Likewise, you don't need to crop your photos before you start laying out your project. To crop a photo that you've added to a card, book, or calendar, place it on the page, click on it once, and then use the slider that appears above the photo to zoom in.Click the hand icon to reposition it within the frame. This will leave your original images untouched.

If you're documenting a road trip in your photobook and using iPhoto '09, why not include a map that highlights where you've been? Start by selecting Map Page from the Layout menu. If you've already , iPhoto will automatically pinpoint those locations on the map.

To fine-tune your map, click once on the page to bring up your mapping options. In the resulting dialog box, you can add new locations, give your map a title, and adjust how much of the map is visible on the page. To pare down the number of mapped coordinates, remove the check mark next to the names of places you don't want to see. If you turn on the Show Lines option, iPhoto will even draw arrows from one location to the next--a great way to highlight each leg of your journey. The direction of each arrow is determined by the order of each destination in the settings dialog box. Drag your origination city to the top of the list and then place each stopover in order below it.