Neal, Sorry to be long in getting back to you, been running non stop.
The current version of iPhoto is 7.1.2 so if you are using 4.0.3 some of what I am going to write may not apply for the features may have been added to the newer versions. Once the pictures are into iPhoto, as you say they are given the jpg numbering system that the camera assigns. Once into iPhoto you can then give the the picture a "name" rather than a number. Once you have done this then moving them to a folder within iPhoto does not change the name, and using the Export feature within iPhoto will offer you four choices. 1) Title 2) File Name 3) Sequential 4) Album If you choose the "title" method the picture will transfer to your chosen designation with the name you have given it. If you choose the "file name" then it will indeed revert to the camera numbering system. If you choose Sequential (would need to highlight more than one picture to export) the dialogue will give you a place to type in the first number or name you want in your sequence, then each picture will appear in the folder or desktop as 11.jpg, 12.jpg, 13.jpg, etc. If you give them a name ie Neal rather than a number then the sequence will read: Neal1.jpg, Neal2.jpg, Neal3.jpg, etc. If you choose the "Album" title the picture or pictures will be exported with the name of the album you have place it, such as Thanksgiving 2007, or Christmas 2006. So you can do what you want but it may be that you will need a later version of iPhoto. John On Feb 7, 2008, at 5:33 PM, Neal Hammon wrote: > I have a question. When using iPhoto, version 4.0.3, each photo > taken from my Canon camera appears in iPhoto with a number, starting > with IMG 001 JPG, IMG 002 JPG, etc, depending upon how many photos I > download that day. > > Now if I take more photos the next day, and down load them into > iPhoto, they are numbered the same way. Over several year I have > acquired quite a few photos with the same number, such as IMG 001 JPG! > > I can change the numbers on iPhoto, but whenever I try to move them > to another folder, they revert back to the original number. > Therefore, I can not put two pics into a single folder from different > downloads, with the same number ! > > Is there any simple way to get around this. I would like to copy most > of the pics to a disc or discs to save them, then afterwards deleat > them from my computer, to fee up some space. > > Neal Hammon > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be February 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be February 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be February 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
