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How to view dvd I have burnt

I have burnt photos from iPhoto to a dvd using the iphoto burn programme. I used a dvd as I haved a couple of hundred I wanted to burn. Now I would like to view them on the computer.


As soon as insert the dvd, iPhoto opens and there is a section in the lefthand column called SHARED. Under this heading is the name of the file I copied to the dvd. When I click on thatr name, the dvd's contents are displayed in iphoto and I can view them.


When I click on the dvd's icon on the desktop, I get a window with a picture of a folder, under which it says it contains 4 items. I clicked on the folder icon and it opens a new window showing 4 options:


Database

Masters

Previews

Thumbnails


Clicking on each one produces a variety of results, but nothing so simple as starting to show the pictures.


My question is:

How can I simply watch the pictures?

Do I have to watch them in iphoto or is there another way?


Thanks for the help

iMac

Posted on May 28, 2012 4:57 AM

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May 28, 2012 7:23 PM in response to canalhopper

What version of iPhoto are you using?


The DVD you described contains an iPhoto library not individual image files. Did you use the Burn command in the Share menu? As the box says that command creates a DVD for use in iPhoto:


User uploaded file


If what you want is just the images and not the iPhoto library structure you need to burn just the images. You would use File->Export and export the images in the format quality you need for their intended use.


If you want to use the DVD's you have already burned you could open the Masters folder you found on the DVD and poke around in there. That is where iPhoto puts the master files.


regards

May 29, 2012 6:30 AM in response to canalhopper

Thanks Dave I did all that and reached the stage I described in my original question. Frank, I am using iPhoto '11 version 9.1.5. What you suggested in your message is that I did in the first place. I have tried to export again. I got to the Export box, with all the options for Kind, JPEG quality etc. That was where I was before. I put a new dvd in. I opened iPhoto and highlighted the album I wanted to copy to the DVD. I clicked on Export and selected File Export. I then selected: Kind: JPEG JPEG Quality: Medium Size: Full size File name: User filename I didn't put anything in the "Prefix for sequential" box ( I didn't know what it meant.......) Then I clicked on Export. Now a new window opens which I think is the Finder, as it has Applications, downloads, etc in it. But the iPhoto programme isn't there, so I can't select the album I want. Why is life so complicated?!

May 29, 2012 6:53 AM in response to canalhopper

While you can export from iPhoto and burn the images to a DVD in one step I suggest you use a two step process, export from iPhoto to a folder on your HD and then burn the folder to a DVD.


In iPhoto first select all the images you want to burn to the DVD and then do File->Export. Set the parameters for the export depending on how you will use the images on the DVD. Unless your going to be using the images for printing you can scale back on size and quality. You may need to experiment with the settings to find the best combination of quality vs. how much disk space you use up.


Now select Export the next window that opens lets you select where the images will be written to. I would create a new folder on your desktop (say Image Export) and use that. Now all the exported images will be written to that folder.


Once that is done quit iPhoto, open Finder and select the folder you wrote the images to. You might want to look at a few images and make sure they got exported OK. Now with the folder selected in Finder go to File->Burn "Folder Name" to disc. Then follow the prompts.


That should do it. It sounds more complex then it really is but once you've done it you'll see its no big eal.


good luck

May 29, 2012 7:40 AM in response to canalhopper

canalhopper - Life is not so complicated. You just have to learn to do it the right way first time. As explained, export your photos to a folder first. Choose high quality jpg cos it is universal. Then, burn that folder to a DVD as data.


Point to consider: DVDs have a shelf life of 3-5 years (CDs 6-8 years). Store them upright in a hard case out of light and away from any heat source. Date them and remember to burn them onto new DVDs every few years. There is nothing worse than loosing a few hundred/thousand photos because of an old DVD disc. I use hard drives to back up my photos and videos, especially family photos and videos. However, I don't use the hard drives for anything else besides saving data. They are stored in sealed containers and always ready to pop into an enclosure to get my images back. I have experimented with saving my precious data for many years and having a bank of hard drives is the best way. Flash drives (thumb drives) are also good, but they also have a limited shelf life if you use them a lot.

May 29, 2012 8:19 AM in response to Frank Caggiano

Many thanks Frank. That has done the trick. A real help.


Two more questions, please:


1. Why has your first answer come up as the one that solved my question? I didn't think I had selected it. In fact, it is your second answer that solved my question, and I would like to acknowledge that.

2. Now that I have the pictures on the cd, how do I view tham? They are all there on the cd, but as thumnails. Supposing I wanted to view tham as a) a slde show or b) one by one full size, how could I do that, please?

Thank you Silly Rabbit for your information. I do have an external hard drive, and I will bear in mind what you say about DVD's.

I much appreciate your time and patience, Frank and Silly Rabbit.

May 29, 2012 10:57 AM in response to canalhopper

Just a further point: Yes, an external hard drive is a good thing, but like every electronic device they have a limit to their running life span. I have a couple of external hard drives that I use for day-to-day data, but the data I want to keep is on hard drives I don't use and are sealed and stored, I only use them to add or retrieve data. Tupperware is a wonderful product for storing hard drives.


Viewing your photos from a disc is not so simple. You can select all (control + A) and open them in Preview, which will give you a static view of each image. You can flick through them with your remote control. To view them as a slideshow is not so easy. You can use third party software, which is not free. The easiest way is to place your photos into iPhoto, create a slideshow, export the slideshow as a QuickTime movie or to iTunes and save the movie file to DVD for future viewing through QuickTime. Once saved as a QuickTime or iTunes file you can use Front Row and the remote to show your slideshow. After you have your QT slideshow you can delete the photos from iPhoto, but have them backed up to DVD or hard drive for future editing. - Slideshows do not take up as much hard drive space as individual images.


You have to think ahead, which has been Apple's slogan base for many years. If you get into a habit of backing up your data, deciding what and how you want to present, the options are limitless. The iLife suite, plus Front Row and your remote make your Mac your entertainment center. Stop thinking laterally and make the most of your Mac. A bit of 3D thinking will let you achieve what you want. It is not Windoze!

May 29, 2012 1:02 PM in response to canalhopper

Glad it helped.


As for question 1 don;t know for sure why the wrong post got marked as solved. There have been some issues with the posting software here so that might have something to do with it.


For question 2 Silly Rabbit gave some good info. In addition you can select the first image to view and then hit the space bar to open quick view. The use the up/down arrow keys to go from image to image.


If you want a true sideshow you can select all the images you want in the sideshow from thre Finder and open them in Preview. Then once Preview is open go to View->Sideshow


regards

May 30, 2012 6:18 AM in response to Frank Caggiano

Sorry for this, but I have another question, please..........


I have successfully burnt the photos to the CD. But it burns them in order of the number on the image.

Now the photo album I am trying to get onto CD is a mixture of photos from different cameras. When the CD is burnt, the photos don't come out in chronological order, even though the iPhoto album IS in chronological order.

Is there any way I can tell the cd to burn the photos in the same order as they are placed in the iphoto album?

May 30, 2012 10:40 AM in response to canalhopper

Nice question! This becomes a huge problem if you have more than one source for your images like, iPhone, iPod, iPad, digital camera, digital video camera, etc. It is a bit of playing around and you will probably not achieve what you want. You need to create many folders, one for each event or album and drop them into that specific sub-folder. Then, burn the master folder to disc.


Again, it comes down to how you manage your data. Slideshows, events, albums, etc. What and how you save them is what you get back.

May 30, 2012 10:49 AM in response to canalhopper

What if you select Sequential when you export:


User uploaded file

That will prefix the images with numbers running sequentially, that may do you want you need. You'll have to experiment with to see.


What you may also need to do is to make one album that contains all the images you are exporting and make sure those are in the order you want, then use sequential when you export.


As I said you'll need to play around with it to se if these ideas will help.


regards

May 31, 2012 3:40 AM in response to Frank Caggiano

Thank you Silly Rabbit and Frank.

I selected sequential and it worked. The photos are on the CD in the order we want. Brilliant!

May I presume upon your good natures for a further question? Please tell me if you prefer not to continue with this thread or if I should make a new post. I shall understand!

All of the last year's imports are sitting in the "Last Twelve Months" folder in iPhoto. This is how iPhoto was set up when I bought the imac.

I deleted all of the pictures from the "Last Twelve Months" folder, as I had put them into new albums of different subjects.

However, this caused the pictures to disappear from the albums.

So I undid the move, brought them back out of Trash and now they'rte back in the albums.

I would like to empty the Last Twelve Months folder as it has 1600 photos in it, all of which have been transferred to albums. Is it possible to do this, please, and still keep them in the albums?

May 31, 2012 8:16 PM in response to canalhopper

canalhopper - Your photos in the library, events and 'last 12 months' folders are the original images. When you place them into albums they are not actually copied, so you must keep them in the library, events & 12months or, as you now know, you will delete them from iPhoto. Creating new albums does not increase how much disc space used. It only creates a kind of short-cut between the album and the library within iPhoto. If the 'last 12 months' album is bothering you, you can remove the album from view in the preferences.


Hope this helps

SR

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