How to view your photo in Iphoto

After you import photos into iPhoto, it’s easy to view them in a variety of ways.

In your library, your photos are automatically organized into Events, based on the time and date they were taken.

Click to select items in the Source list (along the left side of the iPhoto window, shown above) to see your photos in Events and other views, such as your most recently imported photos, and photos organized by people (Faces) and locations (Places). The Source list provides access to all the items in your iPhoto library.

View photos in full-screen view

Full-screen view lets you see and edit your photos using every pixel your display offers.

1. Click to select Events in the Source list (along the left side of the iPhoto window, shown below).
   Your Events appear in the main viewing window.
   
2. Click the Full Screen button in the toolbar.
   
   This opens your Events in full-screen view.
   In this view, the items in your Source list are now accessible by clicking the buttons in the toolbar along the bottom of the window.
   
3. Double-click an Event to see the photos it contains.
   The toolbar changes to provide a Slideshow button so you can view the photos as an instant slideshow.
   To return to Events view, click the All Events button in the top-left corner of the window.
4. To leave full-screen view, click the Full Screen button in the toolbar.
   

You can change to full-screen view from anywhere in your iPhoto library, whether you’re viewing an Event, looking through an album, or creating a project, such as a book or card.

Find your favorite people using Faces

Just name someone whose face appears in a photo, and iPhoto finds all the photos containing that person. Click to select Faces in the Source list (along the left side of the iPhoto window, shown below) to see a snapshot of each person on your Faces corkboard.

1. Click to select Faces in the Source list (along the left side of the iPhoto window, shown above), and do one of the following:
   • If you haven’t named any faces yet, you’ll see photos of people that iPhoto has found in your library. Go to step 2.
   • If you’ve already named faces in your photos, their snapshots appear on the corkboard. To name more faces, click the Find Faces button in the toolbar and then go to step 2. To confirm matches for faces you’ve already named, skip to step 7.
2. Click the “unnamed” label for each face (A, below), and then type a name.
   
   As you add more names to Faces, iPhoto begins to suggest names for unnamed faces. If you see “Is this [name]?” below an unnamed face (B, above), you can click the checkmark to confirm the suggestion or click the X to reject it.
   iPhoto also suggests names based on your Address Book and on names of your Facebook friends (if you’ve set up a Facebook account in iPhoto).
3. If you want to reject a photo entirely, move your pointer over the photo, and then click the X that appears at the top-left corner.
   You don’t have to name every face iPhoto shows you.
4. To see more photos, click the Show More Faces button. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to name or reject more people.
5. When you’re done, click Continue To Faces to see your newly named friends and family appear on your corkboard.
6. On the Faces corkboard, double-click a snapshot to see the photos it contains:
   
7. To find more photos of a person you’ve named, click the Confirm Additional Faces button (in the bottom-right corner of the window).
   Note:  If the button is dimmed, it means iPhoto hasn’t found any likely matches. If you know there are more photos of a particular person in your photo library, try naming a few more by following steps 1 and 2 above.
8. The top row shows photos you’ve already named or confirmed as correct. In the second row, below the Unconfirmed Faces line, you can confirm or reject the suggestions iPhoto has collected. Do one or both of the following:
   • Click once to confirm a match and change the label to the person’s name.
     If you want, drag to enclose multiple correct matches. If you accidentally include the photo of a different person, just click it to deselect it.
   • Click twice to reject a match.
     You can also press the Option key as you click the photo.
   
9. When you’re finished, click Done.
   You don’t have to confirm or reject every photo at one time. To finish confirming or rejecting photos later, just click the Confirm Additional Faces button again.

Find photos by where they were taken, using Places

With Places, you can quickly see all the photos taken at a particular place. iPhoto marks the locations on a map.

If your photos include Global Positioning System (GPS) information, iPhoto automatically knows where your photos were taken and maps those locations on the Places map.

If the photos don’t have GPS data, you can still add place names to your photos and have them appear on the Places map.

1. Do one of the following:
   • If your imported photos contain GPS information, make sure you’re connected to the Internet, and then Click to select Places in the Source list (along the left side of the iPhoto window, shown above).
     A map appears, with marker pins at the locations where your photos were taken (as shown above).
     Note:  If you see a note instead of marker pins, check to make sure that iPhoto is set to look up locations.
   • If few or none of your imported photos have GPS information, you can add locations to those photos. To do so, select a photo and click the Info button in the toolbar. The Information pane opens on the right side of the window.
     Click Assign a Place” and type a location name. As you type, a pop-up menu appears with suggestions. If you want, choose one of the suggested locations.
     Note:  If no locations appear, check to make sure that iPhoto is set to look up locations.
     
     When you’ve added locations to a few photos, Click to select Places in the Source list to see the map showing where your photos were taken.
2. On the Places map, do any of the following:
   • To see a location name, move your pointer over the appropriate marker pin to make the location tag appear.
     
   • To see all the photos taken at that location, click the arrow next to the place name in the location tag (shown above).
   • To zoom in on a map location, double-click the map in the area you want to see. You can also use the zoom slider in the toolbar.
     iPhoto shows nearby locations of photos, if any, as you zoom in. You can zoom in all the way to street view (if street view is available in Google Maps).
3. To return to a map view that shows all your marker pins, do one of the following:
   • If you’re zoomed into a section of the map, click the Places home button.
     
   • If you’re looking at photos taken at a particular location, click the Map button in the top-left corner of the main viewing window.

If you aren’t connected to the Internet, you can see still the photos that have location information assigned. Click to select Places in the Source list, and then click the Show Photos button in the bottom-right corner of the window.

You can also use location information to easily create maps of your travels for a slideshow (using the Places theme) or as a map page in a photo book.

For more ways to view and organize your photos, click the Browse Help button above and see the topics in “View and organize photos.”