Finding modified pictures in iPhoto

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Finding modified pictures in iPhoto

I am creating a webpage on iWeb and am trying to put edited pictures that are in my modified folders on the page, but I'm not sure how I can find my modified pictures in the media section. Whenever I want to access my modified pictures normally I do it through finder because I don't know how to find them in iPhoto. (It appears that I HAVE to use iPhoto in iWeb and can't directly import it from finder) I know they have to be there somewhere because I tried to drag the particular modified folder I wanted into iPhoto and it says it is already there. Also I notice when I search for a particular folder in finder the path that it got there was through iPhoto then either original or modified.

Sorry if that doesn't make any sense, I've been working on it for a bit now and just can't figure it out. Any ideas?

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Jul 25, 2010 11:47 AM

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jacklynnfry Author

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Jul 25, 2010 1:28 PM in response to jacklynnfry

Okay so I found this thread and it helped for future reference as far as how I can save the files in a way that I can have the edited pictures in iPhoto http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2438840&tstart=0 My only question with that is, are my originals still somewhere? Also often I like to edit a picture a few different ways, is there a way that I can edit the same picture a few different ways and have them show up in iPhoto?

How can I get photos that I have already edited and "saved as" which I now know is a no-no. There is no way I can go back through and re-edit them all. There has got to be a way somehow to add my already edited but saved wrong pictures into iPhoto so I can put them on my iWeb page.

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Yer_Man

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Jul 25, 2010 1:32 PM in response to jacklynnfry

My only question with that is, are my originals still somewhere?

Yes. Check out File -> Export, Kind Original. iPhoto always preserves your Original image.

Also often I like to edit a picture a few different ways, is there a way that I can edit the same picture a few different ways and have them show up in iPhoto?

Yes, duplicate the original prior to editing.

If you're seriously interested in different versions from a single master, then explore Aperture.

Regards

TD

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jacklynnfry Author

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Jul 25, 2010 1:37 PM in response to Yer_Man

Thanks for the answers!

The only question I have left then is if I can some how get pictures I have already "saved as" and edited back into iPhoto?

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Yer_Man

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Jul 25, 2010 1:39 PM in response to jacklynnfry

With considerable care = I strongly recommend you back up first - you can do this.

Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library there. Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window will open with the Library exposed.

Look in the Modified folder for the images you want to recover. Drag them to the desktop and then import them to iPhoto

However, remember, if you remove the wrong files that you'll trash the Library.

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TD

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jacklynnfry Author

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Jul 25, 2010 1:59 PM in response to Yer_Man

Thank you so much! That worked perfectly. I was trying to simply drag them from that folder right into iPhoto and for some reason putting them on the desktop first then dragging them into iPhoto does the trick. I was nervous about losing the pictures so I made duplicates first before I put them on the desktop just in case I some how did something wrong 🙂

I really appreciate your time in helping me!

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