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I have spent hours editing family photos and started using them as my wallpaper - changing each day.
Unfortunately, the unedited photos are what show up in the wallpaper/screen savers.
How do I get the edited version to show up?
Thank you
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
thank you - I didn't say I wanted destructive editing. I said I didn't understand why the edits weren't used in the important ways you would use an edited photo. I may not want to throw my negatives away but I certainly don't show those to folks when I'm trying to show them the photos.
In trying to deduce your solve on this - export all of my library into another library so only the edited photos are visible as wallpaper and in slide shows?
It just seems like there would be an easier and less redundant way to do this.
That's all I was after.
Thank you for your time and thoughtful suggestions.
thank you - I didn't say I wanted destructive editing. I said I didn't understand why the edits weren't used in the important ways you would use an edited photo. I may not want to throw my negatives away but I certainly don't show those to folks when I'm trying to show them the photos.
In trying to deduce your solve on this - export all of my library into another library so only the edited photos are visible as wallpaper and in slide shows?
It just seems like there would be an easier and less redundant way to do this.
That's all I was after.
Thank you for your time and thoughtful suggestions.
As a Test:
Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'
Import a few pics into this new, blank library. Is the Problem repeated there?
Post back with the result.
I did as you suggested. The edited photos show as edited. Why does iPhoto save the original when a photo has been edited? I understand why it would be a good idea to have the original but it shouldn't override the edited photos in something like wallpaper or slideshows.
Why does iPhoto save the original - because that is the correct way to do things - you do not destroy you negatives after you print a photo and you certainly do not destroy your original (the digital negative) after you edit it
iPhoto uses lossless editing and the edits are not applied to the photo but record in a database - when you need the edited photos these edits are applies to the original so you are never more than one step form the original no matter how many edits you make
If you want destructive editing then use different software - there is lots out there including PhotoShop Elements for example
LN
All that's happened is that your ;library has some minor corruption
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD
Thank you!
edited photos show unedited in wallpaper
