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1 - Using iPhoto: Basics

You can open files (photographs) from iPhoto.

Or, you can use Photoshop Elements 8.0 to open your files in iPhoto.

Open from iPhoto

Quick Method

In iPhoto, click the thumbnail of the file, hold, and drag it onto the Photoshop Elements icon in the Dock.

Fancy Method

With an extra step, you'll be able to compare the original photograph with your edited version of the photograph.

Extra Step - Make a Duplicate

Make a duplicate of the photograph before you edit it.

Then you can compare the original photograph to the edited duplicate.

You'll have before and after versions.

Do the following.

Let's say you want to edit a file called DSC1234.

1) Click the thumbnail of DSC1234.

2) Go to Photos > Duplicate, or press Cmd + d.

You now have a duplicate.

iPhoto appends copy to the name of the file.

DSC1234 copy

 Open the Duplicate

Click the thumbnail of the DSC1234 copy, hold, and drag it onto the Photoshop Elements icon in the Dock.

DSC1234 copy will open in Photoshop Elements.

However, it won't be called DSC1234 copy.

It's called DSC1234_2.

Open from Photoshop Elements 8.0

With Photoshop Elements 8.0, you can easily open photographs that are located in iPhoto.

1) In Photoshop Elements 8.0, at the top of your screen, go to File > Open.

2) Go to Media > Photos > iPhoto > Events.

3) Click an Event.

4) Select a thumbnail.

5) Click Open.

If you select an Event and click Open, all the photographs in the Event will open in Photoshop Elements.

More

For more detail on using iPhoto with JPEG files, click Next below.

If you use raw files, go to Raw Files & iPhoto.

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