iphoto imports upright photos as black

Note that doing thus will eliminate all edits, etc so it is not a good solution for the typical iPhoto user.

LN

This worked for me but I still have the smaller versions in black. Not sure if these are the thumbnails or what. This is seriously ridiculous. Why do I have thumbnails showing in iphoto anyway? Honestly managing my photos in windows was so much easier. Yes it takes organizing in folders and takes up more space but at least I knew what was going on. In iphoto any video imported from my camera now shows up as triplicate. One video, one thumbnail for the video and one thumbnail from iphoto. Does any of this make sense?

Just to be fair.... "Some" landscape photos show up fine but all my portrait and all videos are duplicated. Again, if a photo is modified, which I am not sure why these are considered modified (I never modify my photos), then the originals should not show up in iphoto. Something really wrong......

1. Stay out of the iPhoto library. It is a SQL database and there are no user serviceable parts in it. Any changes made will cause data loss

2. In iPhoto you organize using albums and folders and smart albums.

LN

I found this fix to work. It was very easy to do on import since you can use the click-command key to select just the black frames. Or, as suggested you can select all imported pictures and then revert back.

I have iPhoto 9.2.3 so this is not just a 9.3 issue.

http://www.philmug.ph/forum/f19/fix-iphoto-black-portrait-images-84679/

EXIF stands for 'exchangeable image file format'. Long and complex Wikipedia explanation here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchangeable_image_file_format

Simply put, it contains extra information about a photo, including things like the make and model of the camera, date and time of the photo, exposure, whether or not the flash fired, GPS data, orientation of the photo, etc.

Somehow, some cameras, including some iPhones, seem to be producing images with EXIF data that is not campitable with some versions of iPhoto.

I think that rotating the photo in iPhoto causes iPhoto to rewrite the EXIF data in a format with which it is compatible.

For those interested I have posted EXIF data for a portrait (vertical) and landscape (horizontal) image here:

http://pastebin.com/th7eV14R

I had the exact same issue. I was using Iphoto 9.2.3 with a Canon Rebel XS and everything was fine until four days ago. Suddenly photos that are vertical (portrait) would import as black. If I go into edit mode the photo would be viewable. Making changes such as turning it would solve the problem but I was not about to turn each photo as I take hundreds of photos each day.

I rebuilt the thumbnail cache (http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2511) and the problem was solved. I just imported some photos today and they are fine.

This fixed me, thanks so much!

This is the best work around of them all. Thanks Khrob!

I admit, I did not read thru the whole thread, but since I've encountered the problem (iPhone pictures were suddenly not recognized, could not be imported into iPhoto 9.2.3) I've found a simple solution: Disk Doctor->Repair Permissions. Eveything is back to normal. Hope this helps to someone. 🙂

I just encountered the same problem. Reparing permissions didn't help, but I found the fix here: http://www.philmug.ph/forum/f19/fix-iphoto-black-portrait-images-84679/

Select black photos, photos> rotate clockwise, then photos> restore original.

I hope this helps someone!

Sir, you are a genius!

Macbook Air 13

Canon SD850

Thank you!

I have had this problem for a while - but in my Aperture album - i'm on macbook pro 10.7.5, Aperture 3.4.4 and i was able to resolve a few by doing the edit - adjust, or tilt photo and it resolves - but that is not a real solution. what causes the problem and how can it be truly resolved?

Thanks

Myrna

Thanks for the suggestion, not ideal but at least not lost!