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From: Jochem Huhmann on 16 May 2010 17:58 Zar Zifodow <zarzifodow(a)mailinator.com> writes: > Anyone know of a picture viewer like Irfanview for the Mac? Failing > that, is there anyway to create smart folders that automatically refresh > the contents in iPhoto? Well, there is always Preview which isn't all that bad and then there's Automator and Folder Actions... Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
From: Zar Zifodow on 16 May 2010 18:19 On 5/16/10 2:58 PM, Jochem Huhmann wrote: > Zar Zifodow<zarzifodow(a)mailinator.com> writes: > >> Anyone know of a picture viewer like Irfanview for the Mac? Failing >> that, is there anyway to create smart folders that automatically refresh >> the contents in iPhoto? > > Well, there is always Preview which isn't all that bad and then there's > Automator and Folder Actions... > > > Jochem > How would you, using Automator or Folder Actions, cause iPhoto to automatically refresh if you added images to a certain folder? It must be impossible because no one seems to know how to do it. Xee is light years ahead of Preview but doesn't do thumbnails. Using Pathfinder for thumbnails and Xee for viewing and slideshow is pretty good but it would be nice to find a dedicated viewer, or better yet, get iPhoto to do what it ought to do.
From: Tempuser on 16 May 2010 18:49 On 5/16/10 3:39 PM, Zar Zifodow wrote: > On 5/16/2010 2:19 PM, Tempuser wrote: >> On 5/16/2010 2:25 PM, Zar Zifodow wrote: >>> Anyone know of a picture viewer like Irfanview for the Mac? Failing >>> that, is there anyway to create smart folders that automatically refresh >>> the contents in iPhoto? >>> >>> Zar >> Try either of these two freeware products. SeaShore has more >> functionality. >> >> Xee: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/imaging_3d/xee.html >> SeaShore: http://seashore.sourceforge.net/ > > > Xee: nice but no thumbnails > Seashore: even more primitive than Xee > > Must have a nice (adjustable) thumbnail viewer, auto refreshing folders > (why is this so hard for Mac apps?), good slideshow. > > Xnview, seems great but it's really buggy and not ready for prime time. > I have noo idea what functionality you require. So if you want a product that does everything that Irfanview does.. it's not available. That said... if you want thumbnails, try Xsee by Bitcom.
From: Calum on 16 May 2010 19:08 On 16/05/10 23:19, Zar Zifodow wrote: > How would you, using Automator or Folder Actions, cause iPhoto to > automatically refresh if you added images to a certain folder? Creating a folder action in Automator with the single action "Import Files into iPhoto" does exactly that. (Unfortunately the Automator action only allows you to create or add to an Album rather than an Event, though.) --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Zar Zifodow on 16 May 2010 19:17
On 5/16/10 3:49 PM, Tempuser wrote: > On 5/16/10 3:39 PM, Zar Zifodow wrote: >> On 5/16/2010 2:19 PM, Tempuser wrote: >>> On 5/16/2010 2:25 PM, Zar Zifodow wrote: >>>> Anyone know of a picture viewer like Irfanview for the Mac? Failing >>>> that, is there anyway to create smart folders that automatically refresh >>>> the contents in iPhoto? >>>> >>>> Zar >>> Try either of these two freeware products. SeaShore has more >>> functionality. >>> >>> Xee: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/imaging_3d/xee.html >>> SeaShore: http://seashore.sourceforge.net/ >> >> >> Xee: nice but no thumbnails >> Seashore: even more primitive than Xee >> >> Must have a nice (adjustable) thumbnail viewer, auto refreshing folders >> (why is this so hard for Mac apps?), good slideshow. >> >> Xnview, seems great but it's really buggy and not ready for prime time. >> > I have noo idea what functionality you require. So if you want a product > that does everything that Irfanview does.. it's not available. > > That said... if you want thumbnails, try Xsee by Bitcom. Functionality? You add photos to a folder. You see them in an iPhoto created "smart" folder. You can't do this because of Apple's native way of indexing. Try it. It can't be done without jumping through all kinds of hoops. How hard can this be? It's pretty simple and something any Windows viewer can do. |