Help in changing from iphoto to Bridge CS5

I am a mac user with an imac and a macbook pro and have added PS CS5. My OS is 10.6.8 on my laptop. How do I set or switch from iphoto to Bridge CS5 to store/catalog my photos? Any help or tutorial would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Liza Ben Vaughn
Kansas

How do I set or switch from iphoto to Bridge CS5 to store/catalog my photos?
There is a significant difference between Bridge and iPhoto. Bridge is a file browser and reflects the contents of the folders you point it to. iPhoto uses a central library to store the images in By default this library is hidden and only shows as a Package.
You first have to decide to use either iPhoto or Bridge as main application to manage your photo's, it is very hard to mix the 2 applications.
If you want Bridge for this you should create a new folder or folder structure where you can place the files in. For instance in your pictures folder but it can be located anywhere in your user account.
Then go to the pictures folder on your Mac (best use column mode for Finder windows) and choose the iPhoto Library file. When you use right mouse click menu on the library icon it shows an option called 'show package content'
This opens a new window and reveals the content of the library.
Now search for the folder called masters (or originals as I believe they called it in earlier versions) in list.
If you open this folder there will be a folder for each year you have add photo's to iPhoto.
In here are the original sized pictures nested.
Best way is just grab the year folders and be sure to copy them (instead of move, otherwise your originals will also be removed from iPhoto) to the new created folders where you want to point Bridge to.
After done point Bridge to a year folder and in the menu view choose 'show items from subfolders'. This will reveal all pictures in this year folder and starts caching them.
After caching is done you can choose to leave them in date folders as the have been created by iPhoto or start batch renaming and let Bridge get the shot date from Exif, etc etc. Organize, rename and add metadata keywords to the files the way you like.
If you use Photodownloader to import the new shot files you can point that to the wanted folder to be placed in.
To many options to explain.
Be sure to have a Back Up and you can test what ever you like

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Is there a good way to change from using iPhoto to Bridge on a mac?
That depends on what you would define as good.
In basic the difference between iPhoto and Bridge is that iPhoto is a library based application storing different data and versions in a package file that by default show no subfolders, only a file (size depending on amount of photo's containing) called 'iPhoto Library' by default stored in your pictures folder.
Bridge is a browser that shows you the content of your disk, it can add metadata (file info, labels, rating etc) as well as rename the files. It enables you to move or copy them to other folders or locations. But for editing it needs other application which you can reach (primarily Photoshop) using the menu tools and choose PS / function you want or just open in ACR or PS.
The two are acting totally different but have the same goal, sorting and keeping overview of your images (or in case of Bridge also other files and folders).
If you are happy with the limited options iPhoto has for editing stay with it, it has also a pretty good function for faces and places, both are not able in Bridge.
But if you need more editing and sorting options switch to Bridge and PS.
The quickest way in my opinion is to go to Finder and open two windows. In one create a main folder where you can point Bridge to (using the folder panel) and in the other select the folder Pictures/iPhoto-library.
With your right mouse button click on this file you get a menu with the option to show the package content. click on that and a new window opens with the content of the iPhoto library in folders.
In latest versions there is a folder called 'masters' If I remember it also used to be called originals in previous versions. In this folder are your original files stored in folders per year you have shot them in. (these folders have a lot of subfolders but for now forget about this).
Copy those year folders (copy, don't move because then you loose them from iPhoto which you should only do when all is save and you are only working in Bridge so keep them as back up in iPhoto for now)
Then point Bridge to a year folder in your new created folder as per above. You will get a bunch of folders so now use menu view / show items from subfolders to open all the subfolders with their images and let Bridge build its cache first.
You can use the sort option as you like and if you wish you can also batch rename the images with the shot date in front (yyyymmdd) and a sequence number (menu tools / batch rename, explore the many options first).
You can choose to move all the images of 2013 to the main 2013 folder to bypass the subfolder tree, etc etc, many options.
Be sure to have a proper back up of your files before starting to experiment.
Sadly enough labels are always application specific and seldom interchangeable and iPhoto uses a separate database to store the ratings in so they are not written to the file itself and you loose also ratings.
The other option is to sort all labels / ratings in iPhoto, then select the photos per rating and use the export option (choose original for export option) to predestinated folders (per rating) and then apply those ratings again in Bridge.

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Also, as Terence pointed out you can use Photoshop from within iPhoto as the editor of choice:
Using Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements) as Your Editor of Choice in iPhoto.
1 - select Photoshop as your editor of choice in iPhoto's General Preference Section's under the "Edit photo:" menu.
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This method will let iPhoto know that the photo has been editied and will update the thumbnail file to reflect the edit..
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NOTE: If you want to use both iPhoto's editing mode and PS without having to go back and forth to the Preference pane, once you've selected PS as your editor of choice, reset the Preferences back to "Open in main window". That will let you either edit in iPhoto (double click on the thumbnail) or in PS (Control-click on the thumbnail and seledt "Edit in external editor" in the Contextual menu). This way you get the best of both worlds.
2 - double click on the thumbnail in iPhoto to open it in Photoshop. When you're finished editing click on the Save button. If you immediately get the JPEG Options window make your selection (Baseline standard seems to be the most compatible jpeg format) and click on the OK button. Your done.
3 - however, if you get the navigation window that indicates that PS wants to save it as a PS formatted file. You'll need to either select JPEG from the menu and save (top image) or click on the desktop in the Navigation window (bottom image) and save it to the desktop for importing as a new photo.
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I originally imported the photos using "Import files" not the actual iPhoto library.
Well I did originally use the Consolidate Original menu item - I can confirm that - but I had done that as a test before I upgraded my hard drive and installed Mavericks.
Additionally, before I tried the Consolidate Original option, I had tried merging the iPhoto library to Aperture via the File->Import->Library and selecting the iPhoto library. I followed the instructions from the Apple KB article: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5296
Because I merged the iPhoto library first, and then Consolidated, this is why I originally had duplicates.
Since the clean install of Mavericks however, I have selected all of my photos in Aperture and selected the Consolidate Original option, and it now appears that everything has changed from referenced to managed. I have also noticed that the Aperture library filesize has gotten much bigger, but the iPhoto library filesize has remained the same size. Wouldn't it have shrunk if I moved the originals to Aperture? I did select Move, not Copy from the Consolidate Original menu.

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Message was edited by: coocooforcocoapuffs

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