In Iphoto 11, when making a photo book, how to you use the custom layout tab? It is only available in certain themes, like photo essay and picture book, but when I try to use it, the boxes remain blue and do not show the photos that I place.
iPhoto '11, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
It's available for all themes and pages. While viewing a page click on the Layout button at the bottom:
That will open the drawer where you options are offered:
It's also available from the Vew All Pages window.
OT
Thank you for your response...I guess I am not making this as clear as I should. I realize the layout tab is available in all themes as I have made a lot of photo books, but if I click down, there are many other options available..number of photos, map, blank, spread, but one other option is the Custom tab which is available on certain themes. It is interesting and has different arrangements including text boxes. When I attempt to use it, only blue boxes open and the photos don't appear. Not sure how to use it. Does this make sense?
I've tried the Picture theme and couldn't find any Custom option.
Try the Photo Essay theme.
What exact version of iPhoto 11 are you running? I have 9.4.3 and do not tet a Custom option on any of the pages in the Photo Essay theme:
I have the same version!
Not that this is any help but I vaguely remember seeing or hearing about the custom tab - I can't find anything in a search (although Google comes up with one of Old Toad's tutorials for customizing iPhoto books - Yea)
My thought is that it only appears after you do something or have a certain set of conditions (sorry but no idea what) and I have no memory of what you can do with it
In fooling around and looking for it I did revive the key strokes for changing a layout - Command-control- arrow to move a photo frame -- Shift-Command-control- arrow to move a photo frame in larger increments -- Oprion-Command-control- arrow to change a photo frame size
I have not seen those documented but occasionally someone finds them and posts here
LN
Thank you so much for your input...I also had googled it extensively before posting and couldn't find anything.
After doing more research, I have found that the mystery custom tab is only present in two themes, photo essay and modern lines...at least in my version! I would love to know if anyone else has used this.
Here the are:
You can "adjust" a photo frame or text box size on a page with the following key combinations:
Command + Option +⬆arrow: increase frame height.
Command + Option +⬇arrow: decrease frame height.
Command + Option + ➜ arrow: increase frame width.
Command + Option + ⬅ arrow: decrease frame width.
To adjust its position on the page use these key combinations:
Command + Control + ➜ arrow: move frame to right.
Command + Control + ⬅ arrow: move frame to left.
Command + Control + ⬆ arrow: rotate frame counter clockwise.
Command + Control + ⬇ arrow: rotate frame clockwise.
You can conver the standard frame (on the left) to this one (on the right)
Hi Old Toad
Is it possible to change the picture orientation from Landscape to portrait and vise-versa with a custom keystroke?
Thanks in advance
No. But you can rotate with a Command (right) click on the photo and select Edit. Then click on the Rotate button either with the Option key held down or not to change the direction of rotation and finally click on the back to book button.
hi Bracesmom
i am also having the same problem, i am also running iPhoto 9.4.3, and i am using the photo essay theme, is there like a way to create these custom layouts on say photoshop and then import them somehow to iPhoto?
See if this tutorial will help: iP11 - Creating a Custom Page, with the Theme's Background for an iPhoto Book
thnks, so basically u create a jpg that is effectively a picture that goes on a 1 photo book page.
Iphoto 11 Custom layout tab
