Hello People, I have just looked at the video stream of the February WAMUG Meeting, many thanks Martin for doing this, it is very much appreciated by members who are unable to get to meetings.
I was a bit surprised to hear mentioned that I said iPhoto'09 will not handle AdobeRGB format, that the person was unable to import any of her photos into iPhoto to create a Slideshow. The person may have misunderstood when I was explaining why iPhoto would not import some "scanned images"into iPhoto, as they were "Grayscale", iPhoto does NOT support "Grayscale". When I made this comment: > "iPhoto does not support greyscale photos - scan them as (or change the > colour profile to) sRGB - they will still display as Black and White but > iPhoto will work with them". It was for a person who displays their images for viewing on the Web & Computer screens so sRGB works better than AdobeRGB format in this instance. Supported File Formats: iPhoto can import images in any file format supported by Apple’s QuickTime technology, including BMP, GIF, FlashPix, JPEG, MacPaint, movies (read-only), PICT, PNG, Photoshop, RAW (those flavours supported by Mac OS X in general), SGI,Targa, and TIFF. RAW File Facts: Apple’s support for RAW files in iPhoto has caused some confusion. The following facts may shed some light on it for you: RAW files are considered to be “digital negatives” that aren’t to be modified, so changes you make are always saved to a secondary file. As a result, on import, iPhoto converts the RAW file to JPEG and stores the RAW file itself in the Originals folder. Alternatively, you can set iPhoto to save edited RAW files as 16-bit TIFFs. You never work on the RAW file directly, only on its JPEG or TIFF stand-in. If you wish to throw out your edits and start a new copy from the RAW file again, choose Reprocess RAW from the Photos menu. Because of the large size of uncompressed RAW files and the JPEG conversion that occurs during import, the import process can take a longer time with RAW files. When you edit a RAW file, iPhoto displays a RAW badge at the bottom of the display pane or in the toolbar in full screen view. Scrolling may seem slower when browsing through large thumbnails of RAW files. The problem is that when you’re using a thumbnail size larger than the actual thumbnails, iPhoto must load the original photo to create the thumbnail. That’s a slower process. To speed up scrolling, press 1 while in organise mode to zoom to thumbnail size (press 0 to zoom to the smallest size). To export a RAW file in RAW format, choose Original from the Format pop-up menu in the Export Photos dialogue. For more info, see <http://support.apple.com/kb/TA22895> The Raw format for every model of camera is different, and each model has to be supported individually. The list of cameras currently supported is here: <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3825> Let Apple know you want your camera supported: iPhoto menu -> Provide iPhoto Feedback Alternatives include processing the Raws with the software that came with your camera and exporting the results as tiff or jpeg and importing those, or converting the Raw to DNG with Adobe's Camera Raw and trying to import them. ---------- In iPhoto > Preferences > Advanced - Importing: To set or change colour profile options: 1. Choose iPhoto > Preferences. 2. Click Advanced. 3. Select or deselect “Copy items to the iPhoto Library.” Deselecting this option means that iPhoto doesn’t duplicate photos when importing them into the application, but leaves them in their original locations on your computer. When you edit these images in iPhoto, however, the edited versions are saved in the iPhoto library. Your original files remain untouched. 4. If you selected “Copy items,” do one of the following: a) Select "Embed ColorSync profile" to assign a colour profile. This is usually "cameraRGB," an Apple-specific version of the commonly used sRGB, which allows image colours to map more closely to Apple monitors. If your image file settings specify the use of AdobeRGB, iPhoto assigns that profile. Or b) Deselect “Embed ColorSync profile” if you want to import the photo in its current state, and do not want to add a ColorSync profile to the image. ------------ Should you always shoot RAW? Well, no. RAW is slower than JPEG capture and that can present difficulties when photographing action, especially with a point-and-shoot camera. Of course, shooting action with any point-and-shoot is often an exercise in frustration because of the shutter lag and slow write times. You might want to save RAW for things like portraits and scenic-type subjects. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
