David Esp Video Technical Blog

How get photos & movies out of iPhone:

• Mac (Mac OS):
  • Plugged-in my iPhone (4) to MacBook via USB.
  • The iPhoto app auto-launched, displaying thumbnails of all iPhone’s photos & videos in iPhone’s Photos section (though not those taken by the PanaScout app), and offered  to Import All or Import Selected.

Where the iPhone photos/movies go (on the Mac):

• Macintosh HD > Users > davidesp > Pictures > iPhoto Library
  • Get Info:
    • Size 738 MB
    • Opens with iPhoto

How to get iPhone photos into a document:

• Mac > NeoOffice (3.1.1): Tools > Add-Ons > Show media browser
  • Can’t simply insert an image file – no such file exists, they’re all in the iPhone library/database file.

How to get iPhone photos into Gimp:

•  iPhoto > Menu > iPhoto > Preferences > General > Edit Photo: Select Applicaton: Gimp
  • Can’t simply drag it in, not even by using desktop as a “stepping-stone”.
• Warning: Gimp can “Save” an image back to iPhone’s library, but that image is not then displayed in iPhoto.  Possible risk of corrupting iPhoto library?

How to get photos/movies out of PanaScout (an iPhone camera app for cinematographers):

• PanaScout saves images/movies to its own space (library/whatever), but can export to iPhoto library and to other places.
• PanaScout has a Send To button (an outline-box with arrow emerging).  Options are:
  • Send Email
    • Sends using the email account you configured for your iPhone
  • Save to Library
    • The iPhone Library, that is…
  • Upload
    • FinalCut, MobileMe, SmugMug

Research:

• Inserting iPhoto images in a document:
  • Mac > NeoOffice (3.1.1): Tools > Add-Ons > Show media browser
    • Initially, naively, tried Insert > Picture > From File
      • (-> iPhoto Library is unknown file type).
• Using iPhoto images in Gimp:
  • Me experimenting:
    • Warning: Disconnect the iPhone, otherwise iPhoto functionality is very limited
      • e.g. for thumbnails, no RtClk menu, no drag-out.
    • Unsuccessful: Try drag from iPhoto app to Gimp (Mac) app but no-go.
    • Unsuccessful: Try drag to Desktop (works ok) as stepping-stone to Gimp (doesn’t work).
  • http://gimper.net/viewtopic.php?t=741
    • iPhoto > Menu > iPhoto > Preferences > General > Edit Photo: Select Applicaton: Gimp
      • Yes that works, but only when iPhone is disconnected
  • http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20020126093540202 (2002)
    • A Droplet (script) that, provided Gimp is already open, lets you drag an image from either Finder or iPhoto to the droplet, which will cause that photo to open in Gimp.
    • Interesting, but probably unnecessary given the previous method.
  • My experiment:
    • Warning:
      • Gimp can “Save” an image back to iPhone’s library, but that image is not then displayed in iPhoto.  Possible risk of corrupting iPhoto library?
    • Gimp’s Open File dialog gives info about files
      • Would that work if I had not previously used Edit Photo menu option?
      • Of the original file, it said “RGB, 1 layer”.  This was not said about the saved file.
      • Gimp’s perceived path to the file was [ davidesp > Pictures > iPhoto Library > Modified > 2011 > 11 Sep 2011 ]
• How get photos out of PanaScout?
  • On iPhone, the PanaScout settings include SmugMug, MobileMe and FinalCut (what is that latter? some kind of cloud-space?) but nothing about adding its recordings (images & movies) to iPhoto albums or storage in any particular directory.
    • From text of PanaScout article at http://www.videomaker.com/community/videonews/tag/application/, seems as if the “FinalCut” option here is something to do with Final Cut Server (which, last I heard, has been discontinued)
  • PanaScout has a “Send To” button (outline box with arrow emerging).  Options are:
    • Send Email
      • Sends using the email account you configured for your iPhone
    • Save to Library
      • The iPhone Library, that is…
    • Upload
      • FinalCut, MobileMe, SmugMug

This entry was posted on Saturday, September 24th, 2011 at 16:37 and is filed under Gimp, iPhone, iPhoto, iTunes, NeoOffice, OpenOffice, PanaScout. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.