Filter files by rating before import?

Is there any way of filtering files by rating BEFORE importing them from my camera to my PC? I can sort them once they have been imported but it would save a lot of hard drive space if I could only import the ones I rated before importing. Thanks.

No, there's no way. Few cameras allow you to set ratings. If you want to save hard drive space, just use the library filter and delete the files after importing.

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View raw files on card before importing

Is there a way to view and select my files on my CF card in Lightroom before importing? This would save a lot of download time. I can view and select in Breezebrowser, writing down the file names and then selecting which ones to import in Lightroom. It would be much easier to do this all in Lightroom if possible.

I think you can do this in the Import dialog. There is a selectable option to Preview the files to be loaded, and once this is selected, you can view the files and select those you want to import.
jeff

Should I convert my Rebel XT RAW files to DNG before importing?

First, I'm glad the Automator script for renaming files is working now in Leopard. I always would import from my CF card to a directory and run an automator script to change the filenames to something somewhat useful. That broke in Leopard but it now works. But anyway, I was wondering if its worth the extra step to convert my RAW files to the Adobe Digital Negative format before importing into Aperture? Does any metadata get lost in the conversion?

I'm not aware of any metadata being lost.
According to http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307385, by converting to DNG, you lose
The Auto Noise Compensation adjustment under Raw Fine Tuning is not available with DNG images. Auto Noise Compensation requires specific knowledge of the camera's sensor characteristics in combination with the ISO value of the image. DNG images do not provide the needed sensor information.
but you gain lossless compression of the files by converting to DNG. A recent test converted 500MB of Xti images to about 400MB. I would rather convert to DNG in order to keep all my files in one format so in 10 years so I don't have 8 different Canon camera raw formats I have to worry about - whether or not Aperture is around.
Aperture still uses the 2.0 raw converter and not the DNG converted. I haven't yet made a decision as to if losing the auto noise compensation is that big of a deal.

Can you filter/search images before importing them?

Is there a way to filter images before importing them in Lightroom?
Scenario
I work with an extensive image collection stored on a server. The images contain a full set of metadata, including keywords and more. When I work on a specific project, I import the images into a Lightroom collection. That way I can easily review, rate and add additional keywords to those best-of images.
The challenge is that the images I want to add are from numerous folders. Plus, I often only want to add some images from those folders (not the entire folder). This collection process can be very time consuming -- manually locating the images and checking/unchecking the ones I want and repeating the process for the different folders the images reside in.
The process could be greatly simplified (and a lot faster) if I could filter/search for images that contain key words or other metadata to find the full set of images I want to import.
The key is that I’m not using a workflow to simply import all images from a memory card or download folder. I’m working from a large collection of existing images and want to import a subset of those images.
Thanks in advance.

No, you cannot filter or search images before importing them.
But immediatley after import the images are automatically displayed in <Previous Import>.
They will be displayed there until you import another set of images.
While displayed in <Previous Import> they can be searched and filtered.

How do I get my videos to upload from my sony handy cam when I get the message The following file could not be imported. The file is in an unrecognized format. I am using a macbook pro version 10.9.3, I have 411 gb free space, it worked before I updated

How do I get my videos to upload from my sony handy cam when I get the message The following file could not be imported. The file is in an unrecognized format. I am using a macbook pro version 10.9.3, I have 411 gb free space, it worked before I downloaded the latest update for iphoto.

You may be able to download and install the update from here: Digital Camera RAW Compatibility 6.01
If I upgrade to Yosemite will I be forced to go to the new Photos program
No. After upgrading (and of course make a back up first) you will need to update iPhoto to v9.6.1 (you won't be able to do this prior to upgrading). Here's how:
Go to the App Store and check out the Purchases List. If iPhoto is there then it will be v9.6.1
If it is there, then drag your existing iPhoto app (not the library, just the app) to the trash
Install the App from the App Store.
Sometimes iPhoto is not visible on the Purchases List. it may be hidden. See this article for details on how to unhide it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928
One question often asked: Will I lose my Photos if I reinstall?
iPhoto the application and the iPhoto Library are two different parts of the iPhoto programme. So, reinstalling the app should not affect the Library. BUT you should always have a back up before doing this kind of work. Always.
Photos is v1 of a new app, as yes it's not as mature as iPhoto. It uses a different technology for working with external editors. That requires Adobe to write an extension to let it hook into the new app. Not done yet, neither has anyone else.
Going forward: iPhoto will run on OS 10.10., but there is no guarantee for subsequent versions of the OS. You might want to factor that into your anger term thinking.

When I try to import pictures from media card to iPhoto, I'm getting the error 'The following file could not be imported. The file is in an unrecognized format.' The file is a jpeg and I've never had this problem before.

When I try to import pictures from media card to iPhoto, I'm getting the error 'The following file could not be imported. The file is in an unrecognized format.' The file is a jpeg and I've never had this problem before.

What version of iPhoto?
What colour profile is the shot?
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?

What is the best format to import images into iBA? How should I compress my images before importing? What is the best file format? PNG? Jpeg?

What is the best format to import images into iBA? How should I compress my images before importing? What is the best file format? PNG? Jpeg? I'm trying to figure out the best file format / compression for importing images into iBA. Also, does anyone know how iBA will compress the file? Are the assets attached (like a website) or flattened out? Does anyone know how iBA handles this? Many many thanks to anyone with insight into this.

This question is largely answered by the following thread...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17805700#17805700

Before importing dmp file

hi,
Is it a must to run the catexp.sql or catalog.sql
scripts before importing a dmp file into a 817DB.
if so , then is it to be run in sql plus and what is the syntex to do so?
Thanks.

catexp.sql is a script that generally is run when the database is created, if you are not sure that the script was or was not run you can run it as the replay above says.
If that script was run , and you run it, there is not going to be any problem.
It is important that you know that you have to run that script each time that you want to use the import/export utilities.
Joel P�rez

How to back up SD digital files before import?

Hi folks,
I'm using a Sony HDR CX550V on a Mac, recording in Standard Def, and I'd like to take the MPEG-2 files from my camera and back them up onto my external firewire drive before importing to Premiere.
When I mount the camera's internal drive, a bunch of different folders come up (see screenshot below).
A couple of questions:
1. Am I okay to just copy the movie files (for example M2U00001.MPG) or do they require other files in the directory in order to function properly? i.e. are the MPG files self-contained or do they reference other files like AVCHD does?
2. If I am okay to just backup the MPG files, am I also okay to swap them between a Mac and PC?
3. Any other common mistakes I should watch out for to avoid corrupting my data? Lessons learned / online guides would be much appreciated.
My project requires that I go to a tapeless workflow and I'm worried about losing any data Thanks again for any and all advice.

Hello sneakyboy678. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
You will not be able to use Time Machine on the Vaio laptop as this is a OS X Leopard-only feature. However, you should be able to use any Windows-based backup program that supports backups to network drives.

TS4435 Apple's temporary fix to drag each picture in iPhoto is not really a solution for a big pic file. Better to use the save all feature and save to a temporary place before importing it to iPhoto.

Apple's temporary fix to drag each picture in iPhoto is not really a solution for a big pic file. Better to use the save all feature and save to a temporary place before importing it to iPhoto.

Can you explain why the image size matters when dragging and dropping into iPhoto?

The Following Files could not be imported

I was on vacation and was emptying my digital camera into my G4 laptop into iPhoto 5 (same OS 10.3.9 as i have on my imac G5). Now, that I'm home, I'm trying to import those photos into my iPhoto on my G5. I copied all the folder/files over to my desktop with no problem and filed them properly into the iPhoto Library directory. But, when I try to drag the photo files into iPhoto, it starts to import and then i get this error: "The following files could not be imported (they may be an unrecognized file type or the files may not contain valid data).
I get this same error if I go the Add to Library (apple + O) option as well.
I haven't changed the file types at all--they're still .jpg
I dont' get what the problem is. I've dragged .psd files into iPhoto before and it's been fine.
I was trying to find a way to sync the two iPhoto's up together, but that doesn't seem to be an option.
Anyhelp would be great. Thanks.

Hi upscene,
If you dragged the files/folders directly into the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder, that is your problem. Photos have to be imported. when they are imported, iPhoto copies them into the library.
close iPhoto
What you need to do is drag out ONLY the folders you dragged into the library folder in the finder. Drag them to the desktop, and now open iPhoto
Drag the folders from the desktop into an open iPhoto viewing window to import them.
Here is more info for you:
--First thing to know and remember is this...Do not drag any images, folder of images into the iPhoto Library in the Finder. Images have to be imported into iPhoto within the application. Do not scan images and save them into the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder. Save them to another location such as the Pictures folder or even the desktop. You can then import them into iPhoto.
If you have already put files/folders in the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder then you will also find out that if you try to import them into iPhoto you will get an error message. No worry, just drag them to the desktop and import from there.
--All images that you import are shown in the library view. You can choose how you want to view, by rolls, by date, by rating, etc. When you put images in an Album, slideshow, book, etc, you are actually just putting pointers to those images in the library. You are not adding more images. If you delete an image from the Album it will still be in the library. If you delete an image from the library it is deleted from iPhoto's database and your hard drive (unless you have it backed up somewhere else)
--You have a folder of images on your hard drive and want to import them into iPhoto. Drag the folder of images into an open iPhoto Library window and the folder of photos will be copied into the library, resulting in a new roll with the name of the folder. You now have two copies of those photos, the ones in iPhoto's database and the ones on your desktop. You can keep the ones on your desktop that you just imported as backup or you can delete that folder.
-- you scan a picture/pictures and save it in a folder. You cannot scan directly into iPhoto or the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder.
You want all your photos in iPhoto so you import them into iPhoto.
Now you have two copies of that picture/pictures, so you can delete the originals that were in the scanned folder and keep the one/ones that were imported into iPhoto.
-- You download pictures from your camera into iPhoto.
There is now one copy of each of the pictures. (DO NOT HAVE IPHOTO DELETE THE IMAGES FROM YOUR CAMERA! DELETE THEM MANUALLY WITH THE CAMERA-if something goes wrong with the import and they are never imported and then they are deleted from the camera you might end up losing those images)
You want to change something about a picture you imported, such as
cropping it or changing the size, or changing the orientation.
Once you do that to a picture, you now have two copies of the picture
in iPhoto, the original and the edited one. The edited one will be in the library organize view. The original is packed away in an Original folder in your iPhoto Library folder under the date of the roll. You can always revert to the original by control clicking on the photo and choose "revert to orginal" You will not have this choice if you used iPhoto Diet to get rid of the Originals.
(a quick note on cropping within iPhoto...when you are in edit mode, you automatically will be in the crop mode with cross hairs to highlight the crop area. To finish cropping you must click the crop button and then go back to library view and your cropped picture will be there.
3.You want to use Photoshop or another graphic program to edit a picture in your iPhoto library.
You can open up prefs for iPhoto and choose "when double clicking on
photo ..do" choose "other" and select Photoshop. Now you can edit all
pictures in your iPhoto library in PhotoShop by double clicking. If you save the photo with the same name and as a flattened file it will be saved right into iPhoto and you will see the changes. If you don't want to save it into iPhoto then do a "save as" and save to the desktop. You will then have the original photo still in iPhoto and your new edited photo on the desktop.
Or, with iPhoto open, you can drag a picture from the library window
to your desktop (you see a + sign on the pic you are dragging). You now
have two of the same picture, one in the iPhoto library and one on your desktop. You can open up the one on your desktop in any graphic program and work on it. The one in iPhoto stays the same. You can also share/export the picture/pictures to your desktop or folder to work on them or do batch processing, etc. You will still have the originals in your iPhoto Library.
Or, you can open up the ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library/folders and option drag any
picture out of the folder to your desktop. Notice that you will see a plus sign while dragging the photo. This is copying the file to your desktop
I would advise anyone not to do this as they might forget to use the option key and drag the photo out. Next time you open iPhoto the photo will be missing.
Two Apple kbs for you to read
Don't tamper with files in the iPhoto library folder
About the iPhoto Library folder
Don't forget that in Library view you can Control click on any picture and get a contextual menu with many options. One is to revert to original.
As far as the syncing, there is really no way to sync two working libraries.
I have an iMac and an iBook. I use the iMac for all my iPhoto editing, organizing etc. I import all photos to the iMac.
Every couple of weeks i copy the iPhoto Library folder from the iMac to my iBook Pictures folder, thus replacing the old library with the newer one from the iMac. Since I have the same username on both computers this worked out great for me.
When on vacation I use the iBook to download my photos to, but I use Image Capture and put them in dated folders. When I get home I just copy the dated folders to the iMac and import them into iPhoto there.

How do I rename the iphoto library on one computer before importing it to another location with other iphoto libraries?

How do I rename the iphoto library on one computer before importing it to another location with other iphoto libraries?

How do I rename the iphoto library on one computer before importing it to another location with other iphoto libraries?
Quit iPhoto.
Select the Library in the Finder, click the name, and edit the name like for any file.

Do I need to compress video before importing into DVD SP?

Hello,
this is probably stupid question, but I would like to know, if I need to compress my video before I import it into DVD SP as an asset. It looks like everyone use Compressor before importing into DVD SP, (setting up number of passes, bit rates and so on), and then they do it again when setting up preferences in DVD SP. (setting 1 pass or 2passes, bit rate values)
So is not the video actually compressed twice? Once in Compressor and once in DVD SP?
And also, what video formats are actually OK to import into DVD SP? (QT, AVI, FCP movie, etc)
Does DVD SP take them all, or does it only have to be QT?
Thank you and I appologize for these novice questions.

Welcome to the Boards
Madagascar wrote:
So is not the video actually compressed twice? Once in Compressor and once in DVD SP?
And also, what video formats are actually OK to import into DVD SP? (QT, AVI, FCP movie, etc)
Does DVD SP take them all, or does it only have to be QT?
Thank you and I appologize for these novice questions.
m2v will not be recompressed when placed on tracks (though in some instances it may recompress on menus.) Ultimately it is better to compress outside of DVD SP for control of encodes (and making AC3 files) and also some formats may not be supported by importing into DVD SP directly.
Some information to take a look at
http://dvdstepbystep.com/faqs_3.php
http://dvdstepbystep.com/faqs_7.php
http://dvdstepbystep.com/qc.php
http://dvdstepbystep.com/fasttrackover.php (middle section discusses Compressor a bit more)

Files unable to be imported into iPhoto 5

Using Migration Assistant I transferred all my files from an older Mac to a new Power Mac G5 running 10.4.2. I am unable to import or drag and drop any picture files into iPhoto. When I try, I get the message "The following files could not be imported (they may be an unrecognized file type or the files may not contain valid data)" Pictures in folders on my desktop will open in Preview but will not import to iPhoto. I get this same mesage when I choose Add to Library from the iPhoto Edit menu and try to import photo's from my Pictures folder.
This problem has appeared twice before in these discussion pages: on 2/6/06 from El Pinguino and on 3/1/06 from Homebushboy. I did not see a solution to either of these postings.
power mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

bummer! Let's see if you can do a rebuild:
Try this:
Before doing a rebuild make sure iPhoto's trash bin is emptied. You can do this by control clicking on the trash bin, or from the menu bar under iPhoto.
Close iPhoto
Duplicate the iPhoto Library folder
Drag the duplicate to the desktop (hopefully you have enough room on your hard drive for the duplicate.)
Launch iPhoto holding down the Command and Option keys until you see the rebuild options screen.
Choose the first three options. If you were missing photos in your library, also choose the last option. Be advised that you will get a roll of orphaned photos and it might be quite huge. Most of them will already be in your iPhoto library, but use caution when deleting anything from this roll until you are sure the photos are still in your library in another place. It might be a good idea to share/export this roll of photos just in case you need to import them again.
Back to the rebuild, depending on the size of your library it might take some time. When it is done, hopefully your photos will be there.
You might see some unexpected results as I did when I did a rebuild. Photos had been moved to wrong dates, video clips had lost their duration info and some were even orphaned from the jpg pointer file. It took me some time to straighten it out again.
This is the reason to make a duplicate before you rebuild, in case you do not like the result. If you don't like the result, close iPhoto, then delete the rebuilt library and drag the duplicate back into the Pictures folder making sure the name is iPhoto Library. Launch iPhoto and it should open the library in the Pictures folder.
iPhoto 4 or later: Rebuilding the iPhoto Library

Maximum File Size of .dv Import File to Premiere Pro CS5?

Hello Community:
I searched this forum and Google in general, but could not find an absolute limit on the media file size I can import into a Premiere Pro CS5 project. I'm scheduled to process the ".DV" recording from a conference, which could go on for hours. I have asked the camera man to break up the recording in one-hour segments, but I'm getting some push-back.
Is there a specific size limitation on importing an NTFS file structure .dv file in Premiere Pro CS5?
Thanks,
Rich Locus

Same issue. I previously used NeoScene to convert .mov files from a Canon 5d mark ii to the easier to edit with Gopro Cineform .avi format in Premiere Pro CC. They used to work fine but now Premiere only recognizes a very small part of the file. The first 18 seconds of an 8 minute file.
I tried importing the file to a new clean scene and the problem remained.
I need to be able to work with this footage. Somehow Premiere is no longer able to properly read clips it used to be able to read.
I would like to hear something from Adobe on this issue.
EDIT: I just updated my GoPro software to 2.0 and the problem was instantly solved. The same might apply to TechSmith.
EDIT 2: Upon rendering the edit I discovered that while the entire length of the clip was represented it in fact stopped playing new frames at the same frame as it had before. So no luck. Updating GoPro Cineform made the length of the file display correctly (7min) but did not actually let me play the file beyond the first 18 seconds - it just showed the same frame.
I deleted all preview files and cleaned Media Cache files (under media/preferences) - this didn't help.
Finally I made the file offline, closed Premiere, changed the file name and re-opened Premiere. Then I right clicked over the file in the Project window and chose replace file to re-connect. The file finally came in correctly. I've now rendered it and it runs through the entire 7 min.
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