[chris7777]

I have created an elaborate 265 photo slideshow in iPhoto 5 with lots of different transitions and timings. I want to move it to another mac, via my LAN. how do I do it? I look in Picutres>iPhoto Library and I see nothing there with the name of my slideshow. no reference to it at all. there is no option to save it as anything. I can only export the slideshow as a less than full resolution Quicktime movie. I don't want to do that.
anyone know how I can do it?

[OldToad]

Chris:
About the only way I know of is to duplicate your iPhoto Library folder, open it with iPhoto and then delete all of the photos in the library except those in the slideshow. Then copy that slideshow iPHoto Library folder to the other computer. Of course you'll have to be running the same version of iPhoto on the other Mac or a later version. Then you can launch the book library with iPhoto and play the slideshow. Any music selected will have to be on the other computer and in a similarly named playlist in order to be played.

[Tom_Diola]

Burn it to DVD

[Nobody]

In addition to the above method, one relatively simpler alternative is to export the slide show as a QT file and copy it to the other machine. It will retains all the fades, music, effects you included. You would, however, for the obvious reasons, loose the ability to make any further changes but you do not have to either redo the slide show or copy the entire library and delete a great many photos.

[chris7777]

I know, but like I said in my original post, when exporting to Quicktime, you can not save it as a player with 1024 x 768 resolution, which is a one of my requirements. the max is 768 x 640

[Nobody]

Tom's suggestion is certainly a viable option.

[azhie]

Another alternative is to copy the entire iPhoto library to the second computer, rename the copied file. Start iPhoto holding down the option key, then select "chose library," and navigate to the copied (and renamed) file. When the file opens, you will have a clone of the original library with a new name. You can then pare it down to your slideshow or just play the slideshow itself.

[chris7777]

ok, thanks. I think my DVD player is slow. but.... you mean when I run the DVD on the other Mac with iPhoto, iPhoto will play the slideshow, with all its special transistions and music, and timings, from the DVD? I suppose I could drag the contents of the DVD to my hard drive for zippier playback. thanks

[chris7777]

Now THAT is the kind of answer that I was looking for! thank!

[Nobody]

No, iPhoto on the second computer no longer enters the picture in this method. From youor main computer, you export the slide show to iDVD, go through the normal procedure, burn the DVD. thos DVD would play on any Mac/Window or even a commercial DVD player.
The option select method does involve copying entire iPhoto library but it would work fine.
I have fairly large multiple libraries and my current method involves something similar to option-selecting but through a utility called iPhotoBuddy. It helps you easily select, and create multiple libraries that can reside on any location of your choice. This way I can easily use external FW drives that have any number of libraries that are labled with obvious names, events, dates. It actually makes life cosiderably easier for me to have smaller and manageable libraries each containing no more than 2000 photos (my arbitrary limit) rather than having 30,000+ images in a single library.... sorting and finding becomes more difficult in default setting of having a single library. When faced with a situation like you are, all I need to do is plug in my external drive, select the specific library via iPhotoBuddy and I'm in business.
You may wish to download iPhotoBuddy and read details to see if it suits your needs.
Good luck!

[chris7777]

oh, now I am confused. you are saying that I can not do as Ashie suggested:
"copy the entire iPhoto library to the second computer, rename the copied file. Start iPhoto holding down the option key, then select "chose library," and navigate to the copied (and renamed) file. When the file opens, you will have a clone of the original library with a new name. You can then pare it down to your slideshow or just play the slideshow itself" ???
I tried exporting to iDVD and didn't like it (the themes). it was all tooooo cutsie pie and amateurish looking. and the photos in the templates were required to be too small and only accomodated horizontal photos. I wish you could export to iDVD without all those very restrictive themes. and there were no neat transistions, either.

[Nobody]

I must confess, I am also not terribly fond of many built-in themes-- especially the cutesie ones!
Yes, you should be able to have access to your entire library as outlined previously either via iPhotoBuddy or directly as mentioned in the previous post.

The reason I brought up the utility is simply fro the sake of ease and in some cases necessity. If your library is fairly large and you do not have ample space in your main hard drive, using an external drive is a very useful method. To give you an example, if I were to combine all of my photos just from the last two years, they would easily exceed 200GB; the total capacity of my PB drive is 160GB, so in my case, it is not merely a convenience but necessity.
Try the iPhotoBuddy, you may like it... if not you can dump it and it changes nothing. I find it quite useful /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[chris7777]

interesting. I don't really use iPhoto much. just used it to create the slide show. My workflow is CS2 and Adobe Bridge. I hope you take this as just me simply reporting what I use. I am not trying to brag or one up anyone. please don't think that.
my only problem with iPhoto, since day one, has been the fact that you have to store all your photos in your home folder. I need to import photos from my flash disks to external and additional drives because I would too quickly fill up my 400gb drive that my home directory is on. I have 1.2 terrabytes and am closing to buying another .8 terrabytes.
if you are telling me that iBuddy would let me use iPHoto AND import the photos to drivers OTHER than the one my home directory is on, then I will look into it. however... why would anyone use iPhoto if they have Adobe Bridge?

[Nobody]

Your post does not carry any sense of bragging... /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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if you are telling me that iBuddy would let me use iPHoto AND import the photos to drivers OTHER than the one my home directory is on, then I will look into it. however... why would anyone use iPhoto if they have Adobe Bridge?

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Yes, I do so all the time. From your post, I can sense that you have already experienced size related problems with default settings of iPhoto (home folder on the boot volume) and share the same sentiment as I felt at one point (early on, iPhoto used to become very slow during scrolling as the size of the library exceeded 4000-5000 photos) and I need not be concerned as to whether or not I was clear enough. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
As for why would anyone bother with iPhoto... it's free, it comes with the OS/machine, and did I mention that it is free (so is iPhotoBuddy, by the way). /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I have not used Adobe Bridge and I have not looked into its capabilities to know its advantages. Now that Apple has dropped the price of Aperture somewhat (though it is still not exactly cheap, in my opinion), I am contemplating buying it, partly because many of my photos are RAW files.