Scan Directly to iPhoto

[Sam*]

On my mom's new iMac (1gb ram), I'd love to set her up so she could scan straight into iPhoto. Previously she has used Photoshop Elements 2.0 to scan the pic- then save it and then put it into iPhoto -- which is a lot of steps.

The scanner is a Epson 3200 Photo.

Seems like this might be a task for automator if iPhoto 6 can't do it. I've only tried to use automator a couple of times with no success.

All suggestions are helpful.

I have so much appreciated the advice I've gotten here so far in purchasing and setting up this wonderful computer for my mom.

Thanks,

Sam*

[chas_m]

Image Capture can do this. It's an application that's already sitting on her computer. It should auto-recognise her scanner, allow her to use either TWAIN or the built-in scanning software, and then pass the result directly into iPhoto.

Consult Image Capture's Help menu for more detail.

[Sam*]

Thanks chas_m,

I'll check it out and then train her -- sounds like a good solution. Can't believe I never knew this.

Sam*