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iPhoto Publishing error - homepage looks really wierd!!

hob

hob

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Oct 4, 2003
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Hi. Got a digital camera yesterday and thought I'd try it out with iPhoto. Took a few test shots around my front room. Today I published them to my .Mac homepage. I did it twice infact. The reason is apparant if you go here or here. Can anyone else see that my photos don't look quite right? </sarcasm>

What the hell is going on? How do I fix this? I KNEW iPhoto's ease of use was too good to be true!!!

Hob
 
hm... i think somethings wrong! :D

I'm not sure what it is, wheter it was a rendering issue in iPhoto, or in your camera. but i'd just try again, and see what happens
 
I've had that happen when I've unpluuged the camera during data transfer - I know it's annoying but it sure makes for some cool abstract art or desktop patterns.
 
idkew said:
what camera do you have?

what file type are you saving the images as?

how did you import the files?
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1. Canon Powershot S50
2. I think they're going in as RAW 2592x1940 res or something like that
3. USB->iPhoto. They appear fine in iPhoto, just not when I export to homepage!!

Help!
 
raw is prolly the problem



i have an s45, so i kinda know what you are talking about.

use canon's software to import if you shoot in raw. then you must convert into a jpeg and then import into iphoto.

or, just shoot in the least compressed jpeg like i do. besides, if you are like me, your jpeg image library will be 7gb in no time. i can't imagine how large that would be if i only shot in raw.
 
I knew I should have read the manual...! So I either need to use their software of just shoot in JPEG mode... I don't really need RAW but I don't know how to turn it off :(

Guess it's a case of RTFM for me!! How embarassing! Thanks guys :)

Oh, and S45 guy - did your pictures come up OK in iPhoto, like for me - just go a bit funny when exporting?
 
Unless you're doing some professional photography, the highest quality JPEG setting should be more than sufficient for you. And you won't fill your hard drive nearly as fast.
 
hob said:
I knew I should have read the manual...! So I either need to use their software of just shoot in JPEG mode... I don't really need RAW but I don't know how to turn it off :(

Guess it's a case of RTFM for me!! How embarassing! Thanks guys :)

Oh, and S45 guy - did your pictures come up OK in iPhoto, like for me - just go a bit funny when exporting?
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they work fine in iPhoto. i am actually suprised that iphoto imported the raw files.


to switch, when the camera is on, in picture taking mode, hit the func. button (top left of lcd) and go down to the part where it says raw and set it to L
 
I just had a thought. The first 6 or so pictures in my library were taken by my big brother and emailed to me... so it's actually got nothing to do with my camera and RAW mode, but there is something going wrong with iPhoto!! Could it be to do with me being PAL? It looks like it's just uploading wrong...!
 
Not your camera..

I don't think it's your camera. I think it's a problem with your ISP. I live/work in Leeds and a quite few people experince similar problem uploading file to the interweb ;) . I don't know what it is, or the solution but all I know is that NTL is their ISP and they don't seem to want to know anything about it. It doesn't matter wether it's a Mac or a PC.. All I can suggest is that you try loading the same file up at different times of day to see if you get different results. You could also change the format and filename to see if that makes any difference.
 
Miner Willy said:
I don't think it's your camera. I think it's a problem with your ISP. I live/work in Leeds and a quite few people experince similar problem uploading file to the interweb ;) . I don't know what it is, or the solution but all I know is that NTL is their ISP and they don't seem to want to know anything about it. It doesn't matter wether it's a Mac or a PC.. All I can suggest is that you try loading the same file up at different times of day to see if you get different results. You could also change the format and filename to see if that makes any difference.
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NTL - that's what I use... I'm on the Bromley platform (ex-cwc) if that makes any sense to you... maybe i'll move my question over to DigitalSpy...

Cheers,
Hob
 
Hob, did you manage to solve your problem without resorting to long winded work arounds? I have exactly the same issue as you.

I have a Powerbook G4, NTL 600k broadband, OS X 10.3.3, iPhoto 4.0.1
Canon G2 and Ixus V3 digital camera's.

I saw exactly the same looking error on the mac support forum but it regarded the reprints.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93253
I don't believe this is what I'm doing wrong however.
help!!!!!
 
tickjo said:
Hob, did you manage to solve your problem without resorting to long winded work arounds? I have exactly the same issue as you.

I have a Powerbook G4, NTL 600k broadband, OS X 10.3.3, iPhoto 4.0.1
Canon G2 and Ixus V3 digital camera's.

I saw exactly the same looking error on the mac support forum but it regarded the reprints.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93253
I don't believe this is what I'm doing wrong however.
help!!!!!
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That KB Article basically says "don't use iPhoto to import your photos" - surely that makes iPhoto pretty much useless, as it's such a hassle to keep re-importing bits.

I have shockingly similar specs to you - PowerBook G4 1GHz, NTL 600k BB, OS X 10.3.4, iPhoto 4.0.1...! I have tried emailing NTL but they've yet to get back to me. Time to start making phone calls :mad:

Hob
 
Hob,
I found the solution !!!

Within Safari, go to Safari, Preferences, Advanced, Change Settings (Proxies), click the web proxy on. Then type the following proxy server
"cache2-bror.server.ntli.net" : 8080

I think you are Bromley area (like me), so this should work for you.

good luck. :)
 
hob said:
I knew I should have read the manual...! So I either need to use their software of just shoot in JPEG mode... I don't really need RAW but I don't know how to turn it off :(

Guess it's a case of RTFM for me!! How embarassing! Thanks guys :)

Oh, and S45 guy - did your pictures come up OK in iPhoto, like for me - just go a bit funny when exporting?
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I don't see anything wrong with the photos...mine always look like that...am I doing something wrong...I just thougth i was a terrible photographer. :D :D

Ok for real here...when you double click a photo in iPhoto to view the larger size does it look ok? I don't know exactly how it works, but they ones you may be viewing in iPhoto may only be thumbnails...might check it out.
 
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