Moving or copying a photo from one album to another

Question

I am new to Mac and iphoto. I imported photos from a photo card to my library. I have an Album containing some of the photos imported to my library. When I went back in later to move (or add) some photos from the main library to my album, I could not seem to drag or copy them. Any suggestions regaeding what I might be doing wrong?

Answer 1

First, if you are new to iPhoto, I suggest that you take the time to look at the tutorials for iPhoto and all of the iLife applications that you are going to be using. start here
And, be sure you understand how iPhoto works, what it does and does not do.
Look at this thread and read the posts by Smtr and Terence Devlin for more information look here
Now, you have imported photos into iPhoto, created an album and now you cannot add photos to it?
Have a look at this, from iPhoto Help:
Creating a standard photo album
You can create standard albums to better organize your photo library, group the photos you want to burn to CD or DVD, or choose pictures for a webpage.
To create a standard photo album:
Choose File > New Album.
You can also click the Add button, which looks like a plus sign, in the bottom-left corner of the iPhoto window, then choose Album from the pop-up menu.
Type a name for your album and click Create. The album appears in your Source list.
Click Library, then drag photos to your new album.
You can also add a photo to an album directly from another album, a CD or DVD, or another location on your hard disk. When you add a photo to an album from another location on your hard disk, iPhoto automatically imports it into your photo library.
You can also select the photos you want to group first, then create a standard album from them. To do this, Command-click to select all the photos you want to include in the album, then choose File > New Album From Selection and name your album.
You can also create an album by dragging a folder of photos from the Finder into an empty part of iPhoto's Source list. iPhoto creates an album with the folder's name and imports all photos contained in the folder.
Lastly, if you have followed all these instructions and still cannot put a photo into an album, try deleting iPhoto's preference file. It is found in YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iphoto.plist.com. You need to close iPhoto first, locate the plist file and trash it. Don't worry, iPhoto will create another one when you open it again. Open iPhoto and see if it works ok now.
Post back after reviewing/doing all of this, if you are still having problems.