Blurry Photos and Thumbnails

Question

I have two problems:
1) Photos that I view in iPhoto that are on my camera, but have not been imported seem very blurry. Once I import the photos they look normal. Why?
2) I prefer to email thumbnails instead of the picture, or at least a smaller version of the picture but I cannot figure out how to do it. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

Ashley
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
1. Because iPhoto is using the icons/previews that your camera creates and these are geared to your camera screen, which is a mite smaller than your Mac’s screen, I’ll bet. When iPhoto imports the pics it makes its own thumbnails.
2. What do you use for email? If you use Apple’s Mail you can resize the pics in the New Message Window
Or if you use some other Mail client, then export the pics using the File -> Export command and you can re-size the pics in the resulting dialogue.
As general info:
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 free utility Karelia iMedia Browser
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.
Regards
TD