iPhoto 09: Changing Key Photos in Faces

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iPhoto '09 includes a cool feature called Faces that uses some coding wizardry to group together images of the same person from your iPhoto library. iPhoto uses the image you first selected when identifying someone as their key photo in the Faces view, but you can always change that later with a couple of mouse clicks.

Start by picking the Faces pic you want to change...

To chance someone's Faces key photo, do this:

  • Click Faces in iPhoto '09's Library column to display the Faces view.
  • Now Double-click on a face to display all of the images associated with that person.

...then choose a different pic...

  • Control-click on the photo you want to use as the key image and then choose Make Key Photo from the contextual pop-up menu.

...to set a new key photo.

Since many iPhoto libraries include pictures of family and friends at different ages, this is an easy way to pick a current photo for someone's Faces picture.

Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet

Jeff is the Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X" from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also co-hosts the We Have Communicators podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other podcasts, too. Jeff dreams in HD.

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