Import from iPhoto to lightroom 5.7

Questions:
1. I can't find the folder listed on my external hd for iPhoto. (When I choose "add" and I want all photos imported from iPhoto which are 44,000+)
2. Which are best settings? File Settings, previews, etc. I would like to save photos by albums, folders, events, tags. Is that possible?
3. I can't find any how to's on this.
I am using Yosemite on iMac desktop (all software is updated). I will be using my iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2 as well to sync. I just got Creative Cloud but surely will need to increase the size.

Hi podisc1,
How did you go about the export from iPhoto?
Did you use the iphoto importer to import from iPhoto? Aperture import plugin now available
Here's another help doc that should help as well. Lightroom Help | Import photos from iPhoto (Mac OS)
Let us know how it goes.
Regards
Pete

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Please Help I have downloaded Lightroom and imported all my iphoto's (leaving them in the iphoto folder - Referenced) the issue is I seem to have a load of duplicates and the more I try to understand the file structure of iphoto the more i get confused in some cases it seems to hold 3 copy's of the same photo !!!!
I am now wondering would it be better to have a new folder (copy) for LR which over time will be the main one.
Any help understanding the best way to setup/ understand how iphoto works would be appreciated.

hello Andrew Jenkins,
I had the same problem. Iphoto makes two directories, one originals and one modified. If you have collections on screen in Iphote, the source will be partly from modified, but also from original. So if you import modified into lightroom, you will miss the files you did not touch, the unmodified. If you import originals in you will miss al the chages, but get all the files.
I could not think out a solution for this transport-problem but tough working. I decided to import the originals and work through everything again.
If yoy take the solution from Mr Wilkie you have to import from the modified directory, but you will miss the files you did not change.
kind regards,
lj dalmolen

How to import from iPhoto to Lightroom

I am a beginner--just downloaded trial of Lightroom and can't figure out how to import my photos from iPhoto. Any help would be appreciated....thanks!

To simply import the original files is quite a simple process.
Locate the iPhoto Library (default is your Pictures Folder). Right click on it and select "Show Package Contents".
Locate the Masters folder and drag it onto the Lightroom icon or an open Library window. This will invoke the Import command.
Be sure "Include Subfolders" is checked.
Now you can import all the original files.
If your goal is to maintain structure of the Events it gets a little more tedious. Drag the event onto the Lightroom icon or the Library window. Once imported you can group them into a Collection Name that mimics the Event.
Repeat with other events.
With the impending demise of iPhoto and Aperture, I suspect Apple may be working with Adobe to develop an automated process that will also maintain metadata that was added in those programs. If you can wait a while, it may be worth it.

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To simply import the original files is quite a simple process.
Locate the iPhoto Library (default is your Pictures Folder). Right click on it and select "Show Package Contents".
Locate the Masters folder and drag it onto the Lightroom icon or an open Library window. This will invoke the Import command.
Be sure "Include Subfolders" is checked.
Now you can import all the original files.
If your goal is to maintain structure of the Events it gets a little more tedious. Drag the event onto the Lightroom icon or the Library window. Once imported you can group them into a Collection Name that mimics the Event.
Repeat with other events.
With the impending demise of iPhoto and Aperture, I suspect Apple may be working with Adobe to develop an automated process that will also maintain metadata that was added in those programs. If you can wait a while, it may be worth it.

Lightroom: Capture time for videos imported from iphoto is not showing in metadata

Hi, I imported all my photos and videos from iphoto to Lightroom recently using the iphoto import plugin. I think all my photos were imported but I noticed that all my videos have no capture time, so they became grouped together in my collections. But I think I can still see their capture time in the "grey text" in each photo. Why did this happen and how do I resolve this issue? I really want my capture times to be in the video metadata and also want to see my videos in the right chronological order with my videos. Strangely, videos imported into Lightroom directly from my camera SD card do not have this issue, only the ones imported from iphoto do. Thanks!

LR does not properly handle video metadata in general, and in particular it often botches capture time. Sometimes this works: Select one video, do Metadata > Edit Capture Time, and then click Change All (without actually changing Corrected Time). If that sets the capture time to the correct time, then you can select all the problem videos, do Metadata > Edit Capture Time, and click Change All. If you have a small number of videos, you can manually correct the capture time using Edit Capture Time.
Please see this thread in the official Adobe feedback forum for more details, vote on it, and add your opinion: Lightroom: Metadata applied to videos in Lightroom isn't available in other applications

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I have installed Lightroom@ on my mac. Trying to import photos which are saved in iPhoto. Have found your link which says I need to create a master copy and copy to my desktop, which I'm in the process of doing, but: (1) it says it will take 11 hours! (2) do I have to do this every time I want to access recently added photos to iPhoto?? Basically, I'm trying to find the quickest and most efficient way to transfer my photos from iPhoto to lightroom. Pls advise. Thanks. Heidi

No, you do this one time only
By the way, if you're going to use Lightroom, you wouldn't add new photos to iPhoto, you import them into Lightroom.

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thanks

Please check the pixel dimensions of the images in LR. It is possible you imported the iPhoto thumbnails ...
Alexander.
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does anyone know how to take photos from IPHOTO into Lightroom?

Because Apple has dropped "Aperture" and is switching users away from "iPhoto" to a new photo application called "Photo" so that they are more fully integrated with the Yosemite 10 and the iOS 8.3 going forward there are some instructions how to import photos into Lightroom without losing to much metadata or other information. Go under Lightroom help and follow he instructions.

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I am trying to transfer photo files from iphoto to lightroom 5. I don't want to transfer all of the photos, only certain ones. I did see the posts about transferring the Photoshop Elements and then to Lightroom 5. Also, I'm way over the reasonable limit of files in iphoto - 23,000 images. Any suggestions? Is it reasonable to transfer that many files to Elements and then Lightroom? Or should I try to pare it down first?

If you want to transfer photos with your adjustments it is best to export versions from iPhoto to the desktop. Better still create folders in Finder and put them in a permanent location.
Then import into Lightroom from that location using "Add" in the LR import dialog.

Importing from iphoto to LR

When I import my library from iphoto into Lightroom, the images all arrive as jpegs, the original Raws (.CR2) seem to be converted. Mac OS 10.5.1 Leopard. Any tips?

iPhoto is destructive e.g., iPhoto works on a copy.
There are two folders in you iPhoto Lib (In the Finder not in iPhoto): Originals and Modified. You seem to be picking up the modified images rather than the originals.
If you have iPhoto08, you'll have to control click on the iPhoto library and choose "Show Package Contents" to get to the Originals folder.
The iPhoto library in previous versions are not in a package file so that step is unnecessary.
Once you get to the files, you can import them like any other images. However, you'll be starting over with those images.
NOTE: You'll probably have to pull the Originals folder out of the package to import it. BUT if you plan to continue using iPhoto DO NOT move or rename anything in that library. Make a copy of the Originals folder and import from there.
I do not recommend having iPhoto referencing the same images as any other application.

How to import from iPhoto

I am new to Lightroom, trying the trial version now (previous Aperture user). I'm on a new iMac. How do I import photos from iPhoto to Lightroom for editing?
Thanks.

Lightroom isn't designed to be a standalone editor. Like iPhoto, it wants to manage all of its photos in a library (catalog). To import your iPhoto photos into LR, see this article: Ready to move on from Aperture or iPhoto? | The Lightroom Queen.

Import from iphoto fails every time.

Import from iphoto fails every time.

It should not be a serious flaw, since this something that you only do ONCE. You don't want to use both organizer and iphoto. You'll have two sets of photos with no knowledge of each other. Import from iphoto is not meant to be a regular use item, only for the one time after you've decided organizer is what you prefer. It's fine to make a small test catalog while you decide whether iphoto or organizer suits you better, but to keep on using both is going to make you crazy in short order.

Failed import from iPhoto to Aperture - what's the best solution?

Hello
After some years of using iPhoto I recently upgraded to Aperture 3.2.2. In connection with that and before opening Aperture, I bought a new external hard drive and moved my iPhoto library to it, following Apple's instructions on how to move an iPhoto library to a different drive.
When I opened Aperture and was given the option to import my iPhoto library (of some 30,000 images), I chose, because I thought it was safer, to allow Aperture to access the images in my iPhoto library as referenced images rather than to store them in the Aperture library.
Unfortunately, the import was incomplete. I decided to try to import again, in the same way, to see if that would result in my having all of the iPhoto images. The re-import was also incomplete. Worse than that, although I had told Aperture not to import duplicates, it imported for a second time many of the images that it imported the first time. I now have in Aperture two separate large but incomplete iPhoto libraries.
After this, I learned that before using an external drive with Aperture I should have formatted it to Mac OS Extended, which I had not done. Other research I have done suggests that a surprising number of people have significant problems in trying to move iPhoto libraries to Aperture, but I have not found a case that addresses my problem.
My idea now, subject to any advice anyone can give me, is to move the iPhoto library back to the Mac's hard drive (there is enough room, but little spare), delete everything on the external drive, format the external drive to Mac OS Extended, re-organise some of the iPhoto events, 'delete' the 'contents' of the Aperture library (without affecting of course the contents of the iPhoto library) and try again (possibly by importing the iPhotos this time on an event by event basis).
Is this a good idea? If so, I would be grateful for any suggestions about how to take these steps. In particular, the step of deleting the contents of the Aperture library without affecting the iPhoto library. Are there other better ideas? If so, what?
Thanks very much in advance for any help anyone can offer.

My idea now, subject to any advice anyone can give me, is to move the iPhoto library back to the Mac's hard drive (there is enough room, but little spare), delete everything on the external drive, format the external drive to Mac OS Extended, re-organise some of the iPhoto events, 'delete' the 'contents' of the Aperture library (without affecting of course the contents of the iPhoto library) and try again (possibly by importing the iPhotos this time on an event by event basis).
If there is nothing in your Aperture library that you need to keep, that is a good strategy.
But some suggestions:
Before you move your iPhoto Library from its current location (which will render the Aperture library useless, because it is referencing inside iPhoto), check if you accidentally have imported any images as managed into Aperture: create a smart album with the rule "File status is managed" at the top level of the library albums. This way you will see, if you have any images only in Aperture, that need exporting, before you delete the library.
Also right now the best option to import from iPhoto into Aperture is by importing complete libraries, not single iPhoto events or albums. If you import Libraries, Aperture can combine the iPhoto Originals and the edited versions into "Master-Version" pairs and save considerable space. This is only possible by importing the complete library, for more deatails see this recent thread:
Correct Answer Re: Aperture Loses iPhoto Edited Images
I advise against referencing the masters inside iPhoto, for it is risky. If you open iPhoto and accidentally edit or modify the referenced master in any way, then the reference will be broken. It would be safer by far to create a backup copy of your iPhoto Library and to import the image files into Aperture or to relocate the imported files as referenced masters somewhere else, after you imported them.
Post back, if you have more questions.
Regards
Léonie

Importing from iPhoto into Elements 11 Organizer

When I click Import in Elements 11 Organizer and choose the iPhoto option I do not get the "Import from iPhoto" dialog box that allows you choices of what you would like to import. Instead, the program immediately begins importing all the photos that I have in iPhoto. How do I get the dialog box to come up so I can make choices of what I would like to import?

You are right, that is how it works. However, I am looking at a figure on page 36 of the Adobe "Classroom in a Book" training workbook that shows an iPhoto dialog box where you can make choices. Wonder where that figure came from. After seeing it, I thought maybe I had missed making a preference setting somewhere along the line. Thanks for your response.

Importing from iPhoto to Aperture

I have photos in iPhoto (Version 8.1.1) and I have just installed Aperture (Version 3.0.2).
The function to import from iPhoto Library is greyed out most of the time. When I finally find a photo to import I get the error message:
Invalid Photo Library - importing libraries from versions earlier than iPhoto 7.1.5 is not supported.
But I am using 8.1.1 - What is going on and how can I get around this?

Does this help?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3233

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