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Major Mac confusion

Jan 9, 2008 9:59AM PST

Let me get this straight... I can burn photos from iphoto directly onto a CD. But in order to burn them onto a DVD I need to use a burn folder? Did I get that right?

Also, I use iphoto, CS3, and cannon's raw editing software. Even after I convert the raw photos to jpeg sometimes I still can't upload them onto the internet, or the printing company's computer still can't read them off the CD. I am so confused. Why would some of the photos work, and not others? Can you tell I am a new mac user. I wasn't ready for this learning curve.

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Need more information please.
Jan 9, 2008 11:08AM PST

What model computer (I assume it's a mac but is it new, older model, etc) ? What operating system ? What version iLife ?

iDVD is the default application for burning DVDs but honestly a third party program like Toast makes all your disc burning tasks much easier.

The JPEG issues may be as simple as a conflict with the color profile (RGB versus CMYK) and/or are all your images in 8 bit or 16 bit formats or a mixture of both?

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more info
Jan 9, 2008 11:38AM PST

I have an imac. I just bought it brand new, not even a year ago. I have iphoto 6. When I download pics straight from iphoto - they only work if I use a CD. If I want them on a DVD, then I need to use a burn folder or no one else can open the DVD i am giving them. The color profile is RGB, and I don't know about the 8 bit or 16 bit thing.

When I shoot raw I upload the photos into cannons raw editing software, make my changes and then convert them to a jpeg. Then transfer them to CS3 if I want to play with them at all. Even if it says that the pic was saved as a jpeg, some of them still won't upload onto the internet, or can be read by the computer at a printing company. I'm pretty sure I have the same process with all the photos, I am confused as to why some are working and not others.

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About your photos not printing
Jan 10, 2008 12:04AM PST

I don't have a RAW capable camera so I can't try to recreate the problems you are having and can only guess at it. Please excuse me if I mention things you already know.

Just off the top of my head.

You have some pics that print and some that don't. First off... keep track of which specific images failed to print.

next... I would check with the printing company for the exact specs they require for the images you send to them. Do the images that failed to print match the required specs? Do you know how to check the specs of your image in Photoshop? (open image in PS3... select IMAGE in the menu bar and the hover the cursor over MODE ) The check list will tell you the color profile and the bit rate of the picture. Do these specs somehow differ from those of the photos that you were able to have printed or from the printing company specs?

Of course, the whole point is to try and figure out how the photos that won't print are different from those which will. You may have already tried this or similar things. Right now, it is just a process of elimination to figure out what is going on.

cheers

Happy

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DVD and photos
Jan 10, 2008 2:36AM PST

On the CD you've made, and the DVD your are trying to make, is your goal to make a disc that can be placed into a player (like a DVD player) and view a photo slide show? Or is the goal simply to make a data DVD so someone with a computer can open individual photos for processing? These are two totally different applications of disc burning. If all you want to do is burn a data DVD, simply locate where your selected saved photos are in your computer, then insert a blank DVD. Your computer should pop open a window asking what you want to do. Select "open finder" and you should see an icon of the blank DVD show up on your desktop. Then locate your photos and simply drag them on top of the disk icon. Once you're finished doing this, drag the DVD icon into the trashcan icon in the dock and you will get a window asking if you want to burn the DVD. Select "Burn" and you will then have a data DVD. It won't play in a DVD player, but it will allow someone with a computer to access the photos. Now the question is: How to save the photos in a format that will be recognized by others? I always thought that anything saved in a JPEG format is fairly universal.

If you want to make a DVD that plays a photo slideshow, then iDVD or Toast will be needed for this (my preference going to Toast for simplicity).