Why is 'Crop' grayed out in iPhoto?

[MACDRIVE]

Whenever I go to iPhoto>Edit, the Crop is grayed out along with Red-Eye.

Another thing I'm trying to do is remove the borders from the ends of 4x6 prints. And I can't do that unless I can use the Crop, right?

 

[EricNau]

Are you selecting an area first? I think you need to select an area in the picture before you can select crop (it needs an area to crop first).

 

[Aniej]

when you say gray do you mean the image on the screen temporarily or do you mean the actually image you print?

 

[MACDRIVE]

Are you selecting an area first? I think you need to select an area in the picture before you can select crop (it needs an area to crop first).

Ok that's probably it. Is there a way to remove the borders without cropping the photo?

when you say gray do you mean the image on the screen temporarily or do you mean the actually image you print?

I was referring to the actual icon on iPhoto that says "Crop."

 

[EricNau]

Ok that's probably it. Is there a way to remove the borders without cropping the photo?

What borders are you referring to?

 

[MACDRIVE]

What borders are you referring to?

When I print out a 4x6 photo print, there is 3/16" white border on each end, but the top and bottom are borderless.

 

[apfhex]

When I print out a 4x6 photo print, there is 3/16" white border on each end, but the top and bottom are borderless.

Right... sounds like the photo is not 4x6. If yours is like the digital cameras I've used, then it takes photos in a 4:3 format. So yes, you need to crop the photo for the right dimensions for the 4x6 paper. "removing the borders" is a pretty inaccurate description though, implying that the actual photo had some sort of border around it.