Selecting photos for a Book

I cannot figure out how to get photos from iPhoto "albums" into a book I want to produce.
There's a selection of recently downloaded photos at the top of the window, and I can move these into the book, but do not see how to move those I put into and "album" for this purpose.

To start a book make an album and put the photos for the book in it, select all and create the book - to add photos to a book taht is in process simply drag photos to the book in the source pane on the left
LN

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Selecting photos for book

I am having difficulty selecting pictures from the photo library for a book. When I attempt to drag a photo from the library pane to the photo book icon, many of them simply snap back and will not move to the new location. I can not figure out why some will move and others will not. Thank you for any advice!

That means that the photo is already assigned to the book, or iPhoto thinks it is. The obvious thing is to scroll through the photos in your book project to see if they are already in there. A possible workaround is to locate the photos in your library, right-click (Control-click) and choose "Duplicate". Then see if the book will accept the duplicates.
Regards.

IPhoto 11: Will not allow me to select photos for upload

Hello my knowledgeable compadres. I have installed iLife 11 and am running Snow Leopard 10.6.6 on a MacBookPro. I have had no problems with iPhoto 09 but since I've upgraded to the latest version, I am unable to select photos to upload to email, facebook, web pages or anywhere else. Interesting variation is that some photos are selectable; others are not. They are all jpg format so I am at a loss. I can't select photos from within iPhoto to edit; I can't click and select photos from the photos icon in the finder; I can't select any photos from the dialogue between Facebook & iPhoto and it's driving me crazy. I've had my Mac since 2008.Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks! Bernardine

when I attempt to select the photo from the preview pane in iphoto, it either is inert or, allows me to select it but the photo goes to black with a grey alert symbol on it and disappears in either a close up view or edit window.
The exclamation point - ! - turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents. Your problem isn't selecting files, its that iPhoto can't find the file you've selected.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

Add new variable in Selection ID for planning book

Hello,
Need your suggestion-
We have requirement to add new variable -like SNP Planner in SNP Selection ID of Planning book. Please suggest steps to configure this
Regards
Pandit

Pandit
There are more than one ways of doing this.
The best option is to create a freely definable attribute (Spro --- APO >> Master data >> Freely definable attributes) at material location level and now you will automatically be able to see the attribute when your create a selection id. But you have to make sure you add logic in your material cIF user exit or create a custom program in APO to populate the desired values for the freely definable attribute for all materials in the selection
Thanks
Saradha

Cannot view photos to select photos(for sharing with Facebook)...after upgrading to Lion

So your on Facebook and you want to change your photo or just share a photo; well in Lion that is not happening (or any other sharing site). When I am in the box from Facebook where it is asking to select photo...I click pictures...then I am offered iPhoto Library. If I click it then (ofcorse Safari stalls or crashes) because it is trying to open up the entire App iPhoto. Before the Lion upgrade I clicked photos and scrolled to the iPhoto file and it presented me with a ist and I chose the photo I wanted.
Need some help here...

When in an upload window use the media browser - look in the lower left under Media ==> photos ==> iPhoto - you do not go directly into the iPhoto library
LN

Where is the iTunes 11 function to select photos for the Apple tv screensaver?

The help online here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4362 describes how to do this in iTunes 10 but the Advanced menu from which you are to select photos to display isn't obvious. The Advanced tab in Preferences doesn't include this function. Photos previously selected in V10 are still used after upgrading to V11.

Thanks - that works once it occurred to me to display the menu items. The actual solution I used was to enable Photostream on the Apple TV that is linked to a folder in Photostream. The advantage is that the set of photos is automatically updated in iCloud and I don't have to have my PC switched on to get the screensaver working.

Iphoto shows loading photos for a book, but loading does not complete

Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help me. I have put together 5 books in Iphoto, and today selected about 60 photos to create a new book. I selected the photos and clicked on "add to" at the bottom of the screen. I then selected "book" and from there "create book". The screen then transfers to "Loading" and the "little progress wheel" appears. The wheel then stops and Iphoto does not progress any further. I then need to force quit to get out of iPhotos. Does anyone out there know what the problem is and how I can fix it?
Thanks, Marcus

Before ordering your book preview it using this method - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1040 - and save the resulting PDF for reference - the delivered book will match it.
LN

What kind/size/format/color space photo for making books?

Let me make that simpler. I have Tiffs on a drive I want to drag into iPhoto to turn into a book. Should I use tiffs? Jpgs? 16 or 8 bit? RGB or sRGB? Maybe iPhoto makes them what they need to be when I order a book?
I haven't tried this at all yet so maybe there is no question at all. I'll have iPhoto 8 by the time I do this loaded in the 15" MBP
Thanks
Neil

If you already have the photos as tiffs you can use then if you'd like and save having to convert them to jpgs. As Larry pointed out the sRGB profile is recommended by Apple. I think 8 bit is sufficient. 16 bit doubles the file size and I don't think it would make any difference. The book gets created as a pdf for uploading and printing. As for size, pixel wise, the larger the better. The pdf is configured at 300 dpi so anything over that is wasted. If you plan on any full page photos then for the optimal dpi, 300, the image would be 3300 x 2550. Most of my books have been made with photos at 2816 x 2112 and I've had no problems. I've not used any one-photo-per-full-page layouts however.
However, if you're worried about disk space on your MBP then I'd convert them to jpgs as Larry suggested.
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 created 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 and Leopard. 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.

Error in updating ALV field catalog in selection tool for Planning Book

Hi ,
I am Implementing BADI '/SAPAPO/SDP_SELECTOR' to upload Custom Fields Data in Planning Book Selection Window under APO Location Product. These Custom Fields are maintained in Custom Table.So from Table whatever Custom Fields are availabe all the fields needs to be available in for selection. Once selection is done the same data to be uploaded into Planning Book.
This BADI is working Fine upto 4 fields but if any extra fields are added in the table 'Error in updating ALV field catalog in selection tool' error Pop Up is coming. Here i am using Folloowing Methods
1). INIT_OBJECT_LIST
2). F4
3). LOC_PROD_VALUE_LIST
Please help on the same if u have any idea or clue.
Thanks.

Hi Srinivas!
Where did you get your implementation from?
It would be nice if you could debug your code!
For the F4 method, have you seen this note?
Note 544904 - Sample source code f.BAdI /SAPAPO/SDP_SELECTOR ('F4'method)
Also check this note. It contains selection modifications in the BAdI:
Note 376902 - SDP selector: Basis corrections for BADI
I do not know your release and support package in your SCM, but you can find a lot of notes related to this BAdI.
Thank you!
Will
SCM Support Consultant

Can't select photos for Screen Saver in Preferences?

I have this problem on two Mac's running OS 10.4.11. I can't change/select the screen saver from the Preferences window. When I select Choose Folder and navigate to my iPhoto '08 Libraries, they are all grayed out. The screen saver that runs is the last Side Show I run in iPhoto. So I can only change the Screen saver from iPhoto by selecting a different iPhoto Library and running a slide show with those pictures. Then the newly selected library (albums, etc.) shows up in the Screen Saver selection window below the gray line. Am I doing something wrong? Is there perhaps some preference file that needs to be deleted to reset things?
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Hello,
It might just be a corrupted preference file, try this: Locate this file: com.apple.iphoto.plist
It's here: /Home/Library/Preferences. Open the Preferences folder, locate that file, drag it to the Trash, empty the Trash and reboot. It's ok to trash a pref file, your Macs will create new ones for you.
Also, if that doesn't do the trick, try moving the photos you'd like to use into your Pictures folder, not using your iPhoto libraries. That way when you "Choose Folder" .. select your Pictures folder in the Sidebar in your Finder window and see if those photos are available.
Carolyn

Select images for a book from a light table?

Hi,
the light table seems to be a good place to group pictures, set relative sizes and define some general ordering. Once I have done that using the light table, I want to create a book based on the light table. One way would be to create a new empty book and drag pictures from the light table to the pages of the book.
Is there a way to view a light table and the book's pages at the same time?
Regards,
Rainer Joswig
PowerMac Dual G5, 2.5Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.3)

No, you don't have to crop them. The "frames" on each page are set for the 4:3 size so that when a photo is put in a frame and enlarged to fill it all portions of the photo are still visible. You can but a 3:2 photo in a frame and it should enlarge it just so the long edge fill the frame leaving you with a little more white space.
There's a slide bar to enlarge if necessary. If you Control-click on the image, there will be an option to Fit photo to frame size. There you may cut some off. But you'll need to experiment to see if it will suit your needs.
Do you Twango?

Selecting photos for import

Hello, I am using iPhoto 6, perhaps a little outdated, but is there a function to
select only certain pictures to be imported from a camera roll. I have a camera
with 1000 pics on it and I need only 2.
Thanks!

No - that is not a feature of iPhoto until iPhoto '08 - you can use image capture (in your applications folder) to download selectively to disk and then import to iPhoto
LN

How can I make a photo from two merged projects available for a book that I started using one project ? They merge but the book only allows me to access the original project photos even though the merged photos can be seen in the project ?

I have successfully merged two projects in order to add new photos for my book. The library available to the book which has 26 completed pages accesses only the original project library. Has anyone else had this problem ? It is frustrating to see the photos I want in the merged project file, but to have only the original photos when I started the book available in the book library.

That will work, but it is the long way 'round.
As Frank noted, Book Albums are just specialized Albums. Albums can show any Image in your Library, regardless of where the Album is located on the Library Inspector, and regardless of which Project contains the Image. You can put your Albums anywhere (in a Folder called "Books" for example). You can put Images from anywhere in your Library in any Album.
The easy way 'round:
- Make a new Book Album
- Select Images you may want to put in your Book. Flag them.
- Select some more. Flag them.
- Go to the "Flagged" container (listed near the top of the Library Inspector), select all, and drag-and-drop them to your Book Album.
- Repeat as needed, or just drag-and-drop directly into the Book Album.
Note that you can remove any Image from any Album (including Books) by selecting and hitting the "{Delete}" key. This _does not remove the Image from the Project that contains it, or from the Library.
Note, too, that once the Images are in your Book Album, you then put them in the Book you are creating for publication. The Book Album contains the superset of Images with which you populate the Book itself. The Book Album also holds the Book.
A good (imho ) introduction to the parts of Aperture can be found in this short guide I wrote.
The User Manual is helpful. Here is
the chapter on making Books.
From that chapter, here is
the section detailing how to create and populate a Book Album.

Selecting pictures for Online Photo Processing Centers other than Kodak

How can I select photos for printing in Elements for online photo processing sites other than Kodak? Is there a simple way to do this in the Organizer? The online photo sites usually give me only a thumbnail view of the picture and I can't tell which is best.
The way I've been doing it is tagging photos in Elements as favorites, and then tabbing back and forth between Elements (to view the pictures) and online site (to find the name). There has to be a better way to do this!

Choose your photos in the organizer and export them to a folder on your desktop, then upload from there.

The page layouts for a book created in iPhoto are blank. How do I get the original book back?

I have a MacBook Pro, Mac OS X, version 10.7.5, Memory 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3, Processor 2.53GHz, Intel Core 15. iPhoto '11 version 9.4.3.
I created an iPhoto book using iPhoto '9 in 2010. I bought the book and now want to buy another book. When I went to iPhoto, I discovered that all of the pages are blank. In the thumbnail for photos in project, the photos that I used are checked. Now I see that other photos for different books also show in the "photos in project" panel. Should I delete these foreign photos? How do I get the original book pages/layout back? Help! Patnd

Do you have a back up?
If not you're into using file recovery software like File Salvage - you can download a free trial and it will scan the disk for you and tell you with might be recoverable. Actual recovery will require that you purchase the app. There may be many files with the same or similar names. Always recover the largest file size.
There are other such apps. Search on Macupdate or the App Store

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