GIMP - Why Can't I Access My iPhoto Library?

I suggest you Stop Allowing iPhoto to Import your images, which copies and or moves them into it own Database system. When you take new images, or however you get them, you Copy them to a Folder on your drive then if you chose to use iPhoto there is a setting to NOT Move/Copy then into it own file system. When you import them it will leave them where they are and just make a Catalog of them. That way they will always be accessible to other photo viewing/editing programs without having to use iPhoto.

Or you could spring for a Real Photo cataloging & RAW image editing program like Adobe Lightroom.

I have tried the same things. I have used Gimp as photo editor from Mac book pro for at least 10 years. Never had problems importing image to gimp ..... what’s the deal with iPad Pro.

Seems like an easy solution.

Just tell me where to save my image files other than in photo library.

Please ..... I really like Gimp👍👍

Are your photo in the iPhoto Library? Normally they are brought into the library structure but not if you selected Not to import them into the Library folder.

But in your screen shot you have Highlighted the iPhoto Library FOLDER. Open that folder and you may find, see, your imgaes.

Don't touch the iPhoto library with GIMP or anything else except iPhoto. Export the images from within iPhoto and then import them into GIMP.

When I do this I see the images. What version of Gimp are you running?

But as Linc wrote you should export the images from iPhoto or better yet make Gimp iPhotos external editor. See iPhoto->Preferences->Advanced

where do you suggest I export them to?

Create a new folder on the Desktop and export into that.

It looks like you successfully exported the images from iPhoto. Anything beyond that is a GIMP tech support question. I suggest you find a user forum dedicated to it.

The correct way to use Gimp - or any image editor - with iPhoto is to use it as an external editor.

You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.

Nothing dificult about it.

I agree with GIMP as the external editor.

Using the native GIMP 2.8.2 on Mountain Lion 10.8.2.

Opened GIMP and created a toilet paper template at 4.5x4.5 at 300dpi. Then opened iPhoto '11 v9.4.2. Selected a picture, copied it, and back in GIMP, used the edit > paste as image option. Worked fine.

First you should get the latest version 2.8.2. It's native now and there is no need for X11 .

Second if you intend to continue using iPhoto in connection with GIMP then set GIMP as the external editor for iPhoto as I outlined in my previous post.

If you are not going to use iPhoto then just go into the iPhoto Library into the Masters folder and move out all the image files into a folder structure of your choice. And then access the files from there.

But I think you'll be better off to continue to use iPhoto for file management and basic edits and then send images to GIMP as needed.

regards