Keywords in iPhoto


Are keywords worth it?

One of the features of iPhoto (particularly after version 1), is the ability to assign keywords to individual photos. If you keep up with your photo imports, keywords are extremely powerful tool for managing photos. The ability to select a persons name and then have all photos in the library with that person in the scene will appear. Very handy feature.

However, if you're like me, you're limited by the way keywords work. I find myself needing to categorize keywords; People, Places, Things, Events, etc. Unfortunately, there is no way to manage the keyword list itself. So, if I create a keyword out of order, I'm stuck or I have to remove that keyword from all the photos and recreate the keyword. Too much effort.

Despite this problem, I think the keywords are worth it.

Posted: Sun - January 25, 2004 at 10:16 PM      


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