Key Photo Attributes?

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Key Photo Attributes?

I have a picture in a Gallery folder created by combining two other photos. The rest of the pictures are photos which have been cropped or resized.
When I try to set the composite picture as the key photo the choice is grayed out. The other pictures appear to be OK as possible key photo choices.
What attribute(s) make a photo eligible or NOT for use as a key photo? Why should a photo which is of the same file type and about the same size not be eligible as a key photo choice?

Jerry

G5 dual 1.8/G4 1.67 PwrBk, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Oct 17, 2007 8:31 PM

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Answer 1

TKennedy

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Nov 16, 2007 7:11 PM in response to Gerald Gifford

I bet the photos are their own events (and already key photos). Try merging events to free up the image as a key photo. Worked for me.

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Answer 2

Nov 18, 2007 1:13 PM in response to TKennedy

Thanks, but Nope!
At first I thought this answer was, at least, partly correct. Then I remembered I had created the image by combining two different images (Blue Angels in blue sky and a sky with puffy white clouds) in Photoshop. I then imported it into iPhoto. When I tried to make it a key photo I saw that *Make Key Photo* was grayed out.
I then learned I could set an image as the *top of the pile* by dragging it to the small icon in the upper left of the Gallery page. In that way it works, but still would like to know why it's grayed out.

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Answer 3

Feb 15, 2008 9:31 PM in response to Gerald Gifford

I have the same problem. The option "make key photo" is greyed out for some photos, but not others.
I tried dragging the photo I want as a key photo to the icon and it worked. The icon changed.
Except the problem extends to my .Mac web gallery as well. There seems to be a problem with the .Mac gallery understanding which photo is supposed to be the key photo. It's using a photo I have never chosen to be a key photo.
I don't get it...

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Answer 4

Mar 23, 2008 7:25 AM in response to Cody Rivest

I think I have a related problem in that, when I create a key photo in iPhoto and publish that gallery, when loading the main gallery page the new key photo appears for a few seconds - then promptly reverts back to the original!!?? Very weird (and annoying). Anybody found this, or way 'round it?
James.

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Answer 5

Mar 25, 2008 11:46 AM in response to Jimmy DigiFlix

I have also just realised that the Web Gallery appears fine on a Windows machine, only the originating Mac has the issue.

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