Small photo size

This may seem a really obvious question, but....
Whenever I view my photos (taken with an 8 megapixel Nikon) on iPhoto they are a good size, and expand well when I view them in full screen. However, whenever I view them in Finder and double click on them, they appear much smaller and pixelate when I zoom in. Any ideas on how I can fix this?

using the finder is not a supported way of accessing the iPhoto library - it is prone to user mistakes and often users get the wrong version of the photo
Besides the finder is not a photo viewer - you are using some photo viewer - maybe Preview?????
What are you wanting to do? in the program you are using to view the photos (and it is better to just use iPhoto for many reasons including ease of use and of finding the photo) use the program open command and in the lower right hand corner of the open window use the media browser (media ==> photos ==> iPhoto)  --  <a href="http://web.me.com/larryhn/iPhoto_08_(version_7.x.x)_FAQ/Accessing_iPhoto_Photos. html"> click here for a discussion on the many correct and safe ways to access your iPhoto library photos.</a> 
LN

Similar Messages

  • Fill screen with zoom for small photo sizes (as in slideshow)?

    Front facing iPhone 4S camera sized photos are too small in iPhoto. Is it possible to set a default to fill screen with zoom for all photo sizes (as in slideshow)? Seems like the old iPhoto worked like this.

    That's what I was afraid of!  I wish it would still scale photos to fill the window also if they're smaller  than the window size (not just 100%), like it used to in older versions of iPhoto. Especially irritating, since the problem photos are from an Apple product, the front facing camera of the iPhone4s.  I already added my complaint to "feedback".
    Thanks anyway.

  • I cannot figure out how to change the photo size on my iPhone 5s.  I was given the choice of small, medium or large the first time I took a picture.  Now I have no idea how to change it to medium.  Can anyone help?

    I cannot figure out how to change the photo size on my iPhone 5s.  The first time I took a pic it asked if I wanted smalll,  medium or large and listed the pixels.  I chose small but am now finding that is too small.  Can anyone help me set it to medium now?  I can't find any setting for that.  I'm a newby to iPhones and have no idea what I'm doing.  Thanks for any help you can offer.

    By "sending" do you mean sending email?
    If so, what app are you using to take the photos on your iPhone 5? Or are the photos from a different source (saved to your Camera Roll from somewhere else, like a web page or Messages)?
    My guess is that Mail gives you the option to send different file sizes when it detects you are trying to Mail a really large photo file. The size of photos on the iPhone 5 is really big and some email providers may stop your mail from being delivered if attachments are too large. Thus, Mail tries to help you by offering to resize the photo.
    I suspect that if you are sending smaller files, Mail does not bother giving you options to save a smaller version. In fact, I have seen this behavior. So, if the photo is already "small enough", it gets sent as-is.
    To my  knowledge, there is no global iOS setting for this. Some apps may have different rules, of course.

  • Firefox is scaling down the photo sizes, along with chrome and internet explorer but Firefox's photos are usually smaller

    I sell products on a site, along with other sellers, that is owned by someone else.
    We have many sellers there. Some of us are having problems with how we are able to view the size of our photos taken of our products that are up for sale.
    From seller to seller, we have different versions of Firefox that we are using. I have the newest Firefox, which I believe is 4.
    I was having, like others who use 4, the same problem seeing smaller photos before I did the upgrade as well.
    It seems to be the case for most of us who are having the problem, that Firefox photos scale down smaller than Internet Explorer and Chrome.
    We have been told that this may be a browser issue as the site owners say they have not made any changes. At this point we are unsure since there are so many variations from seller to seller (keep in mind that some sellers are not seeing the photos scale down through their computer).
    We have asked the site owners to look into this problem further. I also wanted to see what the Firefox community had to say. Do you think it may be a browser issue? We would greatly appreciate your input.
    Below are some examples of photos that have been scaled down for the sellers who are seeing a problem with smaller photos while both in Firefox; all using different versions of Firefox:
    One photo that was originally the size of 419px by 1, 007px is being seen by one seller to a scaled down size of 81px by 64px.
    Another seller is viewing this same photo scaled down to 163px by 329px.
    Another seller is able to view this photo as the original size it was intended to be, which is 419px by 1, 007px.
    The above scenario has been the worst scaled down size we have heard of so far.
    Typically a photo that is the size of 1, 000px by 930px has been scaled down to 420px by 391px.
    There are other examples as to size, but you can see that the photos have been scaled down quite a bit.
    You can see that it has been scaled down to less than half of the original size. This can pose a real problem for us depending on the type of product that is being photographed.
    Thank you!!

    Thank you!!

  • Compressing photo size in iphoto - want file size small but pic big? how?

    Hello
    I hope this is the right section for this post.
    I am building a website and I want photos on it, I am building it in iWeb.
    in iPhoto is there any way of making my photos a smaller file size?
    I have cropped them a bit, but some are still about 400kb.
    I want my site to load quickly.
    I want a gallery page with thumbnails to click on to enlarge them, but on my home page I want 1 big picture. What is compression and can i do it in iPhoto? Can I still have a picture the same size (to look at) but the file size is smaller. I have heard photos should be about 30-70kb and mine are 400kb jpegs!?
    Macbook   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   using iphoto and iweb, not hosting on .mac

    Betsy
    I believe that iWeb optimises the pics when you publish the site, but you could confirm that on the iWeb forum.
    If you want to reduce the size of pics using iPhoto, you do that on export: Select the pics you want and go File -> Export. Use the dialogue to specify the size of the pics you require and export them to a folder on the desktop.
    Regards
    TD

  • Why do some photos turn out smaller in size after transferring the photo library from another Mac?

    Photo size in iPhoto smaller after transferring from a previous Macbook.

    Hi, LakeLadyWes -
    This may not be it, but just thinking, your old Mac and new MacBook - your new MacBook is most likely retina, and your old Mac was not... Because of the higher pixel density of the retina, photos that were larger on your less pixel density older Mac would have appeared larger than they do on the new retina MacBook.
    It is something I had to get used to myself... I have my 15" MacBook, and a second external 27" monitor that I use for photo editing ... On my MacBook retina, the screen is 2800 x 1800 px, for a 220+ dpi resolution, whilst my 2nd monitor is like an older iMac before they went retina also - 2560 x 1440 px @ just under 109 dpi, in other words, half the pixel density and resolution of my MacBook, so images take up more space, and are larger on my 2nd monitor, while they are more compressed and smaller on my MacBook.
    So, your photos still may be the same size, but because of the retina screen, they just appear smaller.  Again, this may not be it, but just something you may think about too.

  • E-Mailing small photos from iPhoto '09

    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)
    OS 10.6.8
    Outlook: Mac 2011 v 14.1.4

    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

  • I have a problem with iPhoto on my iMac.  Under the view site, I am unable to get to the photo size function.  It is grayed out

    Under the view designation in iPhoto, the photo pane and photo size options are grayed out.  How can I get them turned back on so I can modify the size of small old photo I have scanned in.

    There is no way to increase the size of a photo image once it's been scanned/taken.  If you want larger images from a scanned image scan it at a higher resolution, dpi.
    Additionally, with the amount of information you've provided it's impossible to offer a solution.  We can't see your computer so we need to know the details of your problem and setup, i.e.:
    what version of iPhoto are you using?
    what system version are you running?
    what do you mean by "view designation"?
    what fixes have you tried?
    where is your library located?
    did you apply any updates or upgrades just prior to the problem occurring?
    are you running a "managed" or "referenced" library?
    what type of Mac?
    how much free space on your boot drive?

  • Photo size and uploading to Apple

    I'm in the process of making a quite large iPhoto book for my SIL for her b'day. The photos are a compiltion from many of mine, and others sent to me by family members. They are all different sizes, resolution, color and B/W.
    After getting them organized, doing a bit of fixing on PS, I now am ready to get them into iPhoto.
    Is it wise to take them all into Lightroom where I can do an easy batch change of the resolution? I have read where they should be around 300. It is easy to change them and the test prints I did at home looked ok, even on the small ones that aren't too big to start with. On the export menu of Lightroom, I have the option of stating whether I want them to be exported at JPG, Tiff etc., and I can change the resolution and photo size too.
    I probably would export them as JPG, 300 res. and not change their size. Is this ok for the iPhoto books?
    Also, if they are of a higher resolution, I assume it will take quite a while to upload them to Apple even with high speed fiberoptic cable internet service.
    Any suggestions will be appreciated.
    Thanks, Allie

    Allie:
    DO NO USE Lightroom as it messes up the metadata and makes the files not useable in iPhoto. You do not have to preprocess the files to set the dpi to 300 specifically. The only important feature of the file is the pixel dimensions. If the pixel dimensions are large enough as you state you can leave them as is. iPhoto will fit them into the frame you choose and the dpi will be determined that way. No matter what size the files are the book is converted into a pdf file for uploading and printing. My last book of nearly 100 pages came in at approx. 25MB.
    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 created 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 and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

  • How does one enlarge the view of a small photo?

    Sometimes I just need to quickly retouch a small, non-pro photo, but the photo's only displayed at its original size. Sometimes I just want to enlarge it temporarly, while performing the retouch.
    I realize the enlarged photo won't be sharp, etc -- but it's not permanent; it's just so I can hone in on an element in the photo. I thought I could use the standard, Mac-keyboard shortcuts (⌘+ and ⌘-) to adjust the display of a small photo, but so far, there seeems to be absolutely no way to do this. If the photo is small, it stays that way, no matter what.
    Am I missing something?

    Thanks, SierraDragon, for the suggestion. It was a good suggestion, and it worked, but it wasn't easy.... (No reflection upon you, but upon the nature of Aperture.)
    I created a light table, then it took me 3 or 4 minutes to figure out how to get a photo to display on the light table. After dragging one to the light table icon on the left, I saw it in a list at the bottom, but it was unclear how to get it to display. Eventually I figured out that I had to drag it yet a 3rd time, from that list to the actual table.
    After that, I was further confused by the fact that I'd moved the zoom slider (on the light table) all the way to the right, but the photo was still not being displayed above 100%. Finally, it occurred to me to drag one of the "handles" at the corner of the photo and drag to enlarge it.
    So that's a total of 6, separate steps -- including the creation of a "light table" -- just to get a small photo into Aperture and to zoom in upon it. Unreal.
    I still don't understand why a photo from the desktop can't simply be dropped over Aperture's dock icon. Just getting photos into Aperture is complicated.
    I'm a huge Apple fan and supporter, but this has to be the most unintuitive application they've ever released. I wonder if Aperture was originally developed by, then purchased from, another company (just as Logic was, which explains why Logic is so convoluted, as well).
    I bought Aperture because I thought it would be like "iPhoto Pro." But it's really a different beast, all together. I love the advanced editing features, but Aperture's too convoluted for me to abandon iPhoto. I find I don't like launching Aperture, because it's too difficult to accomplish simple tasks in Aperture.
    I've submitted this issue, among others, as feedback. But I fear that there aren't enough Aperture users submitting these issues for them to be deemed important.
    Thanks again.

  • Receiving too small photos MMS Nokia N82

    When I receive MMS photos they are 120x160 (14-16 kB) regardless of the size sent.
    When a photo is sent simultaneously to my e-mail, the e-mailed photo remains at the sent size 480x640 (40kB) but the one to my N82 is degraded.
    I have updated MMS-settings.
    Tryed with another SIM-card.
    Adjusted connection settings...
    I'm going nuts with small photos on a bigger screen...
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    It's definitely your operator. All that happened here was the person you spoke to not understanding the problem (as is usually the case when you try and explain something to the front-line personnel who are more than often in some sweat-shop in India) and blowing you off.
    The page you linked to confirms my suspicion:
    "[...] What is happening is that your operator's MMSC is performing content adaptation before delivering the message to your device. What that means is that the MMSC is making changes to the content to "better" adapt it to the receiving device. [...]"
    Was this post helpful? If so, please click on the white "Kudos!" star below. Thank you!

  • When I import pictures from my camera into iPhoto, does it import the original photo size?

    I've been importing pictures from my camera & my phone into iphoto, but I'm not sure if it's automatically importing it as the original file size and not changing it into a smaller photo... Is there a way I can check this?
    Thanks in advance for your help

    Yes it imports a byte by byte copy of the photo.
    What do you mean by 'size'? Do you mean file size? Or the dimensions of the photo (length by breadth)?
    You can compare simply by exporting the original out of iPhoto
    File -> Export, and set the kind to Original
    For help accessing your photos in iPhoto see this user tip:
    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4491
    This User Tip
    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
    has details of the options in the Export dialogue.

  • Most efficient photo size for iWeb 08

    I am building my photography web site in iWeb 08. I have many photos that were previously edited in Photoshop. Some are jpeg and others are psd files. I plan to resize and save all as a jpeg. Then I will import all photo files into iPhoto and use iPhoto as my source location for iWeb.
    Question: What size and resolution would be best for iWeb? I realize that iWeb will automatically resize the photos so I want my photos to be a little larger than that. I am trying to avoid importing huge photo files in to iPhoto when I smaller photo file is sufficient.

    First of all go to iWeb preferences and uncheck "Optimize images on import".
    To get a reasonably fast download time, its not a question of the size of the individual images but the sum total of all the images on a page. Some people put an incredible number of photos on a page and then wonder why it hangs in the browser.
    To quickly change file format, decrease file size and get a visual indication of download speed for an image you could try the freeware ImageWell.
    http://xtralean.com/IWOverview.html
    This application will also watermark your photos and will work in batch mode if you buy the shareware version.
    If you want to optimize your JPEGs, as well as all your website files, you can use HTML Optimizer to noticeably increase your website download speed.
    http://www.tonbrand.nl/
    Publishing your site to a server, rather than .Mac, will also give you faster download and more storage space for your money.

  • Photo Size

    Is there anyway you can change the size of iphoto's photo's.
    When i upload them from my camera no matter what size i have the photo size on my camera it always makes them the same size, and they are kinda small and was wondering if anyone knew a way to change the import or export size of a photo once being in iphoto ?

    Tyler
    When you import a pic into iPhoto it does two things:
    1. It copies the file into the iPhoto Library Folder - and stores it in the ORIGINALS folder.
    2. Then it makes a thumbnail and stores that in the DATA folder.
    You keep looking in the Data folder, so you keep seeing the thumbnails.
    However, you should not be looking in the iPhoto Library Folder at all. *It is strongly advised that you do not move, change or in anyway alter things in the iPhoto Library Folder as this can cause the application to fail and even lead to data loss*
    Do your work in the iPhoto Window. Everything you need to do can be done via the iPhoto Window. 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.
    So. Forget about the Data folder.
    Regards
    TD

  • Does photo size reduction for e-mailing degrade photos?

    In using iPhoto to send photos by e-mail one has the option of reducing the size of these photos from actual size to small, medium, or large size in order to transmit them more quickly, but what effect does this size reduction have on the quality of the photos?
    I suspect that the size reduction degrades the images, but I have not been able to obtain any sort of definitive information on this subject, even when I contacted Apple tech help. Is there some knowledgeable person on board who can give us the story on this issue?
    I like the idea of transmitting photos as fast as possible, but not if it means degrading the images by reducing their size to speed up the e-mail process.
    Bob

    Smtr,
    Thanks for your helpful reply. I wasn’t concerned about the original photo retained in my library, but only about the reduced-size copy transmitted by e-mail.
    I’m amazed at how much one can reduce the photo size for transmitting by e-mail. I just randomly selected a 3.3 MB JPEG image which can be squeezed down to only 63 KB by selecting the Small size in the Mail Photo window. I calculate that the reduced size photo would be only 1/52 the size of the original. I assume that the 63 KB image would be a very poor candidate for producing a print! I also assume that the 63 KB image, when viewed by the recipient on his monitor, would be a lot smaller than it would be if I sent him a copy at Actual Size.
    Suppose the the recipient’s e-mail system could not handle the Actual Size 3.3 MB photo, so I send him a Large copy (414 KB) or a Medium copy (122 KB). Would either of those reduced-size photos produce a decent print as small as 4 X 6? I am trying to get a feel for how far I could squeeze down the size of one of my photos for e-mail transmittal before it becomes unsuitable for producing even a small print.
    Comments?
    Bob

Maybe you are looking for