Organizing Your Photos...

So, your pictures are now on your computer, but they are in no kind of order! Here are some tips from organizing your photos and making specific pictures easy to find.
To have your pictures successfully organized, the key is to use ALBUMS!
1. First, create a new album. You can either choose “File” and then “New Album”, or click no the plus sign in the left corner.
2. Type in the name for your new photo album. (Ex: End of the Year Party)
3. Click OK
4. Locate “Library” and then click on “Photos”. Click on any photo you would like in this album and drag it to the album title. You can also highlight more than one at a time and drag them into the album.
This way, you can have your photos organized by events, months, or place, depending on how you title your albums
You can also organize your photos using keywords. This is helpful, because you may want to find a particular picture, but you don’t know which album it falls under. iPhoto has some keywords available for you, such as favorite, family, vacation, etc. You can use words for school photos, such as science or project to make these photos easily accessible.
To add a keyword to your picture, click on “View” at the top of your toolbar, and then make sure Keywords is checked. Next, run your cursor under the picture’s name. It will prompt “add keywords”, then click. Add keywords to help you identify your pictures.
To find a picture with a particular keyword, type in the keyword in the spot available next to the magnifying glass and hit enter. It will pull up any picture with that word.
Good luck organizing all of those great shots!
Next time, we will talk about editing your photos…