iPhoto Question: Creating New Album Problems

01/30/2006 02:12:48 PM · #1

I want to drag edited jpeg files into a new folder in iPhoto to keep them organized. When I do so, iPhoto rejects that image (all of them actually and all are jpegs) and says it is an unrecognizable image. I really need to do this.....

Any ideas. Thanks.

01/30/2006 02:13:41 PM · #2

Are the photos already in the main iPhoto library?

01/30/2006 02:14:01 PM · #3

yes

01/30/2006 02:14:54 PM · #4

well, when I use the finder they are under the iPhoto library / month / date hierarchy.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/30/2006 02:16:54 PM · #5

Have you tried using the import feature again on all the edited pictures? Also, do you normally import from your camera directly into iPhoto?

strangeghost

Canon EOS-7D

01/30/2006 02:18:58 PM · #6

Cutter, I'm not sure exactly what you are doing. Are you dragging the edited files into a folder in your iPhoto folder in the Photos folder, or are you importing the edited photos into your iPhoto library and then dragging them (from iPhoto's browse window) into an album (looks like a little folder) in the albums pane on the left??

strangeghost

Canon EOS-7D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/30/2006 02:20:11 PM · #7

Just reread the above messages.

When you're editing them, are they being saved as .psd files or something?? Are you sure they're jpgs?

01/30/2006 02:22:56 PM · #8

They are jpegs.

Basically this is what I am trying to do. I use iPhoto to download from my D70. They go into their folders by date right. Okay, I then edit them and usually save them into the same dated folder as when imported. Now what I am trying to do now is take the edited jpegs and put them into their own nice neat little folder in iPhoto that says "prints" or "my photography" or something. To keep them in iPhoto but in a seperate folder. Does that help?

01/30/2006 02:26:14 PM · #9

You should be able to just go to "Create New Album" and then drag the edited photos from the library folder right to the new folder. Do you see both the original and edited pictures in the main library folder? Is the extension on your new images .jpeg or .jpg?

01/30/2006 02:28:55 PM · #10

i got it. if the image is already in iPhoto library you cannot put it into a new folder unless you copy into a folder outside of iPhoto and then import it back in as a new folder. Or at least that is what worked for me. Thanks you guys. Your words brought insight and idea to this otherwise simple problem.