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gingercat - Jul 28, 2005 - 6:20 am

I have been scanning in negatives I would like to import them into iphoto but it does not recognise the file format.

I am importing from iphoto

I have tried scanning in various different file formats but it doesn't seem to like them still.

ANy clues

Thanks

peter_ob - Jul 28, 2005 - 8:45 am

Hi,

What file format are you using?
iPhoto can import photos saved in any format recognized by QuickTime, including:

BMP
GIF
JPEG/JFIF
MacPaint
PICT
PNG
Photoshop (with layers)
SGI
Targa
FlashPix
TIFF

Any edited or rotated GIF images are saved in JPEG (.jpg) format. Any other file type, or unedited GIFs, retain their original file type.
When exporting a file, you can choose from three file types: JPEG, TIFF, or PNG.

Peter

gingercat - Jul 28, 2005 - 11:23 am

I have been scanning the images as either Jpg and PICT and TIFF still with it not recognising the file path ?

peter_ob - Jul 28, 2005 - 10:28 pm

Try repairing permissions. Launch Disk Utility> Select Disk or Volume> Verify & Repair permissions. One other thing you can try is to isolate the problem. Open the file in another photo software. If it is recognized then chances are iPhoto or its associated files is corrupt . If not, there is a problem in the scanning process.

gingercat - Jul 31, 2005 - 4:28 am

I have solved the problem ... when saving hte image I was saving it to the library when I moved this to my pictures it loaded it fine.
Thanks for your help