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jannep54748622
jannep54748622
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January 3, 2020
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importing photos from iphoto albums into photoshop

  • January 3, 2020
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I am new to the downloaded photoshop.

I use a Macbook. It puts my photos and screenshots into iphoto.

I seem unable to find the files for opening iphoto images in photoshop.

Please advise how I can import iphoto app photos into photoshop. My photos no longer appear in my pictures folder.

 

Any and all help greatly appreciated.

I am not very saavy with computers so please keep instructions simple.

Thank you

 

Janne

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Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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January 3, 2020

iPhoto and Photos are pretty much the same thing in this regard, apart from the actual name.

 

Photos are imported into a proprietary database. The images are stored within a "package". This is generally found in your User account folder > Pictures folder with a name of:

 

Photos Library.photoslibrary

 

You can "show package contents" with a contextual/right click and view the database folder structure (don't mess with this).

 

Macintosh HD⁩ ▸ ⁨Users⁩ ▸ ⁨[ username ] ▸ ⁨Pictures⁩ ▸ ⁨Photos Library.photoslibrary⁩ ▸ ⁨Masters⁩ ▸ ⁨2019⁩ and so on into months etc.

 

Copy images from the "Masters" folder for the original/highest resolution image.

    gener7
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    gener7Community Expert
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    January 3, 2020

    If you mean iPhoto and not the newer Photos app, try the last comment in this thread:

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/how-do-i-transfer-photos-in-iphoto-to-photoshop/td-p/5674651

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