Printing Photos


Internet photo sharing is great, but hard copy isn't dead. You might want to share photos with people who don't have computers. Or, you might want to tack a photo to a bulletin board or hang it on your wallyou'll never see "suitable for framing" stamped on an email message.

iPhoto makes hard copy easy. If you have a photo-inkjet printer, you can use iPhoto to create beautiful color prints in a variety of sizes. This assumes, of course, that your photos are both beautiful and in color.

When printing your photos, you can choose from several formatting options, called print styles, by using the Style popup menu in the Print dialog box. For example, if you choose the Sampler style, you can print pages that contain the same photo in several different sizes. With the style named N-Up, you can print up to 16 photos per page.

Printing with iPhoto is straightforward, but to avoid wasting pricey photo paper and ink, you'll want to be aware of a couple of fine points. And to get the best results, you'll want to use images with a resolution high enough to yield sharp results at your chosen print size. You'll find more details on this aspect of printing on the following pages.

Step 1.

(optional)

Crop the photo so that its proportions match that of the paper size you want to print. For details on cropping, see page 137.

You don't have to crop before printing, but if you don't crop or use the Zoom and Crop option described on the opposite page, your print will probably have wildly uneven borders. If you choose the Standard Prints print style, iPhoto may even refuse to print the photo (see "When iPhoto Balks," on page 179).

Tip

If you want to retain an uncropped version of the photo, make a duplicate before cropping: select the photo and press -D.

Step 2.

Be sure that the photo you want to print is selected or displayed in the iPhoto edit view. To print multiple photos, select the photos.

Don't Bother with Page Setup

In many Mac programs, you use the Page Setup command to specify paper size and other printing settings. Not so in iPhoto. To specify paper size and all other printing settings, you use the Print dialog box shown on the opposite page. iPhoto ignores any settings you make in the Page Setup dialog box.

Printing from Edit and Slide Show Views

If you're like me, you do most of your printing while browsing your library or an album. But you can also print while in edit or slide show view. In edit view, you can print only one photo at a time (the photo that's currently open for editing), but in slide show view, you can print multiple photos by selecting them in the photo browser at the top of the iPhoto window.

Step 3.

Choose Print from the File menu, choose the appropriate settings, then click Print or press Return.



The Macintosh iLife '06
The Macintosh iLife 06
ISBN: 0321426541
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 229
Authors: Jim Heid

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