IPhoto 08 Bugs & Alterations...

This is sooo slow. Am editing full screen on a second monitor which wasn't fantastically speedy in '06 but now it's taking me 10 seconds to save & move on to the next photo (10 megapixel camera) where it used to take me 2-3. Sick of the spinning beachball. Bugs so far - when bringing up the 'info' box & typing in a new title in full screen mode, with each keypress, the photo jumps back to the original unedited version then reverts to the edit. Why?
Why does the crop tool now have to be activated & corners dragged before I can crop? Why can't I have the option of just clicking on the screen & dragging like I used to? It's not like this function is assigned to anything else.
Why is Straighten now a separate slider? Why do I STILL have to click on Adjust every time I leave full screen mode to make it reappear - why can't it remember my preferences & leave them there?
Events are driving me crazy. I HATE them! I want rolls back! Could I at least have the option? I've just spent 16 hours re-sorting all my rolls into Events. Yeah, sure, great for new photos; not so hot for the 11,000 I already have in iPhoto. On my desktop & laptop. Can I just set up one & export the settings to the other? Of course not...
But of course I can't have what I want because I 'up'graded & now have a load of features I don't like. Apart from the shadows/highlights slider. And I can't blur photos anymore as Sharpen starts far left instead of in the middle.
Thanks for listening. I wouldn't bother buying iLife 08 for iPhoto. I'm regretting it.

alexps:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. How much free space do you have on your HD?
Regarding the cropping, when you bring up the image in the window type "C". That brings up the crop in the last used size. You can resize it as you want and hit the Apply button. Then hit the advanced arrow to bring in the next photo with the crop window already up. That's about the fastest workflow I've found.
Sorry you don't like the newest version. I'm finding the editing capabilities much advanced from the previous versions. The Events are taking a little getting used to but I've found that I can import from the Finder without splitting up the photos into different events if I uncheck the Finder checkbox in iPhoto's Events preferences sections. EXIF capture dates can now be changed both in iPHoto and the original files. The title, keyword and comments metadata is not included in any file exported out of iPhoto.
It did take a little getting used to but well worth the effort IMO.
You can go back to iPhoto 6 by exporting each Event to a folder of the same name as the Event. Then reinstall iPhoto 6, create a new library and import those folders. That will give you the keywords, comments, and same rolls/events as you had.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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