At 7:49 PM +0200 18/4/11, Þorvarður Davíðsson wrote:
>On 18.04.2011, at 16:56, Geoffrey Heard wrote:
>  >
>>  Ah -- now I have it. You simply right 
>>(control) click them, then go to "Open Package 
>>Contents" -- IGNORE "Data.noindex", that's just 
>>the thumbnails -- go to the folders labelled 
>>"Originals" -- which are your original pix -- 
>>and "Modified" which are the pictures you have 
>>pictures you have edited.
>
>Exactly. Let's just hope that in case an iPhoto 
>database has become corrupted we can still 
>access the originals this way.

And that last is always my concern!  :D

Actually, I am just switching from iPhoto (I 
don't like that latest version) to Aperture, 
bought from the App Store, and still using 
PhotoLine as the principal editor in the same 
ways as I used it in iPhoto.

Regarding JPEGs -- one further point is that if 
you re using JPEGs from the camera, they have 
already undergone processing (including the very 
important elimination of barrel and pincushion 
lens distortion), some color correction, and 
compression. Compare them in size with a RAW 
file. Some people obsess about this -- 
personally, I have my cameras set to Fine JPEG 
and the files have more than enough quality for 
my purposes. Much more than enough! However, I 
don't want to be compressing them again if I can 
help it.

Best regards

Geoffrey Heard
The Ad-Doctor-Online
http://www.ad-doctor-online.com