Import photos from source other than iphoto

Is there a way to import photos to imovie from a source other than iphoto or photo booth? I have a cd of pics that i'd like to use but I'd rather not import all the pics to iphoto if I don't have to.
thanks

Wow; I can drag the photos from the Finder directly into my project. I actually tried this, but I tried dragging them into the lower pane with all the source clips. That won't work, but if you drag the photos into the top pane where your edited work is it magically adds the photo(s). Thanks for the tip!

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Access photos from anywhere other than iPhoto?

Hey everyone,
Admittedly I am an iPhoto noob, but I am not a Mac noob or a photo noob. That being said, a friend suggested I use iphoto for all my photo organization and I'm having trouble with that from the very beginning. I usually use Bridge or just a regular file structure. I can access my photos from anywhere and I am proficient in Photoshop and Lightroom.
I am testing the iPhoto platform out for my future use, but I can't get past the first flaw...
Why is it that I cannot access my photos from outside of iPhoto? This seems counter productive...
Can anyone enlighten me please? I don't want to read the whole .PDF manual on iPhoto.
Thank you for your time!

I am testing the iPhoto platform out for my future use, but I can't get past the first flaw...
If you see the first gap in your knowledge as a flaw in the software, you might as well give up now. You're resisting it. That said, if you have Lightroom I have no idea why you would want to use iPhoto - and using both makes no sense. Adding Bridge to the process just muddies everything else further. But then if you have Lightroom and Photoshop I have no idea why you would be using Bridge, or accessing photos via the File system, but you're proficient int hose so I'm sure you know that.
iPhoto is a consumer level application. It's aimed at the chap with a point and shoot or maybe a phone. It has the power to fix up the shot and share it easily. It can do more than that, of course, but that's the target market. It's serves that market very well, mind you, offering Raw processing, non-destructive editing and so on, and in a very easy to use package, but if you're proficient with Lightroom, Bridge and Photoshop then it has very little to offer you. It's a tack hammer beside a team of sledgehammers.
Why is it that I cannot access my photos from outside of iPhoto? This seems counter productive...
But you can, of course. For help accessing your photos in iPhoto see this user tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4491
Then there's the external edit facility. This would make Bridge redundant. You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) 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 Photoshop 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.
But really, it's not for you.

How do you import photos from an ipod to iphoto?

How do you import photos from an ipod to iphoto? I can't sync with itunes because it will wipe the photos off the ipod?

Ask in the iPod Touch community.
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If i import photos from my ipad to iphoto for mac, will deleting them from my ipad also remove them from my mac?

No. They will remain on the Mac. That's one of the reasons why it's a good idea to import your treasured photos. If something happens to the iPad, you still have your photos.

After i have imported photos from my iPhone into iPhoto how do i open them in photoshop? i can't find them in finder

after i have imported photos from my iPhone into iPhoto how do i open them in photoshop? how do i find them in finder?

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Launch iPhoto - in photos view select all and export to the desired folder - see the user tip on exporting for details on the export options
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The following has instructions: Import photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac or Windows PC - Apple Support

My iTunes account is no longer showing my playlists or any of the music I have added from sources other than iTunes.

I discovered that iTunes is no longer showing any of my playlists or music I have added from sources other than iTunes. My iPod, which is a 4th Gen Classic, seems fine and has all of my playlists and music. My question is how do I upload my iPod to iTunes so that I don't lose anything? I have read a lot of posts about people having similar problems and most of them suggest restoring from an old saved file. I have two problems with this approach 1) I do not have a current back-up and 2) it does not seem to work for any of my non-Apple purcahsed music. Does anyone know of an easy way to fix this?

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I had previously imported photos from my fuji finepix A345 camera to iPhoto on my macBookPro 10.4.9. Now I am trying to import new images from the same camera and iPhoto displays a message "no photos to import". I have installed Finepix viewer but it also shows no images to import. I have tried creating a new library on a second non admin account and still iPhoto says "no images to import". I was able to successfully import the same images to my thinkpad T41.
Please help me find a way to import photos from finpix A345 to my mac ibook pro. Note there are no movies in the photos I am trying to import. Thanks.

Are you sure there are images on the card you're importing from? (asking that just in case you chose to 'delete after download' with another computer).
Also, have you perhaps formatted the camera drive/card via another computer instead of from the camera itself?
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When I import photos from Photostream into my iPhoto, it no longer organizes them into Events. I haven't been able to creat an Event since November 2013.

When I import photos from Photostream, iPhoto no longer organizes them into Events. Although I can organize my photos into old or newly created Albums, I haven't been able to create an Event since November 2013. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Flag the pic(s) and select the the Target Event and go Events -> Add Flagged Pics to Selected Event
i see how to do this
Drag the selected pic(s) to the target Event.
i'm struggling with this. i don't see a way to drag a pic from photostream direct to an event. if i'm in photostream, i can drag a pic, but i can't see any individual event to drag it to. i can dump it in Events in the sidebar and drag to an event from there, but that's a bit clunky.
beats me why i can copy a pic in photostream, but iphoto won't allow me to paste in an event???

Importing photos from old iPhone into iPhoto

I've just upgraded an iPhone and am trying to get the photos off the old one onto the computer. Using iPhoto because that's what I've used before. The iPhone is connected via USB and iTunes recognizes it but iPhoto doesn't show it at all, so there's no chance to import anything. Any ideas why the device is not showing up to iPhoto, even while it does show up to iPhoto? Be advised, I have not backed up to the Cloud at all so Photo Stream is not enabled.
And a secondary question: why in the heck would iTunes be set up, under the Photos tab, to import photos FROM the computer TO the iPhone? That's all I can get it to do at least. Why in the world would I want to move photos in that direction, if the iPhone is the camera and the comptuer hard drive is the storage device?

"And a secondary question: why in the heck would iTunes be set up, under the Photos tab, to import photos FROM the computer TO the iPhone? That's all I can get it to do at least. Why in the world would I want to move photos in that direction, if the iPhone is the camera and the comptuer hard drive is the storage device?"
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How do I import photos from a cd to iPhoto library?

I would like help on now to import photos from a cd to my iphoto libray on my macbook pro.

File menu ==> import
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When i imported photos from my iphone to iphoto they show as a box with a dotted outline

I uploaded photos from my iphone to iphoto. The event boxes say no photos. But in last import, they are all there as white line outlined boxes. I can see them when I scroll but not when I stop. If I click on one I get a triangle with an exclamation point.

That's an indication that iPhoto has broken the link/file path to the original file. make a temporary, backup copy of your library if you don't already have one (Control-click on the library and select Duplicate from the contextual menu) and apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Since only one option can be run at a time start with Option #1, followed by #3 and then #4 as needed.
Fix #2
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2 - click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option.
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I am having a problem importing photos from my iphone 5S to iphoto on my MacBook. It has been preparing to import for hours.

HHi, thank you for the reply. I have checked my iPad and iPhone and neither has iCloud Photo Library (Beta) enabled. Turned off in both. Photostream is turned on.
i tried to sort it out by dragging all the photos to Events on the Mac and then deleting them from iCloud - (left hand side of iPhoto under the section 'Shared'). the photos now show up in Events. I did force quit but the issue remains. The message reads ' photos are bing imported to the library. Please wait for import to complete.'
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Import photos from source other than iphoto

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