Comments on: Use Your iPhoto Library In Adobe Bridge

By: Mason Sklut

Mason Sklut — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:14:53 +0000

Mary,
Usually when you edit images in another program aside from iPhoto or Bridge, this will mess up the file structure. At this point, your best bet is to re-import the photos into iPhoto (it will automatically detect duplicates). I hope this works for you.

Thanks,
Mason

By: Mary George Hilbun

Mary George Hilbun — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:01:24 +0000

Hello there,
I followed your steps above to make an alias & put them into a folder in my Pictures folder but my photos are not all there! I have checked Modified alias & Original alias in BR. I have even gone into iPhoto, copied down the filename of the photo (many of them) & searched BR but: Nothing to display. I see lots of my photos in there, but I could see that I was missing some, therefore the search. Can you help me?
Thank you, I love your site…you are my guru!

By: Mason Sklut

Mason Sklut — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:27:16 +0000

Elizabeth,
The only way an alias folder works is by referring to the Originals folder. Double-check the structure of the Originals folder for any errors like the ones you mentioned. Otherwise, this is not a common problem to be occurring.

- Mason

By: Mason Sklut

Mason Sklut — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:20:07 +0000

Jeremy,
An alias folder refers to the original folder when it displays its contents.

- Mason

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:42:01 +0000

Once an alias is created in iPhoto, are new imports added to that alias folder also?

By: Elizabeth B.

Elizabeth B. — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:16:53 +0000

Hi Mason,

Thanks so much for these instructions. I have a quick question for you. Within my Originals alias file, my folder system seems to be a bit wonky (technical term ). For instance, my photos from April 4th are located in the April 6th folder. Is this a common problem and is there a way to fix it?

Many thanks,
Elizabeth

By: Mason Sklut

Mason Sklut — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:45:25 +0000

Harold,
This is an excellent question. When you’ve made changes in Photoshop Elements, it should prompt you to save your changes in the Save As window. Make sure you are not clicking the Saving As option, but rather just clicking Save. If it prompts you with a “Replace” option, go ahead at do that. iPhoto will show these changes. However, any changes you make in Adobe Bridge, will only show in Adobe Bridge.
Thanks,
Mason

By: Harold

Harold — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:08:13 +0000

Hi Mason,
Thanks for taking time for all the tips, I have a question please.
If you go through all the steps making the aliases and then make the adjustments in PSE 8 will these changes be reflected in iPhoto or will there be duplicate photos, one changed and then the original? And if this is not changed in iPhoto do we have to then import back into iPhoto. Sorry for the long question and thanks again.

By: Mason Sklut

Mason Sklut — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:01:43 +0000

DesB,
The purpose of accessing your iPhoto library with Bridge is so you can edit them in Bridge. When you start editing in iPhoto—as you have noticed—things get a little out of place. My best recommendation is to stick with editing the images only in Bridge and use iPhoto for managing them. Let me know if you need any help. Also, changes you make within Bridge only show in Bridge, not iPhoto.

Thanks,
Mason

By: DesB

DesB — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:35:40 +0000

Thanks for great tip.

Maybe just a silly question, but I’m just curious.

I don’t understand why some of the iPhoto pictures get duplicated into the Modified folder, but are still in the Originals folder?
I tested by editing a photo in iPhoto and logically expected the revised picture to appear in Modified, but that didn’t happen.

I guess main question is whether I just automatically go into Originals within Bridge and ignore Modified?

Thanks!