Iphoto sharpness parameter

IPhoto sharpenss parameter - Jean Paul Ker Rault
( Today 10:41 am)
I am using iPhoto 5.0.4 (263) but when I use the modofication tool, the sharpness parameter (Neetness, Clearness???) is not save when I am changing of photo.
All other modified parameters are saved but not this one...

hi Jean Paul,
Check out this link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301425
And this one
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=165577

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IPhoto sharpenss parameter

I am using iPhoto 5.0.4 (263) but when I use the modofication tool, the sharpness parameter (Neetness, Clearness???) is not save when I am changing of photo.
All other modified parameters are saved but not this one. I am using a french environnement. All my system is up to date.

JP
You'll get better response to iPhoto 5 related question by posting those questions to the iPhoto 5 discussion. In the mean time, have you taken a look in iPhoto Help to see if your concern is addressed there?

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Hi, I think the iPhoto sharpness issue is quite annoying as I like to just view the photos quickly in the edit mode and to fit the edit window size. But they just don't look sharp enough. I have tried the trial version of AcdSee for Mac and the preview looks a lot sharper and lively. But it seems that AcdSee is not making the software fo Mac anymore, is there any other suggestion for a quick photo management software that display the true sharpness and resolution of the photos?

What format is that disk?
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
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Note: This topic was moved from 'Using Mac OS X.'
Hi , I am new to mac osx. Just a silly question...
When I sharpen a photo in iphoto and I press done, after it saves it reverts back into the original photo. Has iphoto sharpened the photo or not ?.
I cannot see the sharpened photo anywhere. Will it print the original or the photo I edited ? pls help.

Hey Makk,
I have the same problem, and I don't quite buy the explanation posted on the Mac Help site. I also have a problem when I try to adjust the tint, saturation, etc. It seems to not only revert back to the original levels, but overcompensates in the other direction. If I edit a photo multiple times, I usually get a finished photo that is both blurry and badly tinted. It doesn't make much sense to me that the photo should look different when you hit the Done button. I mean, what's the point of adjusting the levels and using the picture window as a guide if the automatic smoothing function and mystery tint phenomena changes it to something totally different? Does anyone know of a way to turn off these automatic funtions?

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The sharpness control works but when I hit "done" it doesn't save the enhanced sharpness in the final version. What's wrong?

No one has been able to answer this question, but I can tell you 2 things:
1. You are not alone, a lot of us are having the same frustrating problem.
2. A bug report has been filed with apple regarding this.

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Kevin,
1.You can get to the actual files through the finder, but it is difficult if you don't know the date they were created.
iPhoto is meant to have everything done within the application.
-If you want to use an image in another application you would Share/Export the photos to the desktop. You can then navigate to the desktop to use the photos (example: web uploading from online photo site)
If your application supports drag and drop, you can drag the photo from an open iPhoto Library window into your application.
For email you can also use the email icon within iPhoto to open a message with the highlighted photo attached.
You can also use spotlight to find images in an Album...
This is what I have done using Spotlight to find my images that are in iPhoto albums without opening iPhoto..
In iPhoto, select the album, then select all, go to Photos/batch change.
Change the comments to text. In the text field I put the name of the Album.
Do this for each album.
Close iPhoto.
Open Spotlight and put in the name of the Album ( you have to remember the names of the albums or have then written down)
In the spotlight search results. click on "show all"
Under "Images" click on the "xx more" to show all the images in the album.
Make sure you have it in icon view, the icon view box is the last one on the blue images line.
Now you can control click on the image to "reveal in finder", open in iPhoto or Mail, etc.
One important thing to know is you can set up a graphic program to be an external editor (when you double click an image in the library} such as PhotoShop or PS Elements. You set up that within iPhoto Preferences. Just make sure you save the image flattened and with the same name. The edits will then be relected in iPhoto when you hit "save".
2. Maybe these apple kb articles might clarify what is happening.
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After applying the sharpening and saving the edit open the file by Control-clicking on it and selecting "Edit in separate window". Once in there select 100% in the Size menu and check to see if you can see the sharpening that you applied. See: iPhoto: Sharpness adjustment may not be apparent when viewing at less than 100 percent. That may what you're experiencing.
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HI Lenny,
Let me point you to these Apple kbs...
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When I open photo in Edit, open the Adjustment panel, use the sharpness control and hit done, it says it is saving changes. However, when I reopen the photo it appears to have reverted to the way it was prior to me adjusting the sharpness control. Also, once you have made adjustments, do the sliders maintain that position whenever you open that photo?

Hi Marcie,
check out this Apple kb and see if the info in it helps?
Working with iPhoto sharpness tool
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iPhoto: sharpness adjustment may not be apparent when viewing at less than 100 percent
About your last question, I am not sure. I never use the sharpness adjustment.

How to view an image @ 100% ?

When I do some editing in iPhoto, especially sharpening, I'd like to see it @100%.
There is no indication at what % I'm viewing the image.
Is there any way to know that ?
When clicking "edit" on the bottom, at what size the image opens?
Thanks!

ok, I found an Apple article from 2007 which explains how to do that. I'm posting it here for others:
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iPhoto: Sharpness adjustment may not be apparent when viewing at less than 100 percent
Last Modified on: July 13, 2007
Article: 301425
When you view an image at less than full size, iPhoto smooths it (a technique known as anti-aliasing) to get rid of artifacts that result from scaling down the photo. The relationship between anti-aliasing and sharpening is a trade-off; although anti-aliasing does not modify the actual image file, it does counter the effect of sharpening when viewing the image at less than full size.
Because of this, if you sharpen a photo, close it, then reopen it again at a less than 100-percent view, you may get the impression that your sharpness changes were not saved. In reality they were, but since the image has been re-aliased to fit your screen, the image's true sharpness may not be apparent.
To evaluate whether an image is sharp or needs sharpening, you should view the photo at 100 percent/full size while editing in a separate window. To open the photo in a separate window, you can either Control-click the image and choose "Edit in a separate window" from the shortcut menu, or change your iPhoto preferences:
From the iPhoto menu, choose Preferences.
In the General pane, locate the preference for "Double-click photo."
Set the radio button to "Opens photo in edit window."
Close the preferences window.
Now photos will open in a separate window when you double-click them. Once in the separate window, choose 100% from the Size pop-up menu. If you don't see the Size menu, widen the window until it appears.
Tip: If you are editing the photo from one of the other view options, you can press the 1 key to quickly jump to 100 percent view.
Other applications, such as Adobe Photoshop, handle anti-aliasing differently, so the degree of apparent sharpness can vary from one application to the next when viewing an image at a scaled-down size. You should see consistency when comparing the image at 100 percent across other applications.
Important: Information about products not manufactured by Apple is provided for information purposes only, and does not constitute Apple's recommendation or endorsement. Please contact the vendor for additional information.
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We all like iPhoto and its ease of use, good looks and fancy features.
However Aplle must concentrate on the core .... sufficient quality of the displayed images. The colors, sharpness, tones - the essence of photography
I understand that iPhoto is not the Aperture. But if the Slide Show mode virtually washes the sharpness away from the pictures than something is not right! Picture that is not sharp is worth the trash
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Sharpness of image in iPhoto

I have a set of jpeg files that I created with another photo editing program. Each photo is 500 max pixels on a side and the file size is about 100 kB. I imported these photos into iPhoto.
I notice that if I double-click on one of the photos in iPhoto and compare it to what I get using Preview by double-clicking on the file in Finder, the former is not quite as sharp as the latter. They are both displayed with the same size on my monitor.
Here's another observation - I exported one of the photos in question from iPhoto using Maximum Quality and Full Size. Using Preview, it appears as sharp as the corresponding photo in Finder.
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I know what you mean. I have compared images displayed in full screen mode with the same image file displayed using other software and the iPhoto display is soft by comparison. It's as if the image is being magnified using a lower resolution sample. At 100% there is no problem; nor does there seem to be a problem viewing the image full size in the normal viewing window, ie. not in full screen mode.
iPhoto is great but because of this behaviour, I don't use it.

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Marisa, you stand a better chance of getting an answer concerning iPhoto by posting this question in the iPhoto forum
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/iphoto

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