Blurred iPhoto help

[bruins]

Hi, does anyone know why photo's on iphoto are appearing blurry compared to the same photo's from the same source on my Kodak software? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Simon

 

[Kamera RAWr]

Are you quickly going through the thumbnails? Sometimes it takes an image a few seconds to load. I've noticed this in iPhoto, Aperture and other software before. Just one guess 😱

 

[mac1civ]

I have noticed that my photographs appear blurred in the import window, when importing photos. This is a pain as you can't see if the photo is out of focus or the subject has eyes shut etc.

 

[xUKHCx]

You can rebuild your iPhoto library. It has helped with this issue before but as always YMMV.

Hold down cmd+option when you launch it and you will be presented with this window

 

[mac1civ]

Which is the option key? The cmd key is the 'apple' key right?

Sorry for such a basic question.

 

[xUKHCx]

Cmd = command = apple
option = opt = alt

 

[mac1civ]

Thanks for that, will now try to rebuild library.

 

[mac1civ]

Rebuilding the photos' small thumbnails seems to make the photos load much quicker, when double-clicked. And the image focusses quicker.

What additional advantages, if any, will the second option give - rebuilding all of the photos' thumbnails? I see that this can take some time to carry out.

 

[xUKHCx]

Rebuilding the photos' small thumbnails seems to make the photos load much quicker, when double-clicked. And the image focusses quicker.

What additional advantages, if any, will the second option give - rebuilding all of the photos' thumbnails? I see that this can take some time to carry out.

It says it will take some time but that really depends on the number of photos/how fast your computer is.

Think it will give improved speed overall. But if you aren't having issues ...

 

[mac1civ]

Yes, you are right, it only took about 7 minutes.

The photos to be imported from my camera still appears to be a bit blurred though. The only way I can make them not blurred is to reduce the size of the thumbnail down to a very small size ..... which defeats the object.

 

[bruins]

I am not able to rebuild. I press the 2 buttons in sequence and nothing happens. I am using iPhoto 08. Will this affect?

 

[xUKHCx]

I am not able to rebuild. I press the 2 buttons in sequence and nothing happens. I am using iPhoto 08. Will this affect?

Press and hold both of the buttons as you double (or single if it is in the dock) click on the icon.