Photo stitch in iPhoto8

Hi all, is it possible to photo stitch in iPhoto8?

No.
iPhoto is not an image editor. It’s firmly focussed on organising and post-processing your photos. For content creation you’ll need an external editor.
In order of price here are some suggestions:
Seashore (free)
Graphic Coverter ($45 approx)
Acorn ($50 approx)
Photoshop Elements ($75 approx)
There are many, many other options. Search on MacUpdate.
You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
Regards
TD

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Requesting immediate help if anyone available currently
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Requesting immediate help if anyone available currently
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I generally assume that anything an Apple program won't do is explained by the notion of the 80 Percent Solution, in which Apple advises other developers that generally it is better to skip a feature that <20% of users will want, in favor of keeping the program easy to use for the other 80% who really need the basics.
"If you try to design for the 20 percent of your target audience who are power users, your design may not be usable by the other 80 percent of users."
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/A ppleHIGuidelines/XHIGDesignProcess/XHIGDesignProcess.html
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