Forums
New posts
Articles
Product Reviews
Policies
FAQ
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Apps and Programs
iphoto? questions...
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="NanoBite" data-source="post: 402273" data-attributes="member: 13565"><p>Hi, I'm no expert, BUT ... I finally decided to sort out my 1994 individual photos into groups etc and subsequently discovered some of the neat features that were hitherto unknown to me a month ago ...</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkRed">1.</span></strong> When you import photos just highlight them in the Library Window and right-click and select Batch Rename and in the 2nd pull-down menu, select Text and also there's a box to tick if you want numbers appended as well.</p><p></p><p>While your at it, open iPhoto -> Preferences -> Keywords and rename some of those keywords to what you really need them to be. When finished, right-click on one or several photos in the main Library window and select Show Info. Assign an appropriate KeyWord as per one you prepared earlier.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: Olive">2.</span></strong> Highlight a group of photos that fall within a catagory/keyword etc and drag them to the Sources Pane to the left. An Album will be created and you can just name it accordingly. Next, select all the photos in this album and assign an appropriate keyword.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: Sienna">3.</span></strong> If you edit a photo, iPhoto keeps the original pristine, in case you want to revert to the original, as in ...Photos -> Revert To The Original. </p><p></p><p>While this takes up space it is worth it to have the original intact. If you don't plan to use the original, before you edit - right-click the photo in question and select Show File. Keep the Finder window that opens in the Background and memorise the name of the file or highlight it for the next step. Return to iPhoto and go on editing the photo and save it. Then go to the opened Finder Window and delete the original - you won't be deleting the edited copy.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue">4.</span></strong> Leave those nested iPhoto folders as they are or things can get messy.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: Navy">5.</span></strong> Any photo/s you import are imported straight to:</p><p></p><p><em>YourUserName -> Pictures -> iPhoto Library</em>, </p><p></p><p>and an alias is placed within the iPhoto Application Library Window. It's an alias nothing more.</p><p><strong><span style="color: Indigo"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: Indigo">6.</span></strong> The main Library window is full of alias'. If you drag'n'drop any of the alias' - they remain alias'. </p><p></p><p>You can have the same photo in several Albums but it's an alias non-the-less. If you delete an alias from an Album in the left Source Pane, they are not deleted from your Library display Window NOR are they deleted from:</p><p></p><p><em>YourUserAccount -> Pictures -> iPhoto Library</em>.</p><p></p><p>There is an option in the menu somewhere for a particular photo/s to be sent in an email, so just select the photo/s and go to:</p><p></p><p><em>Share -> Email</em>. </p><p></p><p>This launches Mail.app with a new message window open and the emails already attached... how cool!</p><p></p><p>Finally, you can create as many Albums, or Folders to store those Albums, as you like. So I have a Folder named Family, and within it are several Albums to do with the KeyWord "Family". You can also drag a folder from your desktop containing photos, straight to the Source Pane and it will automatically be grouped into an Album and you will be prompted to name it.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps you out.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcq9C2oXJAA" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: Red">I uploaded this vid to YouTube last week, it shows how you can drag'n'drop folders of photos from the Desktop into iPhoto.</span></em></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>-</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]5952[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NanoBite, post: 402273, member: 13565"] Hi, I'm no expert, BUT ... I finally decided to sort out my 1994 individual photos into groups etc and subsequently discovered some of the neat features that were hitherto unknown to me a month ago ... [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]1.[/COLOR][/B] When you import photos just highlight them in the Library Window and right-click and select Batch Rename and in the 2nd pull-down menu, select Text and also there's a box to tick if you want numbers appended as well. While your at it, open iPhoto -> Preferences -> Keywords and rename some of those keywords to what you really need them to be. When finished, right-click on one or several photos in the main Library window and select Show Info. Assign an appropriate KeyWord as per one you prepared earlier. [B][COLOR="Olive"]2.[/COLOR][/B] Highlight a group of photos that fall within a catagory/keyword etc and drag them to the Sources Pane to the left. An Album will be created and you can just name it accordingly. Next, select all the photos in this album and assign an appropriate keyword. [B][COLOR="Sienna"]3.[/COLOR][/B] If you edit a photo, iPhoto keeps the original pristine, in case you want to revert to the original, as in ...Photos -> Revert To The Original. While this takes up space it is worth it to have the original intact. If you don't plan to use the original, before you edit - right-click the photo in question and select Show File. Keep the Finder window that opens in the Background and memorise the name of the file or highlight it for the next step. Return to iPhoto and go on editing the photo and save it. Then go to the opened Finder Window and delete the original - you won't be deleting the edited copy. [B][COLOR="DarkSlateBlue"]4.[/COLOR][/B] Leave those nested iPhoto folders as they are or things can get messy. [B][COLOR="Navy"]5.[/COLOR][/B] Any photo/s you import are imported straight to: [I]YourUserName -> Pictures -> iPhoto Library[/I], and an alias is placed within the iPhoto Application Library Window. It's an alias nothing more. [B][COLOR="Indigo"] 6.[/COLOR][/B] The main Library window is full of alias'. If you drag'n'drop any of the alias' - they remain alias'. You can have the same photo in several Albums but it's an alias non-the-less. If you delete an alias from an Album in the left Source Pane, they are not deleted from your Library display Window NOR are they deleted from: [I]YourUserAccount -> Pictures -> iPhoto Library[/I]. There is an option in the menu somewhere for a particular photo/s to be sent in an email, so just select the photo/s and go to: [I]Share -> Email[/I]. This launches Mail.app with a new message window open and the emails already attached... how cool! Finally, you can create as many Albums, or Folders to store those Albums, as you like. So I have a Folder named Family, and within it are several Albums to do with the KeyWord "Family". You can also drag a folder from your desktop containing photos, straight to the Source Pane and it will automatically be grouped into an Album and you will be prompted to name it. Hope this helps you out. [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcq9C2oXJAA"][I][COLOR="Red"]I uploaded this vid to YouTube last week, it shows how you can drag'n'drop folders of photos from the Desktop into iPhoto.[/COLOR][/I][/URL] - [ATTACH=full]5952[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Apps and Programs
iphoto? questions...
Top