Moving scanned B&W photos to I photo

I have an Epson V300 Photo Scanner connected to a Mac Book Pro. I can scan all pictures into the Pictures folder. I can easily move the color pictures over to Iphoto however when I try to move a B&W photo it says it's an unreadable file. How can I move B&W photos to Iphoto after scanned

Have a look at Old Toad's post here
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11643798#11643798
it links to a small little app he made that will do just that.
Regards
TD

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There are two kinds of metadata involved when you consider jpeg or other image file.
One is the file data. This is what the Finder shows. This tells you nothing about the contents of the file, just the File itself.
The problem with File metadata is that it can easily change as the file is moved from place to place or exported, e-mailed, uploaded etc.
Photographs have also got both Exif and IPTC metadata. The date and time that your camera snapped the Photograph is recorded in the Exif metadata. Regardless if what the file date says, this is the actual time recorded by the camera.
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When you export from iPhoto to the Finder new file is created containing your Photo (and its Exif). The File date is - quite accurately - reported as the date of Export.
However, the Photo Date doesn't change.
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Scan in mutiple photos in one file, can I crop multiple photos...

at same time?
I don't know how to scan multiple photos as distinct file. I scan 5-6 pics it comes out at one file that I import into iPhoto. While it's very easy to crop each photo out of the file, I have to import the file as many times as there are photos
to crop.
I hope I've been clear. Is there a smarter way to work. I don't see a way to scan
the 5-6 pics as different files in my scanner software.
Thanks

Joshua:
Vuescan is a 3rd party scanning application which can do batch scanning but is a little more difficult to set up. It works with most scanners.
If you have a Canon scanner you can scan in multiple photos at one time and have the scanner software crop, not as close as I'd like, each one individually and present to you in the editor of your choice or the one that comes with it.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

I recently moved all of my photos from one portable drive to a new and much larger one. I use LR 5 and and all of the folders now have a ? in their folder icon. The thumbnail is there but no actual photo. How do i reconnect them?

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Jim Boehme
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Duplicate post
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iPhoto has been moving my geo tagged photos to the wrong place, sometimes it is just moving a few of them to a different town a few miles away but after opening it today it moved about 60 pictures taken in Maui to somewhere in Idaho. Is anyone else having this problem or know how to fix it? I'm getting tired of having to move my photos back to where they were taken as it is not very easy anymore with the newest version of iPhoto.

Sorry but I do not understand your question
As to importing iPhoto simply copies the photos to the iPhoto llibrary - no changes of any sort are made
LN

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I would like to bring a large number of film prints into my digital life. I cannot bear the thought of using a flatbed scanner for several hundreds of photos (if not more). I figure I have two choices: 1) a service I mail photos to and they send me digital files or 2) buy a scanner that has a feeder. Would appreciate suggestions on either account. If a service, appreciate any recommendations. If a scanner, any suggestions on make/model would be greatly appreciated as it seems there is not much info on which scanners (or multi-function printers) perform that task well. Many thanks!

I am one of those people who has scanned in thousands of photos ! I have about 15000 photos, and probably about 9000-10000 are scanned in. I actually DID use a flatbed scanner. Wore out the first one, an HP so that it began to burn in the flat ribbon band lines. Got an inexpensive Epson perfection 2480
http://pcworld.about.com/news/Jul262004id117057.htm that can scan photos and slides and have been very happy with it. It is an older model, but I am sure there is a comparable newer model.
It actually went much faster than I had thought. I placed 4-6 photos on the scanner at one time, depending on the size of the photos. First did a preview to see all of them, then did the scan of each one onto my desktop. When the desktop appeared full, I imported them into iPhoto Libraries according to the years they were taken.
I DO have all of my photos in photo albums, labeled on the inside front cover what time span the album encompasses, so it was quite easy to keep the photos in the correct order.
The Epson has a color corrector that I used if it appeared that the photo had become discolored. You might give it a try before you just turn over your photos to a service. What if they lose them? Mix them up with someone else's? Just be sure the service is reliable, and not exhorbitantly expensive. Have you seen this?:
http://www.scanmyphotos.com/ That looks quite good! I may consider doing that with some of my slides, as this is just too much to do myself.
I have not used a feeder type of scanner, but if I have to sit there and make sure the photos are feeding correctly, I may as well just be scanning them individually. See these for reports of problems/issues/use of them:
http://photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00DH2T
http://www.superwarehouse.com/HPAutomatic_Photo_Feeder_for_Scanjet_4570CXi,_5500C,5500CXi/C9926A/p/142116
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=348125
http://reviews.cnet.com/scanners/?filter=5021585320574
You might also like this:
http://www.homevideo101.com/automatic-feed-photo-scanners/
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There was a terrific article last year about scanning photos, from MacWorld:
http://www.macworld.com/article/50580/2006/05/newlife.html
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http://www.rideau-info.com/photos/mythdpi.html

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Why aren't my scanned photos showing up in iphoto? I have an HP scanner with the option to import directly to iphoto. It says "sending to destination" but it never gets to iphoto. I scanned hundreds of photos several months and it worked fine with the photos going directly into iphoto - now it won't work. Any suggestions?

As the feature is part of your scanner set up nd not iPhoto, you'd need to ask the makers of that for help.
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TD

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Select faces in the source pane on the left and select a person on the corkboard and double click - it will open showing the faces you have identified for them and below it will be a section for you to confirm or deny suggestions for more
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Hi there,
I have a fairly large iPhoto library spanning over 800 events and 49,000 pictures, all arranged chronologically. I am about to start scanning in a lot of old memorabilia that I will eventually want to put new scanned images into the relevant events.
The thing I am wanting to know is as new content will be automatically added to the bottom of the event list as it will be deemed to be pretty current by date, is there a way that you can import specific images into specific older Event folders ? I wouldn't mind doing it manually, it's just pretty slow dragging stuff up the Event list order. Even with my Event preview windows set as small as they go and my iPhoto window as large as possible to get as many Event windows visible in a row, there are still more than 100 rows and it can take literally minutes to frag new additions from the bottom of the order to the top.
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No, you cannot import to a specified event. Each new import is processed as an Event.
Easier than dragging and dropping might be to Flag pics to be moved, then select the target Event and use the 'Add Flagged Photos to Selected Event' command in the Events Menu.
Also, with 800 Events, perhaps you need to reconsider your organizing system.
Albums and Smart Albums can all be put into Folders, and Folders can be nested inside other folders. They really are much more flexible than Events.
Fwiw:
I use Events simply as big buckets of Photos: Spring 08, July - Nov 06 are typical Events in my Library. I use keywords and Smart Albums exensively. I title the pics broadly.
I keyword on a
Who
What
Where basis (The When is in the photos's Exif metadata). I also rate the pics on a 1 - 5 star basis.
Using this system I can find pretty much find any pic in my 20k library in a couple of seconds.
So, for example, I have a batch of pics titled 'Seattle 08' and a typical keywording might include: John, Anne, Landscape, mountain, trees, snow. With a rating included it's so very easy to find the best pics we took at Mount Rainier.
File -> New Smart Album
set it to 'All"
title contains Seattle
keyword is mountain
keyword is snow
rating is 5 stars
Or, want a chronological album of John from birth to today?
New Smart Album
Keyword is John
Set the View options to Sort By Date Ascending
Want only the best pics?
add Rating is greater than 4 stars
The best thing about this system is that it's dynamic. If I add 50 more pics of John to the Library tomorrow, as I keyword and rate them they are added to the Smart Album.
Keywording takes time to set up, there's no doubt about it. I use Keyword Manager as it's much more powerful than the inbuilt system, and adds the possibility of nested keywords. So, for instance, if I add John to a photo it also adds 'Family'. Now I can add many keywords to a pic quickly.
In the end, organisation is about finding the pics. The point is to make locating that pic or batch of pics findable fast. This system works for me.
Regards
TD

Moving from folder-organized photo library on networked NAS to iPhoto...

Hello,
This is a fairly broad question, I know, but I've been researching for almost a full week and still at a loss as to what to do, so I thought some of the kind souls on here might be able to cut thru the forest of info out there to help me.
I vetoed iPhoto long ago but am now interested in trying it out & testing it against Picasa. However, I have a fairly large photo library that I keep on NAS, and definitely want to keep it there. Basically the research I've been doing has scared me, with all the horror stories about mixed libraries and the dangers of referenced libraries (which is what I was thinking would probably be the way to go), so now I'm a bit frozen.
My photos are currently folder-organized, mostly by date, but the level above date is by major categories (such as child's name, etc). I realize the date organization becomes redundant if I migrated to iPhoto, and even the categories seem redundant too if I can tag them all instead, etc.
The Picasa part was pretty easy, since I can just point it to the externally stored library and it does the rest, not moving anything. That part of Picasa is brilliant and makes a strong argument for going that route. My big hangup with it is the lack of nested collections - particularly in the web environment. The organizational aspects of Picasa seem a bit lackluster - and iPhoto sounds to be pretty good at that.
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THANKS!

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
A long question with, I'm afraid, a short answer.
a fairly large photo library that I keep on NAS, and definitely want to keep it there.
Stick with what you have. iPhoto needs to have the Library sitting on disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Users with the Library sitting on disks otherwise formatted regularly report issues including, but not limited to, importing, saving edits and sharing the photos. That pretty much rules out having a Managed Library on that NAS.
In some more detail:
My photos are currently folder-organized, mostly by date, but the level above date is by major categories (such as child's name, etc). I realize the date organization becomes redundant if I migrated to iPhoto, and even the categories seem redundant too if I can tag them all instead, etc.
Here's a fast way to tag them:
Start at the bottom of your Folder hierarchy and drag a folder of images to the Album Heading in the iPhoto Window. iPhoto will import the pics and make an Album of the same name as the Folder. Now: Want to tag all those pics with the same keyword: Select all (Command - a) and apply the keyword.
You can work through your images quite fast in this way.
Alternatively, use an app like Keyword Manager which has Nested Tags as a feature. So, for instance, you can set a hierarchy: John is your Son so tagging 'John' will also add a 'Family' tag and so on. In my case I have tags like 'Seattle' that add 'Washington State' 'U.S' and 'Travel' to the pics. WIth auto completion all I have to type is Sea...
but my impression is that to achieve what I'm trying to, I would need to import the entire library into local iPhoto library FIRST, then go backwards and migrate that iPhoto libary back onto NAS
No, all you need to di is start a Library, then move it to an appropriately formatted disk. You don't need to complete the Library first.
we have an iMac & a MBP, and would love to be able to share the NAS library on our respective iPhotos, and be able to keep "sync'd" up to what the other has done.
Again, noting that the NAS is not the way to go here, you can simply enable iPhoto Sharing or use the same Library with both machines - very easy.
I know that these a pretty short answers, and by all means post back if we can be more helpful.
Regards
TD

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tk3900 wrote:
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Working with scans of old photo collection

I'm trying to use iPhoto 8.0.2 to organize my grandmother's photos, with the end goal of sharing with family on Flickr.
So, an old photo collection which has been scanned.
First, dating. I'd like to be able to order photos chronologically.
I could change the photo dates (losing one link to the original scanned collections (events) which correspond to physical envelopes of actual originals). iPhoto seems to insist upon a month/day/year, and cannot handle anything less than that. Photos that are identified with just a year, or month/year for example. Not to mention the ones that I'll try to estimate a year based upon the apparent ages of the people in them.
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A second concern is keeping the connection clear between the scanned images and the original photos (who has them, where they came from). Hopefully other family might share, so this will grow beyond grandma's photos. Careful editing of event titles should address this. But then I don't think I can create sub-events, right? Is there a way to cluster events together? For example, if my cousin sends me more of grandma's photos, is there a way to associate the new batch with the first set, other than defining an event naming convention?
Thank you for any help you can give on the above questions. I'd especially appreciate thoughts from others working with an 'old' photo collection regarding these issues (dating, keeping the connection between paper & electronic originals), as well as others you've encountered that I haven't thought of yet.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
First, dating. I'd like to be able to order photos chronologically.
iPhoto will get the date of the photo from either the Exif data or the File creation date. As these are scanned photos they will have no Exif data,a nd so their dates will be the date they were scanned, regardless of the subject of the photo.
The most simple way to date the pics is to use a Title scheme - 2009 -04 - 13: John’s Wedding, for instance, will give you the year, month or date to search on, plus John and Wedding.
I would not use keywords for dates.
Is there a way to cluster events together? For example, if my cousin sends me more of grandma's photos, is there a way to associate the new batch with the first set, other than defining an event naming convention?
Don’t use Events, use Albums.
N o you can’t cluster Events, but you can do pretty much anything you want with Albums and Folders.
Regards
TD

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