Use Your iPhoto Library In Adobe Bridge
When it comes to photo editing, iPhoto’s capabilities are not up to par with Bridge or Aperture. Thanks to Apple making Aperture it’s quite easy to import your existing iPhoto library. With Adobe Bridge, the import process is less user-friendly, but in the end you will have all of your pictures from iPhoto easily accessible from Bridge.
- Open up the Pictures folder in Finder.
- Locate the iPhoto Library file.
- Right-click on it and choose Show Package Contents.
- Inside the contents, locate “Originals” and “Modified”.
- Hold down Shift and select both folders.
- Right-click on choose Make Alias.
- Drag both the aliases into the Pictures folder in Finder.
- Create a new folder and place both the aliases in the folder.
- Now, open up Bridge.
- In the sidebar you should see a Pictures folder.
- Double-click it and open the folder that contains the aliases you made.
- Now all you do is browse through the folders in chronological order until you find the picture you wanted.
- Keep in mind any changes you make using Camera Raw will not show up in iPhoto.
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November 6th, 2008 at 8:40 am
I enjoyed your comment on using the iPhoto Library in Adobe Bridge, and found it very useful indeed. It certainly does help in making the iPhoto library more readily accessible.
Keep up the good work! I also like the clean look of your site, BTW. You’re a Mac Genius? It shows…
November 6th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Thanks Jeff. It’s taken me a while to get the hang of designing a WordPress blog, but it was worth it.
As an outdoor photographer, I find it necessary to use Bridge for color correction. Don’t get me wrong about iPhoto, I love it for cataloging my pictures.
I’m glad you like the site, it was time for a change.
Thanks again,
Mason