![]() ![]() To edit your calendar’s title and captions, click the placeholder text and then type away. Once you use the Zoom & Crop slider to zoom into an image, you can click and drag within the image to alter its position within the frame.< Click the picture you want to change and, if the Options panel isn’t open, double-click the image, click the Options button beneath the page, or click the Options button in Photos’ toolbar (circled here). That’s where you can change a picture’s zoom level and positioning, apply a filter, or open it in Edit mode. To fiddle with how individual pictures appear in their frames, and to customize text, double-click a page to enter Single Page view. Step 4: Customize picture positioning and captions The Layouts panel lets determine how many pictures appear on the page (usually 1-7) and whether there’s room for captions or not. If the layout you pick supports a background color, use the swatches at the bottom of the panel to change it. Scroll to find the layout you want and click its thumbnail to apply it. To change the number of pictures per page, and their arrangements, or to change the background color of a page, activate the page and then open the Layout Options panel by clicking the button circled here. In this image, two pictures are being swapped between pages. To add more pictures to your calendar project, click the Add Photos button at lower right and then click to select the images you want to add. If you prefer to place the pictures yourself, click Clear Placed Photos and all the pictures in your project are moved to the Photos drawer. To remove a picture from a page, drag it to the Photos drawer. If Photos wasn’t able to place all the pictures you began the project with, they appear in the Photos drawer at the bottom of the window where you can drag them onto pages yourself. To move pictures around, click an image and hold your mouse button down until the picture pops out of the frame, and then drag it atop another frame. In Photos, you move pages by dragging them atop another page, rather than dragging them between pages. When the page in the target location dims, release your mouse button and Photos moves the selected page to its new home, as shown here. When the page pops off the workspace, drag the selected page atop the page in the desired location. To move a page, point your cursor at it and then click and hold down your mouse button atop the gray rectangular icon that appears beneath it. While you’re in All Pages view, you can rearrange the pages as well as the images they contain. The Settings panel is available in both All Pages and Single Page view and lets you change key settings for your calendar project. In the resulting pane, you can change themes, calendar length, start date, and a slew of other options, as this screenshot illustrates. To do it, click Settings in Photos’ toolbar (circled here). It’s best to settle on a theme before you start customizing each page, or else all your design work flies out the window. If you want to experiment with other themes, now’s the time. (Creating a calendar in iPhoto is aĪll Pages view lets you reorder pages, and, unlike iPhoto, swap images between picture frames and change page layouts. This column walks you through the process of creating own. Apple’s calendars are also affordable: a 12-month calendar costs $20 (add $1.49 for each additional month). You’re not stuck with a 12-month calendar either-you can include up to 24 months if you wish, and you don’t have to start with January. You can choose from a variety of themes, customize the look of each page, add captions, national holidays, pull events from your Calendar app, and plop pictures onto individual date squares (great for birthdays!). The calendars you create in Photos can be customized in myriad ways. They’re stunning and they make great gifts. At 13 by 10.4 inches, Apple’s calendars are big and printed on thick, high-quality paper so they look better than the ones you get anywhere else. A safe way to print-and thus enjoy-your digital memories is to create a calendar in There’s nothing like printing your own photography, though adorning your walls with your own art can be intimidating. ![]()
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