPhoto.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.