The sharpen tool in iphoto '08 is different

Can anyone help me figure out how to "soften" a picture in iphoto '08? I just upgraded from '06, and the first thing I do (just about every time) is soften my photos by moving the slider to the left. In iphoto '08, it starts all the way to the left, disabling the ability to create a softer looking photo. Do I have to now buy a new program just to be able to soften again?!

There are many differences between iPhoto book layout and Aperture book layout. I haven't looked for awhile but Apple used to have a pretty good description of Aperture book design on the pages where they market Aperture. If you want to create the book design then Aperture is a better choice. If you like pre-designed layouts that are appealing for family albums then iPhoto is the better choice.

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I am trying to sharpen the scanned image of an old picture. When I use the sharpen tool in the book mode, the picture is momentarily sharpen when I hold mouse button down then fades to prior condition.

I am working on a book (theme: photo essay). I have a scanned image of an old photo which is fuzy. I try to use the sharpen tool. When I hold the track pad down to make an adjustment and then release the pad, the image is momentarily sharper then fades to its prior state. How can I get the sharp version to stay?

I am working on a book (theme: photo essay). I have a scanned image of an old photo which is fuzy. I try to use the sharpen tool. When I hold the track pad down to make an adjustment and then release the pad, the image is momentarily sharper then fades to its prior state. How can I get the sharp version to stay?

When i click the edit tool on iPhoto, iDVD opens up every time. Now i am not able to use my edit tool. Why is this happening?

I cannot edit any of my photos in iPhoto. When I click the edit tool on iPhoto, iDVD opens up every single time in my iMac toolbar. I cannot edit, crop or make changes to my photos. Is anything corrupt in my computer? Thanks in advance..

Check the Preferences settings in iPhoto. You may have set iDVD as external editor.
Set "Preferences > Advanced > Edit Photos" to "In iPhoto".
Regards
Leonie

What is the iPhoto levels tool doing that the Aperture tool isn't?

I just bought a copy of Aperture, and I love it, except for one thing. I am used to performing quick and dirty improvements of my outdoor photos using the levels tool in iPhoto - I find it gives excellent results with minimal effort.
However, I am not having the same luck with the levels tool in Aperture. Look at the following picture.
http://avalys.net/ap/original.jpg
http://avalys.net/ap/iphoto.jpg
http://avalys.net/ap/aperture.jpg
http://avalys.net/ap/iphoto-final.jpg
The first photo is the original. The second photo has had the black point set using the levels tool in iPhoto (the left slider), and no other modification. The third photo has had the same thing done in Aperture. Notice that Aperture introduces a blueish color cast to the shadow on the rocks, and produces an odd effect (I don't know what to call it) on the bushes.
What am I doing wrong here? What is different about iPhoto's level tool, vs. Aperture's?
The fourth image is the full version of the original with just that single adjustment in iPhoto applied (dragging the left level slider over a bit). Try as I might, I can't reproduce the same modifications to the original in Aperture, even with a multitude of adjustments.
MacBook Pro 2.4 15" Mac OS X (10.4.10)

I have never worked with the levels tool in iPhoto, so I do not know how it works exactly but I know why you get that blueish tint in shadows and how you can avoid it.
If you select RGB (or in your example even better the individual channels) instead of luminance in the levels tool in Aperture, you will see that the left side of the histogram ends at a slightly different position for all three colors. When you move the left slider in the luminance (or RGB) view you often cut off different amounts from the three colors, that plus the resulting re-adjustment of the rest of the histogram can cause color casts.
One way to avoid these color casts is to set the 'blackpoint' separately for the three channels. A bit cumbersome and it can be tricky to get it right. Fortunately, Aperture has a build-in tool that can shift the blackpoint and largely avoid any unwelcome color casts.
It is called the 'Auto-level - separate', the right-most button just directly under the histogram at the top of the adjustment HUD. It does exactly what I described before, set the 'blackpoint' separately for the three colors. Make sure you check and possibly adjust its default threshold settings (via the button in top-right corner of the HUD). It also adjusts the 'whitepoint', so it might do a bit more than you want it to.
I have also found that the sliders in the Exposure section do a better job at maintaining natural colors than the levels slider (which is a bit of a pity, as the level controls offer you much more flexibility).

Iphoto 11 sharpening tool crashing?

Please Help! I have Iphoto 11 version 9.2.2 on Mac Mini Snow Leopard 10.6.8
The sharpening tool consistently crashes the program and I am irritated! (to say the least) I go to use this most basic of all tools and BOOM! crazy colors in blocks jump on to the left side of my screen and I am locked out completely - only the spinning wheel of death moving about the screen. I have to do a hard shut down to get back control.
What is the problem? How can I fix this?
Signed,
Frustrated

Try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file delete the contents the following folder:
User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto/
Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto
3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: For Mavericks, 10.9, go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:
where you can check the Show Library Folder checkbox.
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What happened to the Contrast tool?

Can someone tell me what the contrast tool is doing? Maybe I'm ignorant of how it's supposed to work in iPhoto, but it doesn't look like it's doing anything with the contrast when I use the slider. Increasing the contrast in iPhoto 08 looks to me as if it's doing nothing but desaturating the photo, and draining it's color. I know it doesn't work the way I'm used to it in iPhoto 06, Aperture, or even Lightroom, and I've corrected photos in those programs that were seriously lacking in contrast by simply sliding the contrast slider to the right to increase contrast.
I never use the brightness tool in any program because using the exposure tool works so much better, and the hightlight and shadow tools work well for bringing out detail in burned out and shadowed areas, but what in the world is this contrast tool doing in iPhoto 08?
Thanks
Joshua

Thank you for your explanation. I agree, the brightness slider was never very effective at restoring detail from a dark or underexposed photo. I do hope that Apple will "fix" the contrast slider because although the histogram may be saying that the contrast is improving, the photo itself shows absolutely no improvement in contrast.
In all the editing programs I've used, I've never seen a contrast slider remove color and saturation from a photo when it should be increasing contrast. It almost seems like the slider is working backwards. It seems to work about the opposite of how contrast controls worked iPhoto 06.
I recall editing a wedding shoot a few weeks ago in Aperture and I ran across a few photos that I thought were so lacking in contrast that they were beyond hope. To my surprise, dragging the contrast slider a little to the right restored these photos almost perfectly. The contrast slider worked perfectly and thats how it used to work in iPhoto 06.
As it stands right now the contrast tool in iPhoto 08 is completely useless for improving contrast.

How do I maintain the file structure in iphoto 6 the way i want them?

For the past few years I have been scanning forty years worth of slides on my windows based PC. I have approximately 9500 scan as this point. Each scan is given a number such as "009500" followed by the names of persons or places shown on the picture. They are generally in chronological order. Obviously the creation of the scan has nothing to do with the date of the actual shooting of the picture. They are in the order that I want them in.
I can import them either from an external hard drive or from cds containing a few hundred scans each.
Is there anyway that I can maintain that kind of file structure in iphoto 6?
Frankly, I am somewhat disappointed by all of this. My kids told me how easy the mac was for photos and I now find that it may well complicate my computer life even more.
Mad Judge

MJ,
Once your files are imported into the library you can view them in many ways. When you import a file, iPhoto uses the filename as the photo title. I think you can achieve what you want by using View > Sort Photos > by Title. This will display all of your scans in the alpha-numeric order of their titles. You could then move the size slider toward the left (to reduce the thumbnail size) and quickly group your photos into Film Rolls. Click on the first photo, shift-click on the last photo, and all photos in between will become selected. Then use File > Create Film Roll to group these photos together into manageable chunks. Each time you create (or select) a film roll you can give it a descriptive title and edit the roll date. When you set the View to Film Rolls, each roll is listed in chronological order by the date of the roll - not the date of the photos within the roll. This is handy, since you can easily set the date for each roll, and it's a much less daunting task than redating your entire library. Photos within one roll will display in chronological order based on the date of the photos. I realize that with your scans these will not be accurate. So you could either change the date in iPhoto (but you said this would be a huge task) or don't worry about it. [You could use Photos > Batch Change to quickly redate the photos in a roll. Even if you don't take the time to set the exact dates, you can assign the group to a date or series of dates. By doing this you can use the calendar tool to filter your library by date. It is just one more way to make iPhoto a powerful organizer. Click on a year, month, or date in the calendar tool, and iPhoto filters your library to show the photos with those dates.] This is where your grouping into film rolls helps make your library organized - if the photos in a roll are from relatively the same time frame, then perhaps the internal order of the roll will be less important. And you can always switch your View back to Sort by Title when you need the photos to display in the exact order you have designated with your filenames. Just don't re-title the photos once they are in your library.
If you divided your library into Film Rolls, then you could create an Album for each roll (by simply dragging the roll to the Source Pane). The advantage there is that with regular Albums, you have the option to sort the photos manually by dragging them around. (View > Sort Photos > Manually) You can switch to another sort order, and iPhoto remembers your manual order when you return to it. You do have the option to reset your manual order if you wish.
iPhoto is very flexible, and with so many views, sorts, and filters you may well find a method that works for you. There is a shift in thinking from the way Windows software works, and if you are used to file browsers then you have to learn to play by the rules of using a database. If you can be patient and work through the learning curve, you may be rewarded. If I can clarify anything for you, please let me know.

Why don't I have shake reduction under the sharpen filter?

Why don't I have the new shake reduction filter in the sharpen tool?

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Does photoshop elements 13 have the pen tool and where is it?

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I don't understand what you mean about the white line, but many tools in PSE are actually groups of tools. The blur tool shares a slot with the sharpen tool and the Smudge tool. Click hold on the one that's visible for a popout menu, or keep tapping the R key till the blur tool comes into view.

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I am going through a final edit of photos and am trying to figure out a way to either a, add the sharpen tool to the tool bar on the lower left hand side of the screen b, have a shortcut key to get the sharpen brush (i see on line that it is control v but that is not working for me or c, find some other way that lets me get to the sharpen tool quickly and easily without having to hit the drop down and scroll to the bottom. There has to be a way...

Frank -- my apologies! You are 100% correct. I must have added that to my custom command set. I have no memory of adding it.
{Red-faced Emoji}
It does illustrate something for this thread. The OP can follow your advice and add the Sharpen Quick Brush to his/her command set and use it with a keyboard shortcut.
I find no way to activate a Brush from a Brick via the keyboard.
The commands "Select Burn Tool" and "Select Dodge Tool" do nothing on my system except remove the focus from the current tool.
Here, fwiw, is my current command set for Quick Brushes:
Again, sorry for attempting a correction that was wrong.

HT1880 Is there a calibration tool foor iPhoto and the printing of books (dark results)

Hi, Not satisfied with the result of a very expensive and therefore unusable iPhoto Book, due to the dark prints of the images, I am looking for a calibration tool. Does anyone know of its existence? Or is it just aquestion of lowering the color density of your photo's before, with iPhoto? And, if yes, at what rate do they have to adjusted?
Thank you for an answer, sicerely, Jos

Don't know if you can set the camera to use a different RGB profile for future photos.
To convert existing files to sRGB you can download and use this Automator workflow application, Convert to JPG anbd Embed sRGB profile, on the original files. However, you would have to export the orignals out of iPhoto, run the app on them and reimport them. You can download the app from Toad's Cellar.
For future photos you can upload them to a folder on the Desktop and run the app on them there before importing.
Contact Apple, tell them about the problem and they probably will refund the purchase price. If you reorder then you're on your own from then on. Be sure to create a PDF of the book as described in this Apple document, iPhoto '11: Preview a book, card, or calendar before you order or print it, before you order it and save the pdf for comparison to the printed version after you receive it.

Can no longer access iPhoto from the iMovie camera browser..not working. Also the Inspector tool not working properly. Cannot change clip duration.

How can I fix the INSPECTOR Tool? Clip duration is not working properly, it is very erratic. You type a number and a different one comes up on the clip.
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Have you tried this?
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My macbook pro crashed and the hard drive was replaced. How do I restore my backup pre- 9.6 iphoto library to the 9.6.1 iphoto library? They look completely different.

My macbook pro crashed and the hard drive was replaced. How do I restore my backup pre- 9.6 iphoto library to the 9.6.1 iphoto library? They look completely different. When I look at my backed-up iphoto library folder I see lots of files and folders: ALbumData.xml, Attachments folder, etc. The 9.6.1 iphoto library doesn't appear to be a folder at all. Help!

iPhoto 6 and earlier libraries were regular folders with the kind of files your reporting. With the advent of iPhoto 7 the library folder was changed to a package similar to the application packages but have essentially the same files and folders inside. There's no reason to have access to the inside of the iPhoto Library so Apple changed them to packages.
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I want to email photos on a different email system, gmail. How can I get the email icon of iphoto to put my photo on a gmail email?

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If you have Mail setup a a client for your Gmail account set iPhoto to use Mail. Then select one of Mail's stationary templates for photos and use it. May not be as good as the iPhoto templates but will be fancier than a plain email window.
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Photoshop CC - Cannot control + click to select a different shape while using the pen tool?

I used the pen tool constantly in photoshop cs6 and would often use control + left click to select a different shape while still using the pen tool.
I'm now forced to switch to the move tool to select another layer? Why was this feature removed / changed?
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The new Direct Select Tool by default is set to "active" layers. Switch it to "all layers"
Message was edited by: Joe Horan

A new problem = Selecting multiple points with control + click + drag is selecting ALL shape layers... Jesus christ, why was this changed????
I now have to double click the shape I want to select? Why? What is the point of this?

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