iPhoto for iOS introduces Journals, a way to share groups of photos with friends and family via the Web. The Journal utility is easy to use and gives you some basic layout options. Just choose the images you want to include, choose one of six built-in themes, and tap Create Journal. The program creates the journal and then lets you edit it with Story Elements--little widget-like items that add interest and context to the presentation. You can drag and drop the images into different slots, add headlines and captions and other text, notes, weather, location, and more. While you can change the size of the photos, you can't change the size of the Story Elements.

You can then post your Journal via iCloud and publish it to what Apple calls a Home Page, a Web page with a private URL where friends and family can view your journals. Journals are a snap to make and can look very nice, if somewhat modest. Your mileage may vary, but my took about 4 minutes to build and another 3 minutes to arrive on iCloud.

While a double tap brings an image to its full resolution in the viewer (pixel for pixel), you can also magnify your images to see tiny details. Two fingers pressed on an image brings up a Loupe (on the iPad only) which lets you magnify a small portion up to three times. Placing your fingers in the "glass" part of the loupe and twisting clockwise with your thumb and forefinger magnifies it even further.

The program has an Auto Horizon Detection feature that helps you correct poorly angled shots. It looks for straight lines in an image and alerts you if it detects that the landscape is tilted. Tap on the pop-up dial for the wheel to turn blue to signal that you've enabled the device's gyroscope. Use the wheel to straighten the image, and then hit the Lock Aspect Ration button to so you can crop or do other edits to the photo.