This is a reprint of a post from approximately a year ago. I like this idea for holiday gifts.
I have the newest version of iPhoto and was able to get the poster script to work with 10.4.11 OS. Here is a more recent post that explains the process. Follow the instructions carefully. I did encounter the “Error Can’t get item 1 of {}/ (-1728)” message” several times. When I manually selected the images to be included and not just the folder containing the images, the procedure worked.
MacWorld had an article describing how to use the Automator to generate a 20X30 poster from images stored within iPhoto. This article prompted me to generate a blog entry. The article provided access to an automator script that users can activate to generate the giant pdf poster.
Now this only works for those with access to a Mac, but if you are searching for a present your class can generate for each other or for friends and you have been collecting digital images throughout the year, this script does a great job.The idea is really that you would print out the pdf on a large form printer or send the pdf off for printing (we did this last year). However, the script saves the pdf back to iPhoto and you can then export the image in whatever size you like (see below for sample created from recent China photos).
The script has been updated for a more recent version of iPhoto (Versions for iPhoto 5 and iPhoto 6 are available online). If you try this project make sure you are patient. The script may take 10+ minutes to reach completion. Read the MacWorld article (link above) for complete instructions.
