Mini-image does not update after photo is edited

Question

Hi, my problem is that I have all my photos on iPhoto 9, but edit them in Photoshop Elements. Once I complete the editing, I save the photo back into iPhoto. What happens is strange - when I click on the edited photo in iPhoto to expand it to full-size, the full-size version shows up with the edits, but no matter what I do, the small version of the photo (i.e. how every photo appears in each Event before being clicked on) still shows the unedited version!
Is there a way to have iPhoto show the edited version of the photo in the small "icon" size (other than by deleting the photo entirely and re-importing it into iPhoto as a new photo?)
Grateful for any assistance!
Would also love any application that made working with Photoshop and iPhoto easier

Answer 1

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Here's how to use PSE from within iPhoto so that iPhoto knows that the photo has been edited and updates the thumbnail:
Using Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements) as Your Editor of Choice in iPhoto.
1 - select Photoshop 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 6 the Saving File preferences should be configured: "On First Save: Save Over Current File". Also I suggest the Maximize PSD File Compatabilty be set to Always.
If you want to use both iPhoto's editing mode and PS 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 main window". That will let you either edit in iPhoto (double click on the thumbnail) or in PS (Control-click on the thumbnail and seledt "Edit in external editor" in the Contextual menu). This way you get the best of both worlds
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..
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