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How to work with an external editor in iPhoto
You can also drag the photo you want to edit to Photoshop's Dock icon. One very large benefit of doing this over choosing "Edit in External Editor" from a menu is that it sends the original file, not a copy of the file. This is relevant for people who shoot RAW format files: choosing the menu item will send a jpg copy of the file, not the original RAW file, to Photoshop. Since Photoshop has RAW editing capabilities (particularly noise reduction and white-balance sampling) that iPhoto doesn't, this is the best way I've found to use iPhoto as my "shoebox of photos" while still getting the most out of my RAW files. Photoshop will automatically save its .xml sidecar file (the file Photoshop uses to store the changes you've made to RAW images) in the same folder as the original file.
Is thumbnail of photo upated as well?
Very nice description, thank you. A short question:
Once you've edited the picture to your satisfaction, you then save a .jpg version of the file. In particular, you want to save a version "over the top of" (i.e., replacing, using the same name as) iPhoto's modified version (NOT the original).Will iPhoto realize that you are replacing the photo and update the thumbnail? Or does it get confused by this procedure? I assume not, since you seem to get along with this well. Sorry, I don't have iPhoto '06 yet, so I can't test myself. I can't afford Photoshop or iView Media ProNeither can I. But I am wondering: If you can't afford it, how come you use it as an exteral editor? ;-)
Is thumbnail of photo upated as well?
The answer seems to be yes, in '06 -- though I just got '06 so I haven't tested extensively. In '05, the "thumbnail flickering" I described above is likely the symptom of the thumbnail not updating. As I described, the workaround in '05 (and presumably in '06, if there's a problem) is to do a "dummy" external edit by choosing "edit in external editor" from the menu, then just closing the file immediately when it opens in Photoshop.
Is thumbnail of photo upated as well?
Neither can I. But I am wondering: If you can't afford it, how come you use it as an exteral editor? ;-) D'oh! Typo. I meant "I can't afford Aperture or iView Media Pro".
How to work with an external editor in iPhoto
That's interesting [your discovery that RAW files get passed to Photoshop as JPGs]. I don't use RAW, but I tried a PSD file and find that it gets passed as a PSD no matter how I choose to edit it [click, context menu, whatever].
How to work with an external editor in iPhoto
In the source pane you can pull up an info window, there you can see the file type. Or do a command I.
How to work with an external editor in iPhoto
The fact that PSD files are always sent to Photoshop as PSD files is partly due to the different way iPhoto treats RAW from the way it treats other image formats. When you edit a photo in iPhoto, it always keeps the original unchanged in the Originals folder and changes a copy of that original, which it places in the Modified folder. With every format except RAW, the copy it makes is of the same format as the original -- so there will be two photos called, say, IMG_001.psd; one in the Originals folder and one in the Modified folder. With RAW, however, the copy that gets saved is a different format from the original -- specifically, a jpg. This is to conform to the "RAW philosophy", which treats RAW as a digital negative that should never be edited directly.
How to work with an external editor in iPhoto
Update on my comments on RAW editing above. I just discovered (in iPhoto '06; i don't think it existed in '05) an option in the Advanced preference pane to "Use RAW files with external editor". This automatically sends the RAW files to (e.g.) Photoshop, when possible, by choosing "Edit in External Editor" from the popup menu. All the rigmarole I describe above then becomes unnecessary. Hooray! |
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