How to Change the Background Vignette Color in iPhoto '09
After you shoot pictures with your digital camera and import them into your Mac, you might want to turn them into a book that you can create with iPhoto, the free photo management application that Apple installs on every Mac. The iPhoto '09 application comes with a variety of book themes and backgrounds that you can set to customize the appearance of your book. If you don't care for the current background vignette color of your book, you can easily change it.
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Instructions
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Click "iPhoto" in the Dock on your Mac to launch the application. A list of your photo albums appears in the left pane of the iPhoto window.
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Click an album to select it. Thumbnails of its photos appear in the main iPhoto window.
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Click the "Book" button at the bottom of the iPhoto window. A dialog box opens. Click a book style, such as "Family Album" or "Travel." Click the "Book Type" drop-down menu, and then click a book size, such as 11 by 8.5 inches. Click "Choose." The iPhoto application generates a book from the pages in the album you selected, using your choice of book style.
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Click the "Right" or "Left" arrow at the bottom of the window to move forward or backward in the book, to see how the pages look with the template you chose.
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Click the "Background" drop-down menu at the bottom of the iPhoto window, and then click a different background vignette color for the template, such as green instead of red.
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