Q: album/folders not appearing
Hi all,
I'm not sure if this question should be in the "Photo" section, or in "Final Cut Pro X". Here is my issue: I do a lot of video editing for friends (anniversary slide shows etc.). I get the raw videos and pictures they want in the slideshow. I import the pictures into Photo and then make an album and drag the specific pictures into it. I have over 12,000 pictures in my library.
I then open up Final Cut and in the program I can open Photo and then locate the album I need to import from. For some reason, the new albums are not showing. I can see older albums I've created over the years, but not the new ones.
Could this be something to do with Photo vs. iPhoto? I never really paid any attention to the change from iPhoto to Photo since I do more video work than pictures. I just figured that Apple made a change and it's better to just go along with it instead of tilting against windmills.
It then causes me much pain to put the pictures into a folder on my desktop and then go back to FC and import from there. Any editing or enhancing to the pictures I did in Photo have to be re-done in FC. As it's not a photo editor, this just adds time and aggravation.
Please help. What am I doing wrong, and more importantly, how do I get to view my albums in FC so that I can import them?
thanx, Jack
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5), FCP-X 10.2.3, Photo V 1.3, iPhoto
Posted on Jul 29, 2016 8:08 AM
have you enabled your Photos Library as your System Photo Library?
Check the Photos Preferences > General.
The option "Use as system Photo Library" should be grayed out, to show that it is enabled.
If it is not, click it, then restart both Photos and Final Cut.
Are you using iCloud Photo Library? If yes, are you using "Optimize Storage"? iF that should be the case, ensure, that the photos you are using are stored locally and have been downloaded from iCloud.
Posted on Jul 29, 2016 8:20 AM
