I want to print a card at home from the iPhoto templates. However in the point dialogue and output, including if exported as pdf, all the designs are missing from the card, replaced by a bland paper texture.
I would like to print the card as it appears in the iPhoto template. any suggestions appreciated. : )
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10), 2.93 GHz Duo 4 GB RAM
so then I found I could right click the card and export as pdf. However the pdf is completely blank (white) of any designs/graphics on the template.
is apple saying the only way we can use iPhoto templates is to buy cards through them?
Are you able to print just a photo to paper from iPhoto? If not what message, if any, do you get? The application may be damaged if you can't just print a photo but get a message that there are no themes available.
First do the following:
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down to open the First Aid window. Be sure to follow the circled recommendation in the screenshot.
2 - apply Option #4, Rebuild Database and try again.
thanks OT, yes I can print photos no problem. It is just the card templates which show the design and layout on screen, but then print the card layout without the design (e.g. graphics of flowers as a border). i.e. the graphics are there, they are not being included in the print version.
I just printed a card that had no graphics to avoid this problem, and it printed ok, except the image had a weird extension lower left corner. In other words, the mask for the card crop seemed incomplete, letting a bit of the whole picture to come through.
this does not seem to be a database issue, but something in the template to print interface.
this is iPhoto 9.6.1 by the way, operating under Yosemite.
Did you try repairing the database? If not do so anyway. Also give this a try:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete the contents the following folder: User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto
3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: For Mavericks and Yosemite, go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:
where you can check the Show Library Folder checkbox.
If the above doesn't work reinstall iPhoto as follows: to restore the print themes move your iPhoto 9.6.1 application to the Trash bin in the dock (don't empty it yet), go to the App store and download iphoto 9.6.1 again under Purchases. That should restore the themes.
Thanks for the suggestions, OT. I won't have a chance to try them for a few days but will report back when I do. : )
Thanks again!
iPhoto card missing design/graphics from template
