Import items from Apple iPhoto
You can transfer all your files from Apple iPhoto to a catalog in Microsoft Expression Media. By default, the new Expression Media catalog contains references to the photograhs that are still inside the iPhoto library folders, but you can move those files from the iPhoto folders and into a new folder. The new Expression Media catalog also contains your iPhoto albums as Expression Media catalog sets (for more information about catalog sets, see Catalog sets). In addition, your catalog includes any metadata (such as EXIF digital camera data, comments, or keywords) that were assigned to your images in iPhoto. The following table shows how iPhoto annotations map to Expression Media annotation fields.
iPhoto |
Expression Media |
|---|---|
File name |
File name |
Title |
Title |
Keyword |
Keyword |
Checkmark (keyword) |
Does not currently map |
Star ratings* |
Do not currently map |
Albums |
Catalog sets |
Smart Albums* |
Catalog sets |
Comments |
Description (Caption) |
Date |
Event Date |
Date (modified in iPhoto) |
Event Date |
*Apple iPhoto 4.0, 5.0
To import items from iPhoto
On the Help menu, click Welcome.
Click Import iPhoto Library. Expression Media automatically finds the iPhoto library for the active operating system user.
Click Continue.
Expression Media will open iPhoto and import all original photographs into a new catalog.
Note
This feature only works with iPhoto versions 2.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0.
If you want to move the newly imported files out of the iPhoto library, select all the images in the new catalog, and then, on the Action menu, click Transfer toFolder.
In the Transfer to Folder dialog box, select Move files, reset paths, deleteoriginals. This moves your original images to a folder of your choice, sets the paths to the new location, and deletes the images from the iPhoto library.
To free additional space on your hard disk, you can delete all the thumbnails created by iPhoto. To do this, delete the iPhoto Library folder from the Pictures folder. Make sure that before you delete the iPhoto Library folder, you transfer all original images to a new location on your hard disk. Alternately, you could leave the original images where they are and have media in both iPhoto and Expression Media.