IPhoto tags

I saw the video on the apple website but read on a blog about iPhoto's new tagging capabilities, I also can't find anything the apple website about tagging - anybody direct me on this?
I would like to know if other than Keywords (tags in all but name) are other fields imilar to what Windows Vista users are used to like 'Title', 'Comments' and 'Subject' fields are available for editing.
Thanks,
Samuel

iPhoto uses the IPTC Caption/Description field for the comments, the Keyword field for keywords and the Title field for the title. Those are the only IPTC fields that iPhoto appears to be able to read or write to. And the photos have to be exported out of iPhoto for the metadata to be written to the file.
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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While I am not new with using iPhoto, I am new at sharing a photo album from iPhoto on Facebook.
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To correct this, I had to use Facebook to tag the photo. But then I ended up with "Alex & Friend - with Alex Lastname & Alex Lastname". One was just black text and one was a blue Facebook link. I then had to edit the photo and figure out which Alex Lastname to remove. Of course I guessed wrong, so I had to delete both Alex's and retag the photo.
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And now that the album has been up for a day, my friends have been tagging the photos like crazy. So a photo with six people in it will have twelve tags - six from iPhoto that are not the blue links and six from Facebook that are the links. Cleaning them up will be a pain, especially since I am not friends with everyone in the photos, so the best I can do is untag everyone and tag the ones I know.
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Paul
btw - latest iPhoto.

I have the same problem, I've made custom tags and they just don't work.
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I have 6000+ photos which I painstakingly tagged up in Vista (Vista Photo Gallery is auperb for this task by the way) in readiness for getting my wife a MacBook.
The problem is when I import them, some, but not all tags are imported.
As an example, I search for my wife's name. In both Vista Photo Gallery and Google Picasa2, I get 775 and 773 photos returned respectively (I'll worry about the odd 2 later). In iPhoto (both in '06 and '08) I get 84 photos.
Having a look at the properties of some of the files, it appears that any photo I have done any editing in Picasa has had its tags imported corrected. The rest do not.
From reading the Windows Photo team blog, it seems they were keen to do tagging correctly (including always saving tag info back to the file - Apple take note), so I doubt very much it's the fault of Vista Photo Gallery - though I've not been weened off windows yet The fact that Google Picasa correctly sees the tags lends weight to this argument.
Has anyone any ideas or experience of this or other related problems?
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Greg
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Tagging is still very new. Creative Commons have some background info here: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/XMP but even they refer to the " balkanized state of embedded metadata standards.".
Regardless of what you may hope or think, the simple fact of the matter is that there is no convention or protocol adopted by everyone for tagging pics. This is true both within Operating Systems and between them. Microsoft, Google and Adobe all have systems going that are partly compatible. The simple fact of the matter is that there is no way to tag on Windows in such a way as the tag can be reliably read on a Mac - and vice versa. It's a reasonable guess that if you tag using the Adobe system that will be read by Adobe apps on either side, but not necessarily by anyone else's application.
What's best is if you can find an app that writes to the Exif data and one that read those fields of the Exif data...
And, sorry, but I don't know of any...
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TD

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Hello,
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I think you need to ask that on the iPad forum, as it's about the iPad and not iPhoto.
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TD

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IF you're not too lazy to read the replies:
1.) I love the idea of iPhoto tagging and organizing my photos via places, faces, events etc. How does iPhoto store the metadata which allows it to organize as such? Is this data added to the photo files as additional EXIF data? Or is there an iPhoto database file/files which needs to be maintained?
This metadata is stored in the iPhoto database. It can be written to the files on export. Prior to Export there's no need to. I have no idea what you mean by "iPhoto database file/files which needs to be maintained?"
2.) When "importing" photo files into iPhoto, I'm assuming that additional thumbnail files are created and stored.
Correct. They are what you see in the iPhoto Window in Organising mode.
Does it store additional "full" versions of the photo files by default
Yes.
And when you start creating smart albums et al, I'm sure something similar to iTunes Library files (.ITL, .XML etc) are also created.
No there aren't. Again, this is all stored in the iPhoto Database.
What are the important files and directories created in the process?
There's only one you need back up. It's the iPhoto Library in your Pictures Folder.
At a guess this question:
Does it store additional "full" versions of the photo files by default
suggests you don't want this to happen.
You can run iPhoto in Referenced Mode where this won't happen. I strongly urge you not to, expecially as you haven't a clue about iPhoto and are very lazy.
*How to do it:*
Simply go to iPhoto Menu -> Preferences -> Advanced and uncheck 'Copy Files to the iPhoto Library on Import'.
*What Happens:*
Now iPhoto will not copy the files, but rather simply reference them on your HD. To do this it will create an alias in the Originals Folder that points to your file. It will still create a thumbnail and, if you modify the pics, a Modified version within the iPhoto Library Folder.
*Some things to consider:*
1. Importing and deleting pics are more complex procedures. You have to to put the files where they will be stored before importing them. When you delete them you'll need to remove the files from the HD yourself.
2. You cannot move or rename the files on your system or iPhoto will lose track of them on systems prior to 10.5 and iPhoto 08. Even with the later versions issues can still arise if you move the referenced files to new volumes or between volumes.
3. Most importantly, migrating to a new disk or computer can be much more complex.
4. Because iPhoto has no tools for managing Referenced Files, if, for some reason, the path to the photos changes then you could find yourself resolving aliases for +each photo in the Library+ one by one.
My own opinion:
I've yet to see a good reason to run iPhoto in referenced mode unless you're using two photo organiser
If disk space is an issue, you can run an entire iPhoto Library from an external disk:
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library as an entity from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
If you're concerned about accessing the files, There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
*For Users of 10.5 and later*
You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Command-Click for selecting multiple pics.
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You can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
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*For users of 10.4 and later* ...
Many internet sites such as Flickr and SmugMug have plug-ins for accessing the iPhoto Library. If the site you want to use doesn’t then some, one or any of these will also work:
To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. However, if you're using Gmail you can use iPhoto2GMail
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 later:
Create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use this free utility Karelia iMedia Browser
Other options include:
1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *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.
3. *Show File*: 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.
You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
Note that iPhoto sends a copy+ of the file to Photoshop, so when you save be sure to use the Save command, not Save As... If you use Save As then you're creating a new file and iPhoto has no way of knowing about this new file. iPhoto is preserving your original anyway.
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TD

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Has anyone ever used iPhoto in such a way? Would this be possible? Does anyone know of any stumbling blocks in such a set-up?
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There’s no reason whatever why thos wouldn’t work, as long as the images are in a format that iPhoto works with - and that’s any format that can open with quicktime.
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TD

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Anyone have suggestions? Is this a LightRoom 1.1 capability?
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I was doing the usual on iPhoto, tagging faces and editing. Then I received the error message saying that my iPhoto had suddenly become unreadable. So, taking the advice off of another discussion, I attempted to rebuild my iPhoto. Everything was going great at first, but then all of a sudden it stopped its process. I open iPhoto and only a fourth of my original pictures are there! I have some photos backed up, but not all of them. Please tell me I didn't lose all my pictures! Do I need to rebuild again? Thank you in advance!

Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
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