Making a photo your desktop background

I just installed thee new iPhoto 6 and now I no longer have the option of making a photo my background from iPhoto. The button appears greyed out and the menu option is greyed as well.
Any ideas as to why?

Hi Hdebar,
Go into system Preferences>Security
uncheck the box that says "require password to unlock
each secure system preference"
Hopefully, this will apply to your situation.
I am unable to select "desktop" also. However, I checked my pref:sec and the box was not checked. Do you have another suggestion?
Thanks

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