Photobooth auto import to iphoto?

correct me if i'm wrong, but wasnt one of the new features in leaopard suppose to be that photos taken in photobooth are autmatically put in a photobooth folder? why is this not working? am i missing something? was this suppose to be installed when i installed iphoto? please help. cuz i was looking forward to this and now its a bumber...

no one knows whats up? i just upgraded to leopard and i think theres a problem with this? is auto importing from photobooth to iphoto suppose to be a feature. when i took a photo in photobooth and then pressed the iphoto button, it imported that one photo into the iphoto library.with that an error message came up saying auto import not found and then it showed the path of some file or something... isnt auto import suppose to be a feature so that all of your photobooth pictures show up in an iphoto "photobooth" album/ or event. idk? am i wrong. and if i'm not, can anyone help me? i was really looking forward to that feature.

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Iive searched these discussions but am not sure ive found what I would like - I may have missed it so I apologise.
I would like to automatcially import photos into Iphoto. The scenario is this.
I take a lot of pictures on my Sony Erricsson Cybershot phone. I then Bluetooth them to the mac. I would like to be able to detect a change in the folder where the Bluetooth files are dropped and imprt them into iPhoto automatically with as few clicks as possible!
I see and AppleScript which monitors folders and sends and alert, and an Automator function to import files into Iphoto. Can I connect the two and accomplish my task?
THanks

Yes and no. It is my understanding that the most direct way will require attaching the script to each of the subfolders. However, the attaching of the script can be done using AppleScript. Those subfolders that are already in existence can have the scripts attached using the following script:
click here to open this script in your editor<pre style="font-family: 'Monaco', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; overflow:auto; color: #222; background: #DDD; padding: 0.2em; font-size: 10px; width:400px">property WatchedFolderName : "Camera Phone Images"
property WatchedFolderPath : ((path to desktop) as text) & WatchedFolderName
property ScriptName : "Subfolder detection.scpt"
property ScriptPath : ((path to Folder Action scripts) as text) & ScriptName
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IMovie Won't Auto Import from iPhoto

Hi Everyone,
My iMovie has had no problem importing most of the movies in iPhoto (all of which were captured with the computer's built in iSight)... except this one movie!
I used the QT inspector and these are the stats:
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What is the MPEG Streamclip?
It is a free utility that bridges the gap between multiplexed and QT content, as well as, a mini-editor and converter in much the same manner as QT Pro. Basically it accesses the QT structure now embedded in OS X and adds a few other useful features like cropping & centering; adjusting volume levels, contrast, brightness, saturation; blending frames when reducing frame rate; an advanced scaler; batch processing; etc. In addition, it will convert MPEG-1 content to QT compression formats while retaining audio and will do the same for MPEG-2 content if the QT MPEG-2 Playback component is installed. In fact, it will access all QT compenents including those from third-party providers. And, while it does not handle the layering capabilities of QT Pro, it does, IMHO, complement the capabilities of QT Pro and is a valuable asset for the general video enthusiast.
Where do I find that to do the "Save As..." Option?
The application is available for both Mac and Windows platforms at the SQUARED 5 web site. The "Save As..." option is found under its File menu.
Also what do you mean to save it as a MP4 container? Does that mean just changing the .mov to .mp4?
No. MOV (like AVI) is a generic file container. It can hold anything from H.264/AAC to DV to WMV 9 content. An MP4 container is more restrictive in that it can only contain MPEG4/AAC or H.264/AAC compressed format. (I.e. M4V is even more restrictive since it holds H.264/AAC exclussively.) In any case, each file container has specific and/or different characteristics. For instance, both the MP4 and M4V containers can be associated with an "external" graphic often used as a "poster" frame by QT applications like iTunes as "Artwork." Since "Tween" tracks are often used to create such things such as "transitions" in an MPEG4/AAC slideshow created by iPhoto, the MPEG4/AAC content is placed in an MOV file container along with the "Tween" track which created the transition. By using the "Save As..." option in MPEG Streamclip, you can extract the MPEG-4 and AAC content from the MOV file container and place it in a "real" MP4 file container and the "Tween" track is stripped from the file during the process. The problem with simply changing an extension from MOV to MP4 (or deleting it altogether) is that it doesn't really change the container at all and since QT actually looks at the content and not just the extension, QT would consider the name change as superficial and would continue to process the file as MOV file rather than an MP4 file.

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To get rid of them you will need to find that auto import folder and delete them. If you search for the name in spotlight, then do Show All, when you click on a name you should see the file path to it at the bottom of the finder window, like this:
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Imovie 09 How do I stop Imovie from auto importing video from iphoto.
Hi I've done a lot of searches on how to do this but no answers found.
Imovie is beginning to become really slow because of the large number of video's. It takes 3 minutes to startup. Editing is sometimes slow lot's of spinning beach balls e.t.c.
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I won't get iMovie 9 till Tuesday, but based on what you said I may need to take some precautions. One reason I didn't like iMovie 8 is because it automatically imported everything in iPhoto library. What I'm going to do is create a new iPhoto library before importing the photos/videos from the camera. Or if you already have it in your main iPhoto library copy only the photos you'll use in your iMovie 9 project to the new library. Then start iPhoto while pressing the option key which will allow you to select the new iPhoto library you have created. Then I suppose that when you start iMovie 9 it will automatically import only the photos/videos from the new library.

Undocumented new command in iPhoto '08: auto import

(cross-posted in the iPhoto '08 area)
According to its scripting dictionary, iPhoto '08 has a new verb, defined as follows:
*auto import* <specifier>
Start importing photos from the auto-import folder
(Specifier is the object for the command)
I've searched the menus, preferences, and help files and I can find no mention of this command or of any "auto-import folder". Anybody have any idea what this is all about?
Also, I don't understand what to put in the "specifier" field. A reference to an album to receive the imported photos, maybe? What are the options?

Hans
I was hoping for an error message with iPhoto Library Manager not iPhoto. It will usually cough something up if it has a problem.
My TM certainly does back up iPhoto. I'm not sure why yours wouldn't. Try post on the TM forum here
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1227
for more info and help with that.
Here's my back up strategy: pick and choose as you think fit:
My Library lives on my iMac.
It’s Backed up to two external hard disks every day. These disks are permanently attached to the iMac. These back ups run automatically. One is done by Time Machine, one is a bootable back up done by SuperDuper
It’s also backed up to a portable hard disk when ever new photos are added. This hard disk lives in my car. For security, this disk is password protected. For this job I use DejaVu because it makes a simple back up that is clear and can be tested easily without doing an full restore.
I have a second off-site back up at a relative’s house across town. That’s updated every 3 or 4 months.
My Photos are backed up online. Personally I use SmugMug but there are many options including flickr. However, check the terms of your account carefully. While most sites have free uploading, you will often find that these uploads are limited in terms of the file size, or the bandwidth you can use per month. For access that allows you to upload full size pics with no restrictions you will need to pay.
Every couple of months I test the back ups to make sure they are working correctly. It’s very easy to mis-configure a back up application, and the only way to protect against that is to do a restore.
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TD

IPhoto Auto Import help

I am missing the folder Auto Import. It is not in the package contents area, and I would like to add it to the Finder sidebar, so that I can just drag photos here, to import to iPhoto.

Create a folder action with Automator and add it to a new folder that you create and name as you'd like:
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IPhoto had a auto import folder. does this exist in photos for mac?

I used image capture to get the photos from my iPhone, so that iPhoto didn't open every time i plugged in. there was an auto import folder in iPhoto which i could dump my photos in, then when i did open iPhoto it would import everything in that folder. is there a folder that will import everything in that folder whenever Photos for Mac is opened?

What does iPhoto do with photos as they are imported?
What you tried was a very complicated and unsupported way to import from one iPhoto library to another.
The safest way would have been either
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or to export the original files using iPhoto and to import the exported files.
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I have Iphoto '09, version 8.1.2 (424). I am having an identical problem. All my pictures are imported into Iphoto when I downloaded them from my camera. Until recently, I thought that the pictures were actually saved in the library. Since I need to cr

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I started naming the pictures on Iphoto so I had a recognizable file name to open on Photoshop. Couldn't find it. I looked in the Backup folder and the Transfer software folder (I have a Nikon camera), and the names I entered in the Iphoto display, could not be found.
When I am trying to upload a photo to the web, I get the Finder folder showing with an active folder called "Photos" under "Media", which only displays Iphoto and PhotoBooth. This is a folder name that I cannot find in my HD anywhere when I look for it. If I edit a picture with Photoshop, I am not going to save it back to Iphoto (not sure whether it will work properly). How do I get my folder of edited photos to show when I want to upload a picture to the web?
Where (the name of the folder) do I find the pictures I see displayed on the Iphoto library, including any name changes, keywords added, and so on?

See my response to your other post.

How do I turn off auto split in iPhoto ?

How do I turn off auto split in iPhoto? I have about 8,000 old photos I would like to import but it splits them in to loads of events. Would just like to leave them in year folders.

First try, if importing a sample folder with two images with different days, more than a week apart, will import them as only one event on your mac and the autosplit is behaving the same for you as for me.
May be I will have to do it folder by folder which will take for ever.
Would it be possible for you to join some of the folders before importing?
Or join your events in iPhoto after importing. Creating yearly events is fairly simple (tested in iPhoto 9.5.1)
Create a smart album for each year (File > New ) with the smart rule "Date is in the range ...."
Then select all photos in this smart album and use the command from the "events" menu "create event". This will collect all photos in a new yearly event.

Undocumented new AppleScript command: "auto import"

According to its scripting dictionary, iPhoto '08 has a new verb, defined as follows:
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Start importing photos from the auto-import folder
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I've searched the menus, preferences, and help files and I can find no mention of this command or of any "auto-import folder". Anybody have any idea what this is all about?
Also, I don't understand what to put in the "specifier" field. A reference to an album to receive the imported photos, maybe? What are the options?
I guess I'm the first person who ever wished for better documentation of AppleScript.

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Lion corrupting EXIF information when importing into iPhoto '09?

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I use DXO to process my RAW images and get them into iPhoto '09.
Since the upgrade from Snow Leopard, my JPG pictures that had perfectly valid EXIF headers before import into iPhoto
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Resolution   : 5184 x 3456
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File name    : /Users/Shared/iPhoto/iPhoto Library/Originals/2011/100CANON/IMG_0343_DxO.jpg
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Resolution   : 5184 x 3456
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File name    : /Users/Shared/iPhoto/iPhoto Library/Originals/2010/Oslo 17 Mai/_MG_7938_DxO.jpg
File size    : 10757229 bytes
File date    : 2010:05:24 15:59:41
Camera make : Canon
Camera model : Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Date/Time    : 2010:05:17 09:47:17
Resolution   : 3456 x 2304
Flash used   : No
Focal length : 300.0mm (35mm equivalent: 486mm)
CCD width    : 22.20mm
Exposure time: 0.0031 s (1/320)
Aperture     : f/8.0
ISO equiv.   : 200
Whitebalance : Auto
Metering Mode: matrix
Exposure     : shutter priority (semi-auto)
Anybody noticing the same issue?

hi djiti,
DXO up to date,
Lion up to date,
iPhoto up to date (? I want to hear you say yes),
I am at a loss.
Some apps do not read the same info in the same place in the exif: iPhoto reads the "Creation Date" from "modification date" created in another app, for example; I use "A Better Attributes" app, to change the Exif in that case. But I have never seen that the Exif is "corrupted" by a photo app.
Lex (I use iPhoto, and Photoshop Lightroom, know about DxO and Aperture but only a little experience)

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I could only get them on my MacBookPro by plugging in with a cable and transferring manually that way
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I would like to use my Nikon D700 together with the WT-4 to send pictures automatically to my laptop on events.
The pictures appear on the laptop's hard drive on a folder that is watched by LR's auto import feature.
Then my assistant would be at the laptop printing these pictures for customers to buy.
However, while testing this I cannot seem to disable Lightroom always jumping back to the latest imported pictures.
This is very annoying, because my assistant has to display the pictures to the customers, so she would be showing some pictures to a customer, and suddenly when I snap a new shot, the laptop jumps to the new picture and my assistant has to go hunting for that customers pictures again...
Is there some way to disable this?
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I had to follow the following advice from another thread to import into iPhoto:
"....if you placed these files from your windows computer into the iPhoto Library folder in the finder you will get that error. If that is what you did, then drag those images to the desktop, then open iPhoto and drag them into the iPhoto Library window to import them."
My question is, after doing this, can I now trash the ones on the desktop? Are the iPhoto versions copies, or simply pointers to the same files? (switcher here, btw). Thanks.

Hi Steve,
Yes, you can trash the ones on the desktop. iPhoto copies all images into its database.
More info for you...
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-- you scan a picture/pictures and save it in a folder. You cannot scan directly into iPhoto or the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder.
You want all your photos in iPhoto so you import them into iPhoto.
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-- You download pictures from your camera into iPhoto.
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You want to change something about a picture you imported, such as
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3.You want to use Photoshop or another graphic program to edit a picture in your iPhoto library.
You can open up prefs for iPhoto and choose "when double clicking on
photo ..do" choose "other" and select Photoshop. Now you can edit all
pictures in your iPhoto library in PhotoShop by double clicking. If you save the photo with the same name and as a flattened file it will be saved right into iPhoto and you will see the changes. If you don't want to save it into iPhoto then do a "save as" and save to the desktop. You will then have the original photo still in iPhoto and your new edited photo on the desktop.
Or, with iPhoto open, you can drag a picture from the library window
to your desktop (you see a + sign on the pic you are dragging). You now
have two of the same picture, one in the iPhoto library and one on your desktop. You can open up the one on your desktop in any graphic program and work on it. The one in iPhoto stays the same. You can also share/export the picture/pictures to your desktop or folder to work on them or do batch processing, etc. You will still have the originals in your iPhoto Library.
Or, you can open up the ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library/folders and option drag any
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I would advise anyone not to do this as they might forget to use the option key and drag the photo out. Next time you open iPhoto the photo will be missing.
Two Apple kbs for you to read
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=

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