Fuzzy / blurry thumbnails in iPhoto

Since the upgrade from Tiger to Leopard, the thumbnails in iPhoto are blurred, but not the images themselves. This occurs on old libraries, and also on new libraries / albums. The images also looked blurred in the Finder Preview.
Any idea why this happens, and how to fix it?

No solution, just a confirmation that you are not imagining this. I noticed this right after upgrading to leopard as well, using ilife 06 before and after.

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my problem is exactly the same as people in this thread, over a year old:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5679210
ever since i upgraded tiger to leopard, all the thumbnails in iphoto 06' are so blurry! i've tried rebuilding the library thumbnails, etc. and none of it has worked.
does anyone have any ideas, a year later than this problem was first introduced?
thanks

my problem is exactly the same as people in this thread, over a year old:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5679210
ever since i upgraded tiger to leopard, all the thumbnails in iphoto 06' are so blurry! i've tried rebuilding the library thumbnails, etc. and none of it has worked.
does anyone have any ideas, a year later than this problem was first introduced?
thanks

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elliot
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The Automator script / new library is unlikely to work, the other poster is wrking from a brand new library.
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can I move all my photo that I can see on iPhoto from my Mac hardrive and put them on an external hard drive and still be able to see them as thumbnails in iPhoto? Thanks! The reason, I need to know if I can do this is b/c I am running out of HD space!sp

Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Not sure about the issues in iTunes and elsewhere but let's test the iPhoto Library:
As a Test:
Hold down the option (or alt) key 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?
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Andy
There are no duplicates in the iPhoto Library. There can be up to three versions of the pics, but no duplicates. iPhoto always preserves your original file, edits are carried out on a copy - the modified version - and there is also a tiny thumbnail for display in the iPhoto Window. Duplicate Annihilator is for searching in iPhoto, not the Finder.
When you did this:
I searched for all .jpg files and then moved them to the drive. I did not use iphoto to export. So I got every photo from every folder.
You accessed the Library via the Finder and the Finder doesn't understand the Library.
The easiest way to solve this problem is to trash the product of this process and start over.
What exactly are you trying to do:
Want to move the iPhoto Library?
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
Or simply export the files from iPhoto:
Select the pics in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export.
Choose the Kind: you want - Original version, Current version etc
Export
Result a single copy of the file.
Regards
TD

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