IPhoto copies, Export problem, upload photos

Question

HELP!!! I definitely need your expertise.
Here is the background:
- I wanted to upload photos onto Kodak Gallery through ofoto Express. Since Ofoto can upload pictures from iPhoto, so i went to organize my photos there.
- I created a new folder (let's call it "F1" ) in iPhoto and then I put new pictures into "F1" from a photo CD, then I manually re-arranged the photo order "F1".
Then here comes all the troubles:
1) Can I resize all the photos in this "F1" album all the once? If so, how do I do that?
2) When I put pictures into this "F1" , I notice the Library, film roll and 2005 also have a copy of my photos except they are all out of order, why is that?
3) Can I just keep one copy of "F1" without having so many duplicated copies elsewhere such as under the YEAR or keywords?
4) Are there good and faster way to upload all 300 full size photos?
5) From the album "F1" I created, I tried to do EXPORT all the photos too, but all the photos that was exported were out of order and not in the right orientation, what can I do and what is the function of this Export then?
6) How come the Duplicate photo function in iPhoto only put the copy right next to the original? Can I have a seperate duplicated folder? When I made duplicate, I found that the library also have the duplication and once I deleted one copy out of two, it deleted the original image in my "F1" album. I don't understand.
7) How come I cannot just make a "copy" of "F1" album to my desktop?
PLEASE HELP, I am so lost!!! Am I the only one that has this problem?
Thanks,
MC

Answer 1

Hi Michelle, I will try to answer some of your questions...
Then here comes all the troubles:
1) Can I resize all the photos in this "F1" album all the once? If so, how do I do that?
You resize the photo when they are exported, not while they are within iPhoto.
2) When I put pictures into this "F1" , I notice the Library, film roll and 2005 also have a copy of my photos except they are all out of order, why is that?
I don't know about the out of order part, but it could be that the album you made you manually moved the images where you wanted them. In the library, roll, and year view, the View is set globally by what you chose under the View menu
3) Can I just keep one copy of "F1" without having so many duplicated copies elsewhere such as under the YEAR or keywords?
Those aren't duplicates, they are just like an alias or a plcaehold for the real image
4) Are there good and faster way to upload all 300 full size photos?
Not really, it all depends on your connection speed. That amount of images will take a long long time
5) From the album "F1" I created, I tried to do EXPORT all the photos too, but all the photos that was exported were out of order and not in the right orientation, what can I do and what is the function of this Export then?
This has been a problem for many people including me. There have been work arounds listed here on the discussions by Old Toad. You must rename the images with numbers either within iPhoto as a batch change or when you export them, use the album name as a naming scheme and the images will be numbered. This order may or maynot be what you expected though. Like I said working with so many images is going to be very confusing. I will have to try and find Old Toad's solution for you.
Are you uploading these images to put in an online album or for prints. You know you can also manage them on the online album, rearranging order,naming,etc. These online places also limit the number of images for each album.
6) How come the Duplicate photo function in iPhoto only put the copy right next to the original?
So you can find it easily
Can I have a seperate duplicated folder?
yes, make an album and put the duplicates in that album
When I made duplicate, I found that the library also have the duplication and once I deleted one copy out of two, it deleted the original image in my "F1" album. I don't understand.
If you made the duplicate in an Album it will be reflected in the library.
If you delete an image from the library it will be deleted from the album too as the library is the place where all the images are kept. The albums only have place holders. If you want to work on a group of images and want the edits and names etc. to be different than the ones in the library, duplicate all the images in the library first. Make an album and move only the duplicates to the album. Now you can make your images B&W, sepia, edit, crop, etc. and all these edits will be reflected on the duplicates and not the originals n the library.
7) How come I cannot just make a "copy" of "F1" album to my desktop?
You can, but it will take some work to get it exported in the order you want. I will have to do some experimenting to see