Tutorial: Creating Personal Calendars in iPhoto

iPhoto is an amazing photo manager and editor; however, Apple has added quite a few features in iPhoto that allow you create books and calendars with your digital photographs. In this tutorial, you will learn how easy it is to make your very own professional calendars!

To begin, select one of your favorite albums. Go down to the bottom of the window and click the + Calendar button. iPhoto will ask you to choose a theme of your liking. Use the scroll bar to go through the available themes. A preview of that theme is shown to the right.

Now that you’ve chosen your theme, iPhoto will ask you to set when the calendar will start and how many months it contains. You can also choose to show holidays from any country, events from your calendars in iCal, and Birthdays from your Address Book.

Once you hit “Okay” iPhoto will create a blank calendar with “drop-zones”. iPhoto automatically handles the effects and positioning so all you have to do is drag your photos into these drop-zones to insert your photos. If you want iPhoto to fill in the pictures for you, simply click the “Autoflow” button. If you don’t like a certain layout of one page, click on the layout drop menu to change how many pictures you want to see at once. Not only can you drag photos on top of the calendar, but on the actual dates as well. Drag a photo onto the date and iPhoto does the rest.

You have your calendar just the way you like it, now what can you do with it? Click the “Buy Calendar” button to have Apple print your calendar in high quality and ship it to you. Currently, a 12 month calendar is $19.00 (USD) without tax. You also have the ability to print your own calendar. To do so, go to File > Print or hit Apple + P.

Now you have a professional calendar filled with your very own digital memories. Enjoy!