Edit Your Pictures From iPhoto With Photoshop
If you like to edit your photos using an external editor such as Photoshop and like to use iPhoto to manage them, you’ve probably encountered a problem as to how to sync the iPhoto library with the edits you make. If you have not encountered that problem, I still recommend you take a look at this article as it may make things easier for you.
- With iPhoto open, hold down the ⌘ (Command) and the “,” keys to activate the Preferences window.
- In the Preferences window, make sure you’re in the General section. Then, go to the “Edit photo:” field and choose the external editor of choice in the drop-down menu.
- Now, switch back to your library and select some photos that you would like to edit with the external editor. Hold down the Shift key or the ⌘ (Command) key to select more than one photo. Now right-click and choose “Edit in external editor” from the contextual menu.
- The second way to open up photos, is within the external editor (Photoshop).
- Open up Photoshop, and go to File > Open…
- Now browse the photos in the Finder window and use the Shift or ⌘ (Command) key to select more than one photo.
- Once you’ve finished making the edits to the image(s), save it (hold down ⌘ (Command) + “S”).
- When you look at your iPhoto library, you should notice the changes made to the selected image(s).
- If you wish to revert back to the original image, just right-click on the image and choose “Revert to Original” from the contextual menu.
