Reducing a photo in IPhoto

my Iphone took some pics at 3.6mb and I need to reduce them to 1mb for a project. How do I do that?

Use File->Export and juggle the pixel size and JPEG quality to get what you want. (I would set the size first and then adjust the quality if necessary.)

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E-Mailing small photos from iPhoto ‘09
Hi:
We used to have a great way of e-mailing photos from iPhoto: specifically, we just clicked the Entourage e-mail icon at the bottom of the iPhoto window, chose the size of the photos we wished to send (ie, one was given options for how much one wished to reduce the size of the photos), and it was done.
Now that we’ve upgraded to Outlook 2011 we seem to have lost this functionality.
I tried to choose Outlook 2011 as our default e-mail program under iPhoto>Preferences>”Email photos using :” but the only 4 options are AOL,Eudora, Mail, and Entourage. Interestingly, the icon used here is Outlook 2011, not Entourage (yellow, not purple), but it still says “Microsoft Entourage” next to the yellow icon, and the mail icon at the bottom of the main iPhoto window is still the purple Entourage icon (and if one clicks it, it tries to open Entourage).
I then went into Apple’s Mail program under Preferences, and made sure that the “Default email reader” option was set to Microsoft Outlook 14.1.4 (which it was), but iPhoto still uses Entourage.
I searched the web and found a tip saying that one can drag photos from iPhoto over the Outlook icon in the dock to mail photos. I was thrilled to see that this worked, only to realize that it sends full size photos, without the downsizing option discussed above.
I thought about upgrading iPhoto to the ’11 version, but a plethora of the online reviews were less than laudatory about the stability of iPhoto '11, so decided to stay with ’09.
Thus, does anyone have suggestions for easily sending reduced size photos from iPhoto using Outlook 2011? I realize that I can transfer the photos from iPhoto to my desktop, open Adobe Photoshop, manually downsize each photo, close Photoshop, and then send the reduced size photos, but I would love to find a much more intuitive and quick method, similar to what we had with iPhoto and Entourage.
Thank you very much!!!
iPhoto ’09 8.1.2 (4124)
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I realize that I can transfer the photos from iPhoto to my desktop, open Adobe Photoshop, manually downsize each photo, close Photoshop, and then send the reduced size photos,
No you don't need to do that. Just use the Export dialogue in iPhoto to reduce the quality - it's exactly the same as the one used when sending to a mail app.
As for the comments about iPhoto 11 - search and you'll find pretty much the same ones about iphoto 09, 08, 6, 5 etc

HT1229 How do I reduce the size of photo in iPhoto? The size of my imported photos are 2 - 3 MB and for my purpose I need 200 - 400 KB. Any suggestions appreciated.

How do I reduce the size of photo in iPhoto? The size of my imported photos from my camera are 2 - 3 MB and for my purpose I need 200 - 400 KB. Scanned copies of older photographs with a size of 100 to 500 KB work very well. Any help is greatly appreciated.

File -> Export and make your choices in the Export dialogue.
Jpeg Quality and Size will have most effect on file size. Note that 'Size' refers to the pixel dimensions of the photo.
This User Tip
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
has details of the options in the Export dialogue.

How does one reduce the size of a photo on iphoto? I want to post images on my website, but they exceed the limit.

How does one reduce the size of a photo on iphoto. I want to post images to my website but they exceed the limits.

Select the photo(s) and export (file menu ==> export) them. You can change the size there setting a maximum pixel dimension and/or reducing quality
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When printing photos in iPhoto 9.5.1 with my HP inkjet printer the multitude of colors in the photos are reduced to two, Magenta and Yellow. If the photos are exported to my desktop (MacPro) and printed from Preview, the colors in the prints are fine. How do I get iPhoto to print the colors correctly?

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What settings did you use in the Export Dialogue?
When you go File -> Export you get a tabbed box with various options. In the File Export tab you can choose to scale the pics, or keep them the same size, change or retain the format.
Regards
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Cannot copy photos from iPhoto to iPod Nano

Hello all,
This is my first post so please be gentle!
I have just purchased a new Nano. Everything works fine and dandy apart from viewing photos.
I have set up the Nano via iTunes to copy (sync) all photos. iTunes then optimises the photos and states it has copied them to the Nano. When I view them on the Nano they are not there. I have changed the amount I copy (sync?) from one folder to the whole lot with no effect.
Am I doing anything wrong.
How much free space do I need in the first place?
What size does iTunes reduce the photos to?
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Reducing file size in iphoto

I needed to free up disc space (I have over 6000 photos stored in iphoto). I couldn't find a solution in this forum, but have hit on a way that works.
1. Move photos to a CD to preserve original file size. 2. Export photos at reduced file size to a folder on the desk top. 3. Trash original photos. 4. Import reduced size photos. 5. Trash folder.
Reduced size photos are fine for viewing and 4x6 prints. Larger prints can be made from the CD.
Perhaps there's an easier way, but this works.

File -> Export
Note the Jpeg Quality setting. That has the most impact on file size.
Regards
TD

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Transferring RAW photos to Iphoto

I know this has been asked a lot before, but there's an ocean of variations of answers out there. I can't make any sense out of it so I'm hoping somebody can give me a fundamental answer without overwhelming me with hi-tech stuff.
I have a Canon EOS Rebel T2i. It comes with their software for downloading and importing the photos but it won't send them to Iphoto. I tried to download the photos using Iphoto. I noticed they preview them first. However, these photos are very large files (RAW in camera). I tested one photo in a transfer to Iphoto and it is a .jpeg but it is 5.5MB too. That seems too large to store in Iphoto, and if I download all 250 photos I will surely fiill my HD space on my computer.
Isn't there a simple way to download these pictures as smaller files to Iphoto? Or do I have to download a few at a time and resize them one by one? If that is the case, then some "hi-tech" thinker out there is not so bright. I just want to download my family photos to Iphoto and share them but 5.5mb is too big to send out.

When iPhoto imports a RAW file it creates a JPEG preview file for iPhoto to use to display in thumbnails, slideshows, etc. RAW files are just sensor dumps from the camera's image sensor and need to be processed before they can be viewed. That's what the preview files are for. When you edit a RAW file the edit must be saved as a new, jpeg or tiff file leaving the RAW file untouched.
To reduce the file size for sharing export the files out of iPhoto via the File ➙ Export ➙ File Export menu option. Select Kind = JPEG. The file size is determined by the Quality setting (i.e. JPEG compression). Large is usually only a big smaller than the original file. Medium is about 40% smaller. I'm referring to the file size here and not the image size. The image size will remain the same size in pixels as the original.
If you want to reduce the pixel dimension of the exported photos set the Size option to the maximum dimension (width or length) you want.
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When I import photos into iPhoto '06 (with all latest patches), it simply hangs up/freezes/locks up (take your pick) somewhere along the line (never same pic, never same amount of pics in library, etc.)
I've tried to reduce this to the simplest setup. Photos are either JPG or CR2 (Canon RAW). I've copied photo folders over to my desktop, so I'm not importing from camera or CF reader, etc.
I've also moved the "iPhoto Library" from my home directory to the desktop, in order to get it rebuilt (with all new prefs, etc.) to avoid the problem.
However, it always freezes somewhere along the way (there is only a total of about 550 files, roughly 3.5GB of files). Never the same pic, never the same quantity of pics in the library. It usually freezes somewhere around having 175-225 total imported.
To Import, I open up iPhoto, then drag the folder (or individual pic files) over to iPhoto and perform the input. It will chug along quite nicely for a time, but eventually it just freezes on a particular photo, and will consume 180%-195% of CPU time, and can run for hours that way, never finishing. Attempting to cancel the import brings up the dialog of "Cancel/Keep/Delete", but any selection there sends iPhoto back into la-la land.
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I am using:
OSX 10.4.9
iPhoto is 6.0.6 (322)
QuickTime is 7.1.5
Started with a cold boot.
I moved ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library to the Desktop
Also moved ~/library/preferences/com.apple.iphoto.plist
Then loaded up iPhoto. Used File\Import to Library and imported one of the folders from the desktop that contained 109 photos. All of the photos in that folder are JPG. All imported fine, thumbnails, etc. Let's call it "FolderA".
Then ran File\Import to Library again on another folder on my desktop that contained 63 photos, ALL are CR2 RAW format. Let's call it "FolderB".
Waited 5 minutes while the "Importing Photos" whirlygig spun around, never imported one picture. (Yesterday, I successfully imported this entire folder 2 times by dragging and dropping - it was first folder imported). Hit Stop Import, took Delete Photos option. Never quit - had to load up Activity Monitor again and force quit iPhoto. iPhoto was showing between 175-195% utilization.
Moved iPhoto Library folder and .plist again to desktop. Rebooted. Ran iPhoto again, this time, started by using File\Import on "FolderB". Immediate iPhoto freeze-up again. Waited 3 minutes. Killed again.
Moved iPhoto Library folder and .plist again to desktop. Rebooted. Ran iPhoto again, this time, started by dragging and dropping "FolderB". Immediate iPhoto freeze-up again. Waited 3 minutes. Killed again.
Now, after moving both the preferences and the iPhoto Library folder, I can't seem to import ANY CR2 photos.
These same CR2 photos can be displayed just fine in "Preview" (double click filename). Adobe Bridge works fine, so does the CS3 beta on these files on the same machine.
Also - just curious why this is in an iPhoto '05 forum. I didn't specify a forum to place this in, I just posted to the generic iPhoto forum.

How can I reduce the size of IPhoto ?

I have tested IPhoto with a few hundred pictures.
I do not find this software very user-friendly, in particular because I can no longer locate the files of these pictures. I kept fortunately a copy of my complete set of my photo collection.
I removed all pictures from IPhoto, but the application shows a size of 600 Mb.
How can I reduce the size of IPhoto and recover this storage space?

patrick
in particular because I can no longer locate the files of these pictures.
There are three ways (at least) to get files from the iPhoto Window.
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.
Rolls in the iPhoto Window (View -> Film Rolls) correspond exactly with the Roll Folders in the Originals Folder in the iPhoto Library Folder. You can move photos between Rolls, you can rename rolls, edit them, create them, as long as you do it via the iPhoto Window. Check out the Info Pane (wee 'i', lower left) the name and date fields are editable. Edit a Roll Name using the Info Pane, the Roll Folder in iPhoto Library Folder/Originals will also have the new name.
You might also like to explore the iPhoto tutorials at http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/iphoto/index.html
Use the Get Info window to remove unwanted language resources.
Regards
TD

Reduce Noise setting in iPhoto 08 won't save me edits

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Whenever I apply the Reduce Noise filter in iPhoto 08 and then click 'Done' - it doesn't save the changes that I made.
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To talk to Apple:
iPhoto menu -> Provide iPhoto Feedback
There have been reports of some folk having difficulty with some of the editing features, but nothing that makes me say it effects everyone. Somethings to try
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3. Create a new account (systempreferences -> accounts) and see if the problem is repeated there.
Regards
TD

Archive photos in iPhoto

Easiest way to Archive photos in iPhoto. With tads included.
One idea is to export the photos as the smallest version possible, and save the full size ones on DVD

Brian:
It's like the old saying, penny wise, pound foolish. When you replace the full sized files is a reduced file size version, and pixel size if that's what you intend, all you're doing is limiting your options to use those photos.
As Terence suggested an external FW hard drive can server two important functions: 1 - house your full sized library (and iTunes library if desired); 2 - serve as a backup for other important files. The cost of external FW hard drives are at a point that they are very cost effective insurance against loss of important files. With your library(s) off the boot drive, the system and applications will function more effectively since they will have plenty of space for virtual memory, cache and swap files.
If you're going to replace your original files with reduced size (and quality) do as Terence suggested and use the Share->Burn menu option. That will produce a disk that iPhoto can mount and view and keep your keywords, titles and comments intact. If you need a photo back as a full sized file for printing then you cancopy photos, rolls or albums back to the working library as needed. (Note: although the screenshot is for V7 it will be the same for V6.)
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OT

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