Sending a copy of a photo within iPhoto

How do you send a copy of a photo, stored within iphoto, to someone via e-mail, as an attachment, so that it can be printed by them? I want to send the physical copy of the photo, not just a picture within the email.

In iPhoto's General preference pane set Mail as the email client to use from iPhoto:
Next, select the photo you want to eamil and click on the Share button at the bottom of the iPhoto window (iPhoto 9):
That will open a new email with the photo in it. Select Full Size in the window that comes up in iPhoto:
and in Mail:
The rest is self explanatory. Even though the photo appears in the email window it is attached and will be downloadable by the recipient.
If the recipient has problems with this method export the photo out of iPhoto via File ➙ Export ➙ File Export, compress (zip) the file by Control-clicking on the file and select Compress "xxxx" from the contextual menu:
Then drag the zipped file into the email window as an attachment. The recipient will have to unzip the file before being able to use it.
HOWEVER, the first method should work.
OT

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ekongsli
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iPhoto also makes a thumbnail for display in the iPhoto Window - to speed up the process of working with the pics. This thumbnail is in the Data folder. The thumbnails are typically less than 50kb in size.
Standard Warning: Don't change anything in the iPhoto Library Folder via the Finder or any other application. iPhoto depends on the structure as well as the contents of this folder. Moving things, renaming things or otherwise making changes will prevent iPhoto from working and could even cause you to damage or lose your photos.
The ! or ? turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents.
Have you altered, moved or renamed anything in the iPhoto Library Folder?
If you haven't, then try rebuilding the database. Hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild.
FYI: Should you want to access you files:
There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
*For Users of 10.5 Only*
You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Apple-Click for selecting multiple pics.
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*For users of 10.4 and 10.5* ...
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
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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.
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Create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use this free utility Karelia iMedia Browser
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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.
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No.
iPhoto is a Photo Manager and you're not thinking of Photos, your think of files
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The illustration I use is as follows: In my iTunes Library I have a file called 'Let_it_Be_The_Beatles.mp3'. So what is that, exactly? It's not the song. The Beatles never wrote an mp3. They wrote a tune and lyrics. They recorded it and a copy of that recording is stored in the mp3 file. So the file is just a container for the recording. That container is designed in a specific way attuned to the characteristics and requirements of the data. Hence, mp3.
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(Note the above illustration is not a Finder Window. It's the dialogue you get when you go File -> Open)
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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.
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quote: "I'm using Aperture 1.5.2, and I'm trying to
import my pictures from iPhoto. However, for each
image that I've edited with iPhoto I get a two-photo
stack containing the original and the edited
version."
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