Transferring photo booth files/pics ?

i want to transfer my photo booth images to my new macbook, i understand that the system creates a photo booth album in the pictures folder of the home folder and every photo taken in photo booth on that machine will be saved there, but what if i have some photo's taken on photo booth on my old machine and i want them on the new machine, but i dont just want them in the photo booth folder (which would be a drag and drop job) but i also want them to be displayed in the actual photo booth application itself in the roll along the bottom as the ones taken on the new machine are
is there a folder where the thumbnail/.thm images are stored like in iphoto?
hope this isn't confusing
any help much appreciated

The only way to get photo booth to recognize the new photos is by using the same file name of a photo already in the folder. For example: you have 10 photos you want to put in the new photo booth. They all have file names like Photo 1, Photo 2, etc. You have to first make a photo with the new photo booth - files will then be created and they also have file names like Photo 1, Photo 2, etc. You need to change the name of the photo files you want to appear in the new photo booth to match the photo files already there and replace them when you copy into the new photo booth folder.
Another option if you have a lot of photos- although you should have a backup of all the photo booth files before modifying anything because it could crash the new photo booth application and make it not open any more.... You need to copy the entire photo booth photos folder to the new computer (from username/pictures). You also need to copy the Recents.plist file from username/library/application support/photo booth into the same folder on the new computer.

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