Accessing Photos From iPhoto

Say for instance that I go to My Space and I want to place some pictures into my profile. I click Choose File and I search for my photos but they are all locked inside of iPhoto. I select the iPhoto icon but I cannot choose any photos from within there to upload to MySpace. As a workaround I open up iPhoto and then browse to find the selected pics I want to use and then drag them to my desktop. Now, when I go to browse for the pics I can find and access them from my Desktop.
Is this the only way to do this? I find it just another step to have to go though when I should only have to click on the iPhoto icon to browse for the pics in there.
Message was edited by: Freis1968

With iPhoto 7 (iLife 08) the old iPhoto Library Folder is now a Unix Style Package File. The change was made to the format of the iPhoto library because many users were inadvertently corrupting their library by browsing through it with other software or making changes in it themselves.
There has never been a version of iPhoto where rooting through the Library folder was required on recommended. In fact, any time you access the iPhoto Library Folder via the Finder or any other app you risk damaging the library.
There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
For 10.5 users: You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Apple-Click for selecting multiple pics.
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To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. If you're using Gmail you can use iPhoto2GMail
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto. With 10.5 you can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
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If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
Or, if you want to access the files with iPhoto not running, then create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use THIS
Other options include:
1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
All of the above are a: faster and b: safer than rooting through the Library folder.
Regards
TD

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