How can I add a "thought bubble" to a photo? ty

Question

How can I add a "thought bubble" to a photo?  TY

Answer 1

Go to your Home Folder > Pictures. Here is your iPhoto Library If you didn't assign a special name then the default will be "iPhoto Library". Control-click for the contextual menu (right click if using a mouse with a secondary button) and choose; "Show Package Contents".In that new window that opens find something like this: "Originals > 2011 > …". Keep clicking open the folders until you find the desired photo. Now you can Option-drag it to the Desktop.
No, don't do that.
1. Accessing your files in the Library package is not supported
2. It's dangerous. You can easily trash your Library doing this.
3. It's inefficient. Rooting through all the folders of the Library is slow. Even iPhoto's Show File command is better than that.
4. It's utterly unneceeasy. Just use the application in the way it's designed to work. It's safe and fast. Simply set Preview (or whatever) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Preview or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
Other than that:
There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:   You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Command-Click for selecting multiple pics.
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(Note the above illustration is not a Finder Window. It's the dialogue you get when you go File -> Open)
You can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
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There's a similar option in Outlook and many, many other apps.  If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
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.
If you want to access the files with iPhoto not running:
For users of 10.6 and later:  You can download a free Services component from MacOSXAutomation  which will give you access to the iPhoto Library from your Services Menu.
Using the Services Preference Pane you can even create a keyboard shortcut for it.
For Users of 10.4 and 10.5 Create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use this free utility Karelia iMedia Browser
Other options include:
Drag and Drop: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
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.
Show File:  a. On iPhoto 09 and earlier:  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.    3.b.
b: On iPhoto 11 and later: Select one of the affected photos in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Reveal in Finder -> Original. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
Regards
TD