The Big Picture: Full-Screen Editing

When you’re editing and enhancing a photo, it’s often helpful to see the big picture—that is, to display your photo at as large a size as possible. When you go big, it’s easier to perform color and exposure adjustments and to find flaws that need retouching.

Full-screen view gives you a picture window into your pictures. Just click the Full Screen (image) button or, better yet, use the image-Control-F keyboard shortcut.

When you enter full-screen view, your Library list goes away and iPhoto’s buttons and controls arrange ...

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