IPhoto 8 - importing TIFF files

I have just tried to import 3 TIFF files and found that when I go File>Import to Library> and the selection window appears my tiff files were greyed out, only by manually adding ".tif" at the end of the file name will iPhoto enable me to select the file.
I was hoping to leave 3 digit file extensions behind in the Windoze world - or have I missed another 'cute' little tick box option ?
Cheers,

You can have the Finder not display the extensions but the application need them in order to know which application is needed and how to process them. In the Finder's Advanced preference pane uncheck the Show all file extensions checkbox. BUT the files must have the extension.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) 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 created 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 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Similar Messages

  • In iPhoto 11 imported tiff files remain tiff after editing.  I need to convert to large file jpegs. How? using the "export" function they become too small

    I thought imported tiff files would be converted by iPhoto to JPEGS in previous versions of iPhoto.  this might have been a disadvantage but my current project requires JPEGs as the final product.
    thanks for any guidance
    Jim

    Drag the photo from the iPhoto window to the desktop or export as kind = JPEG
    As to too small - what is too small?  The pixel dimensions of the exported JPEG will be identical to the original TIFF - the file size is smaller because JPEGs are compressed - which of course reduces file size - which of course is the reason that JPEG exists
    LN

  • Cannot import Tiff files

    a few days after importing my folders the import dialogue window has changed and I cannot import TIFF files anymore, only jpg and raw!! what can I do???
    Thanks Axel

    I am guessing then, done as an Export to TIFF with the Export Dialogue, not Export to PSCS, then. Are they named the same as the Raw file except fot the Extension? If so, change the name by adding something like -edit.TIF and they will be imported. LR maybe seeing them as sidecars to the RAW and like JPEGs generated as a pair with a RAW by a camera, LR ignores it.
    There are a number of very long threads on this issue. Most are titled impart 'RAW - JPEG'.
    Don
    Don Ricklin, MacBook 1.83Ghz Duo 2 Core running 10.4.8 & Win XP, Pentax *ist D
    http://donricklin.blogspot.com/

  • Importing TIFF files (Portrait) into iPhoto '11

    Since upgrading from iLife '09 to iLife '11, I can't import portrait photos in TIFF format into iPhoto! JPEG versions work fine but as most of my photos are TIFF I'm left with a lot of photos that I can't see/use. Landscape photos are fine.
    I'm using a Nikon D300 camera. I have 2 iMacs and a Mac Book - all running Mac OS X vers. 10.6.8 - and they all have the same problem.

    I had a similar problem, which I suspect is going to be off little help if trying to get photos into the mac from a camera.
    I had all my pics on a USB drive external to my old windows machine. When I moved to a mac I started to import into iPhoto 11. The only images I could not load were portrait tiff files, all of which have an Orientation: 8 (Rotated 90° CW) setting as oposed to Orientation: 1 (Normal).
    Fortunately I have Photoshop which will open them, so open and save as does the trick. I suspect there's a setting in the camera to turn off auto rotation which is what I'll try next before I try to load my next set.
    I'm using a D300s so if I can solve this it should work for the D300 also.

  • Aperture 1.1 will not import tiff file if name is the same as the raw file

    Before Aperture I would open up a raw file in Photoshop, edit it and save it as a tiff or a psd file keeping the same name. When I import a folder of images saved like this the only files I see imported are the raw files and any tiff or psd file I renamed to something else. I tried looking under Images> New version from jpeg and it's grayed out with no option to see a tiff file.
    I took a quick look and searched through the forum and found nothing. I can't be the only one doing this!
    Mike
    Dual Core 2.3GHz G5   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   6.5 GB Ram, 500 GB HD, GeForce 7800GT

    That's a ridiculous bug and the fact that you cannot see the entire filename (.nef, .tif, .psd) on the light table (except in tooltips) is pretty incredible too. It's like they were assuming there was no other previous workflow.
    A workaround seems to be putting all the like named files in another folder before importing into Aperture. Time consuming if you have a few hundred projects and it could result in losing a few files here and there plus you need to manually add them to the proper stacks.
    The concept of Aperture is still brilliant it just needs a lot more beta testing. It's kind of like Apple making Spotlight the default without giving you the option of using the clean straight forward old Find.
    Mike
    Dual Core 2.3GHz G5   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   6.5 GB Ram, 500 GB HD, GeForce 7800GT

  • Sudden problem with importing tiff files with alpha channel (CS5)

    OK this is driving me nuts. For years I have been importing image files that have an alpha channel  into FCP as.tiff files. I use Photoshop files only when I want to use the layers as they are too cumbersome otherwise). I have recent upgraded Photoshop, etc. to CS5 and now FCP won't import them anymore. I get a message saying: "File error: 1 file(s) recognized, 0 access denied, 1 unknown"
    I am not doing anything different and tiff files created in just the same way in an earlier version of Photoshop import and work just fine. Is this a CS5 bug? Does anyone know of a work around. I want to keep using tiff files as they seem to work best for me with alpha channel work (and I don't see why I need to reinvent the wheel).
    Thanks
    A

    I've had a similar issue recently. Same TIFF files downloaded from the same server, different FCP project, new error. I either see"File error: 1 file(s) recognized, 0 access denied, 1 unknown" or I get the even stranger, "Unrecognized file type."
    I can open them in PS and save them again as TIF, same results. I know these are not CMYK files but even if resave the TIF as RGB, I get the same results, they are not recognized by FCP.
    But if I open them in PS and save them as PNG with alpha, they improt fine.
    I have no idea what's going on.
    bogiesan
    Message was edited by: David Bogie Chq-1

  • Show stopper: can't import tiff files with camera raw adjustments

    For RAW NEF files (coming from a Nikon D80), Aperture doesn't pick up adjustments I've made in ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) when I import them, even though the .xmp "sidecar" files are sitting there in the folder next to the them. Do I have to do something to get Aperture to pay attention to the .xmp files?
    Similarly, Aperture doesn't read ACR adjustments I've made to TIFF files. I've read on the web that adjustments made to TIFF files cannot be stored in "sidecar" xmp files. That's clearly true since I don't see the .xmp files sitting next to my tiff files in my image directory -- but my ACR adjustments are stored when I reload the TIFF files in ACR.
    In any case, Aperture doesn't seem to recognize either RAW files with sidecar .xmp info, or TIFF files that have ACR adjustments baked in.
    This is a show stopper for me and I'd love to use Aperture for its 'Faces' functionality. Does anyone know a fix for this issue?
    Thanks!
    Raphe

    Thanks for the reply, Kirby
    the kind of conversion you are talking about is likely a pipe dream.
    I gave it a quick look myself just now. the .lrcat file that lightroom has isn't binary & looks just like a huge list of adjustment data for entries in the database. For example, the curves on one of my images looks like this:
    ToneCurve = { 0,
    0,
    37,
    38,
    93,
    148,
    167,
    223,
    255,
    255 },
    So it wouldn't be difficult to write a .lrcat > .xmp exporter (basically going back from one Lightroom database to many .xmp files) or a batch .xmp > .lrcat exporter (going from many .xmp files to one Lightroom database).
    Looking at the contents of Aperture's .aplibrary package, there's an xml record of all files entered in the database, and I found what looks like image edits in the 'versions' folder -- but unfortunately the edits are stored in a binary format.
    Oh well, I guess this is why Aperture is a bit faster than Lightroom -- but will make it very difficult to write a converter to get edits into Aperture. & unless Apple adds edit info to their .xmp sidecar exporter (Export Masters) & includes a batch mode.. we wont be able to get info out of Aperture. So, for the moment, this apparent lack of an open format keeps Aperture from being a professional tool imho, compare to Lightroom.
    ..but for me there's no reason to switch from ACR to Lightroom because there's no facial recognition, and the curve editing utility is better in ACR.
    Thanks for the comments, David.
    I'll be sticking with ACR/Bridge for now -- I'd rather not split my library -- & hope that Lightroom adds some facial recognition functionality
    Besides this, Aperture seems like a really nice product.
    Cheers,
    Raphe

  • Can import TIFF files but not see or work with images

    I previously used Aperture 2 with no problems. I have scanned a large number (hundreds) of negatives using SilverFast current version 6.6.2r2 using a Plustek OpticFilm 7500i scanner. These files are saved as .tif and are all approx 55 MB in size. I was able to view, work with them with no problems in Aperture 2. I can see and work with them in Photoshop CS4, iPhoto, Preview on my iMac and in any program on my PC. However, I cannot view them or work with them in Aperture 3
    When I updated to Aperture 3, the scanned files were visible in the preview mode but not otherwise viewable. Another image from a different project would appear or the image was corrupted. I have done everything in Aperture Library First Aid. I have deleted all of my projects, including my vault, uninstalled and reinstalled Aperture 3 and have the same problem. The image is viewable in Browser (preview mode) but either no image or another image shows up in Viewer or Inspector mode. When looking at the Metadata info, the file name is correct but a different version name is being assigned from a different project.
    Any ideas are appreciated. I am about to give up on A3 as it has been nothing but problems and unusable since installed/reinstalled.
    By the way, JPEGs from camera, cards, etc have been ok. But one of the major goals I have is to capture my old negatives. Unfortunately, the SilverFast JPEG option is not a viable option as not a viewable file by most programs. I have used the VueScan software but have not been happy with the image quality. Besides, I don't want to have to rescan all of these images.

    I wanted to give an update to my issue. The originals are 16-bit TIFFs using RGB color.
    I spoke with Apple Support. After uninstalling, reinstalling, making a new library, importing, generating previews, regenerating previews, attempting importing after saving as JPEGs, 8-bit TIFFs, 16-bit TIFFs from other programs (all of which are able to import and present the orginal .tif files with no problems, Aperture 2 included), the conclusion was that there must be something wrong with my original .tif files.
    I then brought up the only "solution" that had worked to date. That is importing the original TIFF, exporting it (via Aperture 3) as a TIFF and then importing the new TIFF. This has given me usable images and not just the previews. He said that that looked like the only workaround but that it wasn't a problem because of Aperture itself!?
    As cumbersome as this process will be, it may be worth it. I have trialed Lightroom 3 (which can handle the originals with no problem), and at least so far, I much prefer Aperture's workflow and organizational approach.

  • Can't Import TIFF -- File Error

    I am trying to import a TIFF image into my FCP project; something I've done a hundred times. This time, however, the file will not come in. "File Error". This image was made by someone else, but it opens in my ancient Photoshop CS2..so why won't it come in with my FCP 5? It's a logo, with alpha. I've done this countless times, but don't know what to do now. Please advise. Thanks.

    There used to be an issue with FCP and graphic files that were created with Photoshop on a windows machine. The answer for that was to simply open it with PS on your Mac and re-save the file before importing to FCP. Not sure if that's the problem here but worth a shot.
    rh

  • IPhoto import finder file structure sort by date taken

    Hi! I'm switching from iPhoto11 to Aperture. I've imported my iPhoto Library via the Import menu asking Aperture to Copy the photos.
    File structure in the finder in important for me for further usage so I checked the "Aperture Library" package content and discovered that my 10000 photos had been imported in one unique folder with today's date. Even worse each subfolder has a complex name...
    Is there an option to specify "Import photos into folders devided by taken date" ?
    Thanks

    Messy for you but not for the computer. Both iPhoto and Aperture maintain the files in an order that is appropriate for that application. It may not a format that is understandable to humans. I always use managed and allow Aperture to do what it wants in the way of file storage. If I need anything I ask Aperture to get it for me. It is a DAM, Digital Asset Management, system.
    If you have valid reason to have to access the files without using Aperture then maybe referenced is the solution for you. Personally I figure that is what the computer is there to do so I leave it do its thing.
    Allan

  • Iphoto import imovie files...

    hi, my problem is a bit complex :
    i use iphoto and imovie. when i use imovie for editing, i usually import my video files directly from the sidebar "iphoto video". then i do my stuff and everything is fine.
    but one day, somehow, in imovie in the same sidebar, the video file from "iphoto video" doesnt update anymore, so i quit all application, and trashes these preferences files (com.apple.iApps + com.apple.iMovieApp), then i reopen iphoto and imovie, but nothing change (one time ago it worked but not this time).
    so i decide to rebuild my iphoto library, when it was done, and i reopen imovie, all the files in my sidebar "iphoto video" was back and updated ! i did it !
    BUT, in iphoto i got the usually "recovered" event and in that i got video files with timestamp 0:00. i know what are those files. Its used by imovie for edition, when i locate in finder, the file show up in "iMovieSpeedConversion" that correspond to a video edited in imovie that i change the speed or that i made any modification, imovie make a copy and store in the iphoto library. so that i understand.
    my problem is that i want to get rid of these file in my iphoto library, but if i just trash it from iphoto, then when i reopen imovie all my project will be corrupt. so i have to keep these files in the iphoto library file (finder), but i do not want to keep it "inside" iphoto (application).
    HOW do i do this please
    J

    well they are big, a couple of Go, and they "appear" in iphoto by rebuilding the library, no i didnt try to "hide" them with the iphoto "hiding" feature because i dont want to hide them like that cause im using this feature, so i want to leave these files in the library file in finder, but remove it form the library inside iphoto software... more than hide, invisible, transparent like it was before !
    J

  • Questions on Automator: iPhoto (import selected files) to iDisk?

    I'm trying to figure out how to use Automator so that every time I import
    photos into my iPhoto that it automatically sends a copy of those files
    to a folder on my iDisk?
    Any suggestions on how I can do this are appreciated?

    See if you can upoad the files from the memory card to a folder on the Desktop with Image Capture or with a card reader.  If you can then put the card back in the camera and reformat it with the camera.  Take some test shots and try importing as you normally do again.
    OT

  • Can't import TIFF files to Lightroom

    I shot in TIFF + JPEG last night but when I try to import to Lightroom, it doesn't give me a preview of the photos and then says it can't import them. Even if it doesn't like TIFF (which would be strange to me), if they saved in JPEG why can't it find those files?

    Ah yes, good point. Then I can sort by file type and move straight onto the hard drive. Sorry should have thought of that myself. Just tried again. I've realised I said TIFF when I meant RAW (.CR2 files). Lightroom says it won't take them and suggests getting a newer version. Will that work?

  • How do I maximize quality of tiff files in Adobe PP cs6

    Hi.
    I'm importing tiff files 3528 x 3630 pixels, 24 bit depth, into Premiere Pro cs6, and then scaling to frame in cs6.
    Would the quality be any better if I downsized them outside of cs6 and if so what would be a good program to do this in.
    The best results I've had with exporting in terms of quality have been with the f4v format.
    avi, mp4, and all the other ones are quite lossy. And there is little improvement when I alter the codec or bit depth, so I assume either I'm doing something wrong or the tiff files arent simpatico with the cs6 system.
    What is the best way to maintain the integrity and high quality of the original images?
    Any help would be much appreciated.

    As Fuzzy says, perhaps if we saw your export settings it would be useful.
    Also, you say you are scaling the 3528 x 3630 images to frame size. What is that frame size. For extremely technical reasons, that could actually matter.
    We have the image size, we need the frame size of the sequence, and the frame size of the export. With all three, I believe we can assist you in selecting the correct output method. Can we assume that the lossless version is for archiving?
    Exporting to an uncompressed codec is easy. (Actually that is a silly statement on my part, if it is uncompressed, there is no codec because there is nothing compressed to decompress!) The problem might be that playing back an uncompressed video stream is extremely difficult for most PCs.  You might only be able to use the uincompressed video in a program like Premiere Pro or After Effects.
    By the way, how do the Vimeo and YouTube videos look? Are they of sufficient quality for distribution?
    Off topic question: Where did you get tiff files of that size and depth? Is that what your camera records?

  • How do you change a color on an imported tif file in adobe illustrator?

    Hi, I have put together an illustrator file by importing various tiffs and putting them togetherfor a figure in a scientfic journal.  I have to change the red in all my images to magenta for those that are colorblind.  I was hoping someone could help me figure out how i can change red to magenta in illustrator off of imported tiff files (not objects that were created in illustrator - i know how to do that).  I have tried to get the answer from technical support over the phone but they keep disconnecting me?  Can anyone help?

    Thanks for the input.  I do know how to do it in photopshop and am trying to export my files into layered .psd-s but the layers don't always export perfectly and the journal needs me to send a layered file (doesn't matter .ai or .psd).  The figure should have been put together in photoshop originally, but unfortunately it wasn't.  The Phantam CS seems interesting but you alos have to buy it and I don't want to have to purchase something to do it.  Especially since Adobe says there is a way to do it.  Just don't know what that way is....

Maybe you are looking for