Graphic Converter vs Photoshop
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From: dorayme on 1 Apr 2010 02:15 In article <gl4317-3103102148150001(a)69-30-9-104.pxd.easystreet.com>, gl4317(a)yahoo.com (gl4317(a)yahoo.com) wrote: > In article <jwolf6589-59FA0C.21564431032010(a)nntp.charter.net>, John > <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > > > I am wondering if the current GC will do the job for me. Just need a app > > that can crop, retouch, filter, change, and mess with photos. > > > One of the things that I really miss about GraphicConverter when I use > photoshop is the cropping tool. Photoshop has probably changed since the > old version I have where I work was put out, but GraphicConverter has a > nice little display in the upper right corner that gives the size of the > resulting cropped image. If you need, say, a 560 x 500 for a web page, > you can select one corner of what you want and as you move the rectangle > it gives you a reading of the resulting image size as you move the other > end of the rectangle. You can then move the other corner of the rectangle > to the exact location to fit the size you want. You then select "Trim > Selection" from the menu. > > In Photoshop, you choose the crop tool and just roughly guess at the image > size as you crop it. You then have to choose Image Size from the menu to > see what the actual resulting image size is after the crop. No, even in Photoshop 5 (and probably earlier) you get the perfect thing you want: 1. Go to Windows menu at top of screen. Choose Show Options. 2. Select the crop tool. 3. Tick the Fixed target box and then type in the dimensions you want - be sure to specify pixels) 4. Crop and (barring complications about resolution) Bob should be your uncle. I still have PS5 and it works brilliantly in Classic, *most* (but not all) of the things I ever do I could happily do in 5 or 6. 6 began to have reasonable text support (before 6 it was all a bit ridiculous and clunky). -- dorayme
From: Warren Oates on 1 Apr 2010 08:15 In article <jwolf6589-59FA0C.21564431032010(a)nntp.charter.net>, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > I am wondering if the current GC will do the job for me. Just need a app > that can crop, retouch, filter, change, and mess with photos. GC will do that. I keep GC around, not because it's an "alternative to Photoshop" but because it's always been Lemke's claim-to-fame that his app will convert any format to any other, and that he'll add any format you find that he hasn't. He's one of the heroes of Mac software, like Norstad, like Peter Lewis was, and like Simon Fraser still is. -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: Phillip Jones on 1 Apr 2010 14:12 John wrote: > In article<drache-86BF37.18534931032010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > erilar<drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > >> Nice comparison. I have two graphics programs I actually use. GC is >> one, ColorIt!(which is a tiny fraction of the cost of PhotoShop and does >> all the things I need it for) is the other. They overlap a bit, but not >> enough to give up either one. > > I am wondering if the current GC will do the job for me. Just need a app > that can crop, retouch, filter, change, and mess with photos. GC will allow you to try out for 30 days. -- Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. "If it's Fixed, Don't Break it" http://www.phillipmjones.net http://www.vpea.org mailto:pjones1(a)kimbanet.com
From: Phillip Jones on 1 Apr 2010 14:17 gl4317(a)yahoo.com wrote: > In article<300320102333137245%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam > <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > >> In article<gl4317-3003102022430001(a)69-30-9-164.pxd.easystreet.com>, >> <gl4317(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>> Photoshop saves the files in its own native format, with all the layers >>> and other stuff built right into the file. You then export to GIF, JPEG, >>> etc., or keep it as a GIF, JPEG, etc. without saving the native format. >>> GraphicConverter has no such native format. You edit the pixels you have. >> >> both are editing the pixels you have, > > > No. In its native file format, Photoshop can save such things as vectors > and text for editing afterward. GraphicConverter converts text to pixels > when it is finalized, not allowing one to edit the text afterward. There > aren't layers. (At least, not in the version I have.) > You have an old version It has or can have layers and as long as you don't group and Flatten you can edit text till the cows come home, if they ever do. I use it for photo touch up cropping reducing DPI and you can even use a combo of the eye dropper and stamp tool to fix scratches and remove digital date from digital photos. -- Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. "If it's Fixed, Don't Break it" http://www.phillipmjones.net http://www.vpea.org mailto:pjones1(a)kimbanet.com
From: erilar on 1 Apr 2010 15:24
In article <gl4317-3103102148150001(a)69-30-9-104.pxd.easystreet.com>, gl4317(a)yahoo.com (gl4317(a)yahoo.com) wrote: > In article <jwolf6589-59FA0C.21564431032010(a)nntp.charter.net>, John > <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > > > I am wondering if the current GC will do the job for me. Just need a app > > that can crop, retouch, filter, change, and mess with photos. > > > One of the things that I really miss about GraphicConverter when I use > photoshop is the cropping tool. Photoshop has probably changed since the > old version I have where I work was put out, but GraphicConverter has a > nice little display in the upper right corner that gives the size of the > resulting cropped image. If you need, say, a 560 x 500 for a web page, > you can select one corner of what you want and as you move the rectangle > it gives you a reading of the resulting image size as you move the other > end of the rectangle. You can then move the other corner of the rectangle > to the exact location to fit the size you want. You then select "Trim > Selection" from the menu. > > In Photoshop, you choose the crop tool and just roughly guess at the image > size as you crop it. You then have to choose Image Size from the menu to > see what the actual resulting image size is after the crop. My cheap little ColorIt! does better than that! I just tell it what size I want whatever I've cropped to to end up in inches. It's also really nice for straightening out horizons on fotos grabbed on the run 8-) -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo |