iMovie '09 & iDVD: The Missing Manual

The Photos Browser

The more you work with iMovie and iDVD, the more you appreciate the convenience of the way Apple has linked them to the other i-programs, like iTunes and iPhoto. Here's a classic case:

When you open the Photos Browser (Figure 10-2), or choose Window → Photos, or press ⌘-2, you're shown what amounts to iPhoto Lite: a scrolling panel of thumbnail images reflecting the contents of your entire iPhoto Library. Using the navigation panel just above the thumbnails, you can browse your photos by event, album, folder, or according to the other iPhoto presets (like flagged photos or photos added in your last import). If you use Aperture, Apple's pro photo-organization program, its library shows up here, too.

Note

Events in iPhoto are a lot like Events in iMovie. That is, iPhoto groups all the photos taken on the same day into an Event.

Albums are the category containers that you can create in iPhoto by choosing File → New Album (or by clicking the + button at the lower-left corner). You can drag a single picture into as many of these albums as you like. Folders are simply larger structures that let you group albums together. Complete details are in iPhoto '09: The Missing Manual.

Figure 10-2. The Photos Browser shows all the pictures you've imported into iPhoto (or Aperture, if you have it). Use the navigation panel to limit the photo display to those in a certain album or folder. ...