How do I place a photo in Illustrator from my iPhoto Library?

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How do I place a photo in Illustrator from my iPhoto Library?

I am a graphic designer and I use Illustrator and Photoshop a lot. I don't use iPhoto for most of my photo editing but rather for the organizing it does with my photos in regard to me viewing them.

Since updating to iPhoto 08 the other day I am unable to get into my photos folder and place a photo in Illustrator or open a photo from Photoshop. (I have now figured out how to use Photoshop to edit...so that is not my real issue) Because of this new design to keep people out of the folder so they don't corrupt them, it also seems to keep me out from even placing a photo.

Other than physically making a copy of it and placing it into another folder how can I access these photos? I have tried dragging and dropping the photo from iPhoto to my Illustrator page, I get this message +"QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture."+

I can do a work around for Photoshop but what about Illustrator? Why can I not just place my photo?

I am sorry if this question is redundant to others being asked in regards to the "no easy access" to the main iPhoto Library but I didn't see any questions specifically asking about Illustrator.
Thanks.

G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Mar 3, 2008 8:32 PM

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Answer 1

Niel

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Mar 3, 2008 8:35 PM in response to Toni Sims

Control-click the library, choose Show Package Contents, and drag the photos into Illustrator without altering the package.

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Toni Sims Author

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Mar 4, 2008 9:28 AM in response to Niel

Thanks, yes that works.
I guess I am annoyed at this overall change they have made because they have added extra steps to do what I used to do faster. Maybe it is just different and I will get used to it. I personally appreciated access to my files in a more straightforward way. I wish there was a unlock button I could toggle to open that folder back up. Anyway thank you for the help.

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Answer 3

LarryHN

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Mar 4, 2008 9:45 AM in response to Toni Sims

Two things

1- When you go to Leopard the access is very easy and more direct

2 - for me I love the fact that I do NOT have to worry about having the latest version of the photo like I used to - now I export the photo (at worst - under Leopard I normally directly access the latest version) and know that it is the current version rather than looking at the original folder and the modified folder trying to remember the photo name (which makes exporting, using and deleting my preferred work flow under Tiger)

LN

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