Comments on: Adventures With iPhoto http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/01/28/adventures-with-iphoto/ 365 Days Of My Experience With Apple As A Switcher Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:18:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: macdanny http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/01/28/adventures-with-iphoto/#comment-69 macdanny Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:05:00 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/01/28/adventures-with-iphoto/#comment-69 Nick, you can view a slideshow from an album without creating a new slideshow. One of the last buttons to the right in the bottom of the iPhoto window is 'Play.' This will play all the photos in that album just as if you created it's own slideshow. One great thing is this feature is present in many parts of OS X where you have a group of photos in a single location. Another great thing about iPhoto's slideshows is that you can create a million of them and iPhoto will take next to zero disk space since nothing is actually being created. All the photos are simply reference files and only the custom effects and setting you add are saved. And those files are very small. This is why Mac OS X feels so much more snappy and iPhoto doesn't freak out when you do a lot of this stuff. I have 18,000 photos in my library and iPhoto is just as responsive as it was when I only had 7,000. <br /><br />Nick, you should definitely drop me a line. dannyr@apple.com is my e-mail. I would be glad to help you with a few things or answer any questions you might have. Nick, you can view a slideshow from an album without creating a new slideshow. One of the last buttons to the right in the bottom of the iPhoto window is ‘Play.’ This will play all the photos in that album just as if you created it’s own slideshow. One great thing is this feature is present in many parts of OS X where you have a group of photos in a single location. Another great thing about iPhoto’s slideshows is that you can create a million of them and iPhoto will take next to zero disk space since nothing is actually being created. All the photos are simply reference files and only the custom effects and setting you add are saved. And those files are very small. This is why Mac OS X feels so much more snappy and iPhoto doesn’t freak out when you do a lot of this stuff. I have 18,000 photos in my library and iPhoto is just as responsive as it was when I only had 7,000.

Nick, you should definitely drop me a line. dannyr@apple.com is my e-mail. I would be glad to help you with a few things or answer any questions you might have.

]]> By: Galley http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/01/28/adventures-with-iphoto/#comment-68 Galley Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:54:00 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/01/28/adventures-with-iphoto/#comment-68 One add-in you need to check out is Keyword Manager. <br />http://www.bullstorm.se/KeywordManager.php One add-in you need to check out is Keyword Manager.
http://www.bullstorm.se/KeywordManager.php

]]> By: Nick Young http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/01/28/adventures-with-iphoto/#comment-67 Nick Young Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:51:00 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/01/28/adventures-with-iphoto/#comment-67 @Galley, thanks for the plugin. I haven't started using keywords yet. It seems to be a very powerful aspect of iPhoto. If I would have had a bit more time I would have tinkered with them. I'll definitely give it a shot in the next few days.<br /><br />@Danny, GREAT! I don't know how I missed the 'Play' button, its right out in the open. I suppose that when you're trying to process a bunch of new info its easy to overlook things. It sounds like the iPhoto saved Slideshows are very efficient. Is there an easy way to organize them? I suppose you could add 'Slideshow' as a keyword to all of them and then use a smart folder. If you could store them all in an Album that would be the best since it would reduce clutter in the 'Source' tab. @Galley, thanks for the plugin. I haven’t started using keywords yet. It seems to be a very powerful aspect of iPhoto. If I would have had a bit more time I would have tinkered with them. I’ll definitely give it a shot in the next few days.

@Danny, GREAT! I don’t know how I missed the ‘Play’ button, its right out in the open. I suppose that when you’re trying to process a bunch of new info its easy to overlook things. It sounds like the iPhoto saved Slideshows are very efficient. Is there an easy way to organize them? I suppose you could add ‘Slideshow’ as a keyword to all of them and then use a smart folder. If you could store them all in an Album that would be the best since it would reduce clutter in the ‘Source’ tab.

]]> By: Nomad/Xero http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/01/28/adventures-with-iphoto/#comment-233 Nomad/Xero Thu, 15 Mar 2007 03:39:51 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/01/28/adventures-with-iphoto/#comment-233 I like a lot of things about iPhoto when I play with it, but I have never taken the time to look into how it handles the files, and I share your concern about letting an application handle my files. So I never made the jump into iPhoto. Maybe I will take another look at it now that I know what it is doing with my files... A lot of my pictures came from other peoples cameras and have bad dates. Have you found any way to change the date on a group of pictures? I have only figured out how to do it on one at a time. I like a lot of things about iPhoto when I play with it, but I have never taken the time to look into how it handles the files, and I share your concern about letting an application handle my files. So I never made the jump into iPhoto. Maybe I will take another look at it now that I know what it is doing with my files…

A lot of my pictures came from other peoples cameras and have bad dates. Have you found any way to change the date on a group of pictures? I have only figured out how to do it on one at a time.

]]> By: Nick Young http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/01/28/adventures-with-iphoto/#comment-238 Nick Young Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:13:51 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/01/28/adventures-with-iphoto/#comment-238 I was apprehensive about moving my photo's into iPhoto like you. But I just said screw it and I'm glad that I did. I'm sure that if you give it a shot you'll like it also. I have some photo's that have messed up date info as well. There is nice free piece of software called <a href="http://albumshaper.sourceforge.net/download.shtml" rel="nofollow">Reveal</a> that will let you allow to you edit the date taken data on your pictures. I didn't see a way to batch edit a bunch of photo's at once, but one at a time is better than nothing :) Oh, and the data saved within pictures is called EXIF data. You might be able to find a better editor if you do a bit of searching. I was apprehensive about moving my photo’s into iPhoto like you. But I just said screw it and I’m glad that I did. I’m sure that if you give it a shot you’ll like it also.

I have some photo’s that have messed up date info as well. There is nice free piece of software called Reveal that will let you allow to you edit the date taken data on your pictures. I didn’t see a way to batch edit a bunch of photo’s at once, but one at a time is better than nothing :) Oh, and the data saved within pictures is called EXIF data. You might be able to find a better editor if you do a bit of searching.

]]> By: Meg http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/01/28/adventures-with-iphoto/#comment-1111 Meg Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:40:26 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/01/28/adventures-with-iphoto/#comment-1111 I was so hoping I'd found the gold at the end of the rainbow with your post, but alas, I have iPhoto '08 (7.1.1) and it seems Apple has changed things a bit. I share your same concerns with knowing where my data is stored and changing to MAC from the Windows world. ( I'm running 3 machines currently and trying to get it all onto my new MacBook Pro.) But when I followed your path as stated in the original post - /Users/uid/Pictures/iPhoto Library/ directory - I didn't end up in a folder where I could browse/sort/etc. Clicking on the iPhoto Library simply launches the app. So - any ideas where '08 puts the goods? I was so hoping I’d found the gold at the end of the rainbow with your post, but alas, I have iPhoto ‘08 (7.1.1) and it seems Apple has changed things a bit.

I share your same concerns with knowing where my data is stored and changing to MAC from the Windows world. ( I’m running 3 machines currently and trying to get it all onto my new MacBook Pro.) But when I followed your path as stated in the original post - /Users/uid/Pictures/iPhoto Library/ directory - I didn’t end up in a folder where I could browse/sort/etc. Clicking on the iPhoto Library simply launches the app.

So - any ideas where ‘08 puts the goods?

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