Changing the iPhoto External Editor
On Mar 8, 2007, at 12:22 AM, (lady in distress) wrote:
I am taking a Photoshop Elements class and bought the software
for Elements 4.0. Now when I open iphoto, and right click to open in
external editor, I want it to open in 4.0 but it still opens in 2.o.
Shouldn’t it have automatically transfered whatever was in 2.0 over to
4.o? What to do?
Automatically? hahaha! You kid me. Actually that WOULD happen if you deleted the old version, (which you should do anyway) then carefully put the new one in the same place with the same folder and application name. Then iPhoto wouldn’t even notice the difference
Instead, go into the iPhoto Preferences, and where it says: “Double Click Photo” set “Opens photo with” to the new external application. Best of both worlds.
Leaving it this way will actually be a hassle because you won’t be able to use iPhoto’s wonderful editing features.
So now close Preferences but then immediately reopen it and change it to “Edit View. Now you can select the new program by right-clicking or control-clicking on the picture and then selecting “Edit in external editor” but iPhoto’s editor will still come up when you simply double-click on a photo.
I know this seems arcane, but some of iPhoto’s effects and tools are better and easier to use then Photoshop, so you don’t want to miss out on them.