STEP NINE (Creating an Album)

When your photos are first imported into iPhoto, they're imported into your main Library with all your other photos (in other words, all your photos are stored in one big list, which is somewhat similar to throwing all your prints into one big shoeboxit makes finding the photos you want quite a chore). Luckily, iPhoto lets you sort and organize your photos using "albums" (just like you would with regular prints). For example, let's look at what we used to do before digital: You'd return from your vacation, get your prints developed, sort the good shots from the bad ones, and then you'd put the good ones in a photo album. Well, you're going to do the same thing in iPhotoyou're just doing it all on your computer. To create an album, click on the plus sign (+) button that appears in the bottom-left corner of the iPhoto window (it's circled above). A little window will pop down from the top of iPhoto asking you to name your new album, so just type a name (let's say you went on that New Orleans vacation we mentioned earlier, and now you're going to use this album to separate the good shots from the bad, so name this album "New Orleans") and click on the Create button. This new album will appear in the Source list on the left side of iPhoto.