Iphoto photo with an external editor

I just installed PSE 11. I would like to use it as an external editor through iphoto. When I choose a photo in iphoto to edit in PSE 11, PSE 11 opens, However the picture does not launch in pse 11.
What might I be doing wrong???
Any other advice??

You have to dig down to find the correct "external" editor - Adobe has hidden it - search the forums for exact instructions
LN

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How to edit external iPhoto Library pictures with an external editor?

That's my question.
I have my iPhoto Library on an external HD and I want to modify my pics with PSE 11. I've set my iPhoto prefs to do this but it just doesn't work. When I click on "edit with an externale editor" PSE 11 opens but doesn't show the picture, why is that?

The file you want to select is in the Adobe Photoshop Elements 10/Suport Files folder:
It should be the same for the earlier version of PSE as I recall.
Using Photoshop or Photoshop Elements as Your Editor of Choice in iPhoto.
1 - select Photoshop or Photoshop Elememts as your editor of choice in iPhoto's General Preference Section's under the "Edit photo:" menu.
2 - double click on the thumbnail in iPhoto to open it in Photoshop. When you're finished editing click on the Save button. If you immediately get the JPEG Options window make your selection (Baseline standard seems to be the most compatible jpeg format) and click on the OK button. Your done.
3 - however, if you get the navigation window
that indicates that PS wants to save it as a PS formatted file. You'll need to either select JPEG from the menu and save (top image) or click on the desktop in the Navigation window (bottom image) and save it to the desktop for importing as a new photo.
This method will let iPhoto know that the photo has been editied and will update the thumbnail file to reflect the edit..
NOTE: With Photoshop Elements the Saving File preferences should be configured as shown:
I also suggest the Maximize PSD File Compatabilty be set to Always. In PSE’s General preference pane set the Color Picker to Apple as shown:
Note: to switch between iPhoto and PS or PSE as the editor of choice Control (right)-click on the thumbnail and select either Edit in iPhoto or Edit in External Editor from the contextual menu. If you use iPhoto to edit more than PSE re-select iPhoto in the iPhoto General preference pane. Then iPhoto will be the default editor and you can use the contextual menu to select PSE for your editor when desired.
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Why are many of my photos missing? External editor badge applied to all of the missing ones to...

I switched over my iPhoto library to Aperture but realized about 20% of the entire library contains thumbs but no image. These missing photos have size (e.g. 1MB) but no resolution (it says 0 x 0 px). Also all of these photos have the dot inside the circle badge indicating that it was editired with an external editor which most or all were not... I rebuilt the library and tried reprocessing masters without success. Most of these are older digital photos that are small in size but have sentimental value to them. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
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Photos edited in external editor are huge..

If I edit a photo in an external editor (Photoshop CS5), the file is saved as an PSD file. This one is about 50 times bigger than the original. Is it possible to convert the file to a JPG after editing so it will use less disk space?

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Iphoto 11 + PSE 9 externer editor

Hi,
Because the organizer of PSE 9 is very slow, I use iphoto 11 on Mac OSx to organize my fotos. If I edit a foto with iphoto, I get one modifieded picture in iphoto. If I work with PSE 9 as an external editor, iphoto does a duplication of my foto and I get 2 fotos (original + modifieded) in iphoto. Is it possible to get one modifieded foto with PSE 9 in the organizer of iphoto with the option to get back to the original?

No, this is a quirk of the current iphoto with any external editor. Most people think it's a bug, but apple evidently disagrees.

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Make a temporary, backup copy (if you don't already have a backup copy) of the library and try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home()/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding down the Option key when launching iPhoto. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
OT

How to configure iPhoto '11 most conveniently with an external editor

What I'd like to do is use iPhoto's built-in editor for most tasks and Photoshop Elements 9 for the tricky ones, so I thought that specifying Edit Photos In iPhoto in Preferences > Advanced would do the trick, especially because there's a contextual menu item "Edit in External Editor" for those occasions. However, what I've found is that after editing a photo in PSE9 with these settings, when I try to save it, the photo is stored in a subdirectory of "Masters" (the old "Originals") instead of "Previews" (the old "Modified"). Only if I configure iPhoto to edit directly in PSE 9 (so simply opening the editing pane will open the chosen photo in PSE 9, which I don't want), will the iPhoto properly first copy the photo to be edited in the "Previews" subdirectory.
Is this a bug or by design? Is there a way to obtain what I want?

Maybe with will help:
Using Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements) as Your Editor of Choice in iPhoto.
1 - select Photoshop as your editor of choice in iPhoto's Advanced Preference Section's under the "Edit photo:" menu.
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2 - double click on the thumbnail in iPhoto to open it in Photoshop. When you're finished editing click on the Save button. If you immediately get the JPEG Options window make your selection (Baseline standard seems to be the most compatible jpeg format) and click on the OK button. Your done.
3 - however, if you get the navigation window
Click to view full size
that indicates that PS wants to save it as a PS formatted file. You'll need to either select JPEG from the menu and save (top image) or click on the desktop in the Navigation window (bottom image) and save it to the desktop for importing as a new photo.
This method will let iPhoto know that the photo has been editied and will update the thumbnail file to reflect the edit..
NOTE: With Photoshop Elements 9 the Saving File preferences should be configured as shown:
Click to view full sizes
I also suggest the Maximize PSD File Compatabilty be set to Always.
In PSE’s General preference pane set the Color Picker to Apple as shown:
Click to view full size
NOTE: If you want to use both iPhoto's editing mode and PS/PSE without having to go back and forth to the Preference pane, once you've selected PS as your editor of choice, reset the Preferences back to "Open in iPhoto". That will let you either edit in iPhoto using the Edit button or Control-clicking on the thumbnail and selecting "Edit in iPhoto" or in PS/PSE by Control-clicking on the thumbnail and selecting "Edit in External Editor" in the Contextual menu.
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This way you get the best of both worlds.
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Access iPhoto photos with Finder?

Is there a way to use Finder to find, open, share, etc. photos in my iPhoto folder? Or is the only way to access them through the program itself?

Longer Answer:
iPhoto (and similar apps, like Aperture, Lightroom, Picasa) are designed to replace the Finder for anything you do with your Photos. (Like AddressBook with your addresses, iTunes with your Music etc).
Also, these apps - espcecially iPhoto and Aperture - make massive use of virtualisation in how they work, so finding files within the Library is difficult, as there is no necessary connection with how things are laid out in the iPhoto Window and how they are arranged on the Hard Drive. Accessing the files directly also any edits or metadata that you have added since import.
Anything you need to do can be done via iPhoto, and done faster and more easily too.
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(Note the above illustration is not a Finder Window. It's the dialogue you get when you go File -> Open)
You can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
There's a similar option in Outlook and many, many other apps. If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
If you want to access the files with iPhoto not running:
For users of 10.6 and later: You can download a free Services component from MacOSXAutomation which will give you access to the iPhoto Library from your Services Menu.
Using the Services Preference Pane you can even create a keyboard shortcut for it.
For Users of 10.4 and 10.5 Create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use this free utility Karelia iMedia Browser
Other options include:
Drag and Drop: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
File -> Export: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
Show File: a. On iPhoto 09 and earlier: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected. 3.b.
b: On iPhoto 11 and later: Select one of the affected photos in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Reveal in Finder -> Original. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.

How do I export all my Iphoto photos to my external hard drive, maintaining their current state?

So I did the classic click and drag method, putting all my photos into my external hard drive, fast and easy. But what I noticed was that no information about the pictures was kept, no dates, locations etc. If you drag one picture the information comes with it, but not if you take a bunch at the same time. Then the original date is replaced by today's. I've got over 20.000 photos and I really want them on my hard drive, can someone please help me out here?

Export them using the appropriate options to include the desired metadata - see the user tip on exporting for details on eachoption
As to date - you probably are confusing the file date with the photo date - two totally different things - the photos date is internal to the photo in the EXIF data and is view using photo viewing software like preview or iPhoto - the file date it only concerned with th efile information and is views with file viewer software like nder
LN

HT1338 How to restore iphoto photo with Time Machine?

I am trying to restore a single photo in iPhoto from Time Machine.
I open up iPhoto, then upen up Time Machine. When Time Machine launches, it opens up my desktop, not iPhoto.
I have seen videos of people doing this, but I cannot get Time Machine to open up iPhoto.
What am I doing wrong?

Apple used to support restoration of photos via the iPhoto interface with Time Machine, but has halted this support. I believe the reason was the feature was corrupting people's libraries, but I cannot be certain. Your options here are to restore either the entire library or manually go into the library in the Finder and use Time Machine to browse through file histories that way. Alternatively you can access the Time Machine backup directly in the Finder and manually copy the needed files out of it (do not restore in this way, but instead copy to the Desktop and then re-import the image as a new photo).

Opening organized iPhoto photos from Seagate external harddrive

I have a Seagate Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive 2TB that I have my entire laptop backed up to. I have over 23,000 photos in my iPhoto 9.6 Library which has been significantly slowing down my Macbook Pro for a while. Since my entire iPhoto Library is backed up, I want to delete most of my photos from my laptop. However, before I delete them, I want to be sure that I can open up iPhoto from my external hard drive and all my photos will be there, organized the way I have them organized now.
I’ve tested this many times, trying to figure out how to open my backed up library on my laptop. I’ve tried option > open iPhoto and creating new libraries/opening existing libraries, but each time I do this, iPhoto loads up with no pictures in it at all.
I know that everything is backed up, but once I delete my pictures from my laptop, how will I open my backed up library to view all my photos again? The option > open solution has not worked for me at all. I’ve never been able to open the backed up library (not sure if this has something to do with the fact that I still have all the photos in my existing library). I'm hesitant to delete my photos before seeing all my photos loaded and organized from my external hard drive.

Ok
Again what you are trying do will not work
you can NOT open an iphoto library that is a TM backup - you must first restore the backup to your main drive and then open it - https://www.apple.com/support/timemachine/
And as well documented TM removes old backups when it runs out of space so as I previously said
and depending on how you are managing the backups you may very well end up with the photos gone from the backup too
sooner or later all of the photos you deleted form your main library will be deleted form the backup - again it is not an archive
You can do what ever you want - but again
the best way to accomplish what you want is to have an EHD formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) directly connected to your MBP with a fast wired connection (Firewire, USB 2 or 3 or Thunderbolt) - move your iPhoto library to it and start a new library on you MBP - use iPhoto Library Manager to move photos between libraries - and be sure your backup system is backing up both you main drive and your iphoto library archive drive
You can NOT do it the way you are trying to - it simply does not work that way
LN

Moving Iphoto photos to an external drive

I have a huge image set of more than 23 Gb on Iphoto 6. I use two different mac both with Iphoto 6. Is there any way I can change the location of all the library to an external drive so In this way i could just plug the external drive to any of the two machines (work and home) and work without problems ?

hi Marcos,
Copy the ENTIRE iPhoto Library folder to a Mac formatted external drive.
Launch iPhoto while holding down the Option key.
At the prompt, choose to open another library.
Navigate to the library on the external and highlight it.
Hit the "open" button
iPhoto will open the library on the external and from now on will use this library to import images too. This will now be your working library. Make sure everything is working correctly and everything is fine in the library.
You can then delete the library on the internal if you wish.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93037
As far as using this library with two Macs, I am not sure of what will happen. I know that is is done .
This is an excerpt from the iPhoto Library Manager documentation page on the subject:
"There is one other way to get around the issue of permissions in sharing a library. In Mac OS X, you can tell the system to ignore all permissions on a particular drive or partition (this cannot be done with the volume that your computer is running OS X from). To do so, select the drive in the Finder and press command-I (Get Info). In the info window, click the disclosure triangle next to "Ownership & Permissions", and then check the box that says "Ignore ownership on this volume" (note: you may be prompted to enter an admin password when doing this). This will allow all users to read and write files on that drive regardless of how permissions are set. One drawback to this approach is that it requires either a) storing your library on an external drive, or b) formatting and partitioning your main hard drive, which requires backing up and reinstalling your data and applications. After setting up the drive you want to use, either create a new library on the drive by clicking "New Library" in iPhoto Library Manager, or copy one of your existing libraries to the drive and then add it to iPhoto Library Manager by clicking "Add Library"

ViewKind Parameter Ignored in ProjectItem.Open if ProjectItem is Set to Open With Default External Editor

Hi all,
In my VS2010 extension, I have just encountered a situation which I can find no workaround for. As always, I went to Carlos Quintero's MZ-Tools first to see if I could find an answer. In this excellent article of his (http://www.mztools.com/articles/2007/mz2007027.aspx),
he discusses how to get "the ProjectItem in the desired view using ProjectItem.Open(viewKind), which returns an EnvDTE.Window object."
This is the behavior I have experienced until I noticed that if a user selects "Open With..." and sets a default external program to open a given item with, I can no longer programmatically open the item in the text editor (this is required
functionality for my extension, since I am not setting the Window to visible, anyway). The screenshot below illustrates my point, even though I am working with my own custom extensions.
In this case, calling ProjectItem.Open with every available ViewKind value will cause Program.cs to open in Notepad rather than the text editor. The Window returned from the Open call is always null in this case.
Is there any way I can force an item to open in the text editor, regardless what its default program/viewer is? Thanks for your help,
-Mike

I don't think that is a bug but a limitation of the automation model.
As workaround, you can use the following method:
IVsUIShellOpenDocument.OpenSpecificEditor
If you want something somewhat more palatable you can use the following method:
VsShellUtilities.OpenDocumentWithSpecificEditor
Editor guids are stored in the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0_Config\Editors, but since you are only interested in the text editor guid, you are lucky because there is already a constant defined Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.GUID_TextEditorFactory.
There is also a constant defined for the logical view: Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.LOGVIEWID.TextView_guid.
So, even if text files are set to open with Notepad, this code should open them in the text editor:
         string fullPath;
         Guid editorGuid;
         Guid logicalViewGuid;
         IVsWindowFrame windowFrame;
         fullPath = projectItem.get_FileNames(0);
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         logicalViewGuid = Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.LOGVIEWID.TextView_guid;
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IPhoto + PSE 8 als externer Editor = nur 4 Fotos auf einmal bearbeiten

Hallo zusammen,
wie schon beschrieben nutze ich PSE 8 als externen Editor zum bearbeiten meiner Fotos, die alle in IPhoto '08 organisiert sind.
In IPhoto ist also PSE 8 als externes Bearbeitungsprogramm eingestellt und öffnet sich automatisch beim klick auf den Bearbeitungsbutton. Dies funktioniert auch wunderbar bei einzelnen Bildern.
Wenn ich aber mehrere Bilder in IPhoto makiere und auf bearbeiten klicke, dann öffnen sich nur die ersten 4 Fotos in Photoshop.
Brauche aber unbedingt alle makierten Fotos in Photoshop um z.B Stapelverarbeitungen schnell zu erledigen.
Vielen Danke für eure Hilfe!

Hab meine Frage mal im Englischen Forum gepostet und eine hilfreiche Antwort bekommen:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2642063#2642063
Dies ist eine Limitierung von iPhoto, dass heißt egal welches externe Bearbeitungsprogramm man verwendet, es werden immer nur vier makierte Bilder von iPhoto in dem externen Editor geöffnet.
Wer also z.b. einen Filtereffekt bei mehreren Bildern in einem Arbeitschritt anwenden möchte muss die Fotos erst in vierer Gruppen von iPhoto im externen Editor öffnen um dann alle auf einmal zu Bearbeiten.
Ziemlich dumme Sache die Beschränkung, aber gibt glaub ich keinen Weg darum herumzukommen

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I don't have enough space on my macbook to back my pictures up onto it. I am wanting to back up my pictures from my iphoto onto an external hard drive. Is this possible?
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You've made an error and posted this in the iPhone forum.

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