11.1. Plan a Photo Book

iPhoto enables you to design and order professionally bound photo books that can be shipped to your home, or to a friend or relative as a gift. Understanding the process of creating a photo book in iPhoto allows you to plan your project in advance and produce a higher-quality book in a shorter amount of time.

Choose Photos

The book type and theme play a large role in the size and quantity of photos you will use on each book page. Browsing the iPhoto themes and creating an album of the photos you want to use before you begin the project helps you form the story you want to tell in the book. Organizing your photos before ...

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