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Level 1

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Change in iPhoto to Photos is Sickening

Does anyone else feel as I do?

What Apple has done by changing the entire setup of iphoto is appalling.

I cannot find ANY photos that I had arranged. What the **** good is it to force us to put them in by date? We had that option before!!!

I am so GD angry over this, I am going to get rid of apple and move on.

I had no idea they would do something so drastic that would ruin a collection of several thousand photos. I do not even know that I can ever get back what I had.

Shouldn't collections of ANYTHING, be organized according to how the person who owns them, decides to do it?

To make it THEIR OWN collection, not something that is forced upon them and organized according to how SOMEONE ELSE wants it done?!

This is sickening and I am extremely angry almost in tears.

I cannot even figure out how to put my photos back to the groupings I had them in....

Done with a company that can give me this much stress and anger.

Done.

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Apr 26, 2015 3:28 PM

40 replies

Csound1

Level 9

59,985 points

Apr 27, 2015 6:58 AM in response to Philly_Phan

😁

Csound1

Level 9

59,985 points

Apr 27, 2015 7:01 AM in response to Philly_Phan

For your iPhone, try 645 PRO

R C-R

Level 6

17,782 points

Apr 27, 2015 7:19 AM in response to Philly_Phan

Philly_Phan wrote:

I couldn't detect any difference in the editor but I don't use iPhoto's editor anyway.

The Photos editor has quite a few features that the iPhoto one lacked, & even the ones iPhoto did have have been enhanced in Photos. Some are not immediately obvious, like all the options available for the "Adjust" button. To see them, you click on "Add" & get this menu:

You can save the selected set as the default with the last menu item or just add the one(s) you need on an ad hoc basis to save screen clutter. Plus, many of these items have both the default simple adjustment mode & a more 'tweakable' one that can be shown or hidden by clicking on the V-shaped icon that appears when you move the pointer near the name of the adjustment, like this:

Obviously, it won't replace a high end (& expensive!) photo editor like Photoshop or Lightroom, but for many users it offers more than enough editing power ... & it is hard to beat the price. 😉

Philly_Phan

Level 7

20,707 points

Apr 27, 2015 7:45 AM in response to R C-R

Like I said, I didn't look all that closely at the editing. By the time I put a photo into iPhoto, I'm finished with the editing. I'm also kinda anal about editing JPGs - most of the hidden "meat" is gone and each save incrementally reduces the quality. I always begin with NEF (Nikon's RAW) in Lightroom and export to TIFF for final manipulation in PhotoShop. I don't convert to JPG until I'm completely finished the editing and I intend to distribute it.

As a cataloging mechanism, Photos is (for me) a step backwards. See my previous post for details.

LarryHN

Level 10

106,116 points

Apr 27, 2015 7:48 AM in response to Philly_Phan

As a cataloging mechanism, Photos is (for me) a step backwards.

Then simply do not use it - use the program you prefer

Philly_Phan

Level 7

20,707 points

Apr 27, 2015 7:52 AM in response to LarryHN

LarryHN wrote:

As a cataloging mechanism, Photos is (for me) a step backwards.

Then simply do not use it - use the program you prefer

LN

Absolutely. I already said that (at least twice).

Csound1

Level 9

59,985 points

Apr 27, 2015 7:52 AM in response to Philly_Phan

I certainly miss some of iPhotos functions, but I have used them for some time, Photos is new, but so was iPhoto once, I learned that. For now iPhoto is what I use for digital pictures, but I have working install of Photos to play with. So far I see some good things, editing is one.

still no match for a developing tray and bath of fix though.