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From: M-M on 19 May 2010 10:59 In article <4bf3ca03$0$14764$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I've never tried GraphicConverter. Does it open immediately, like > > Preview, or does it impose a delay, like PhotoShop? > > Umm. GC imposes a "nag screen" delay, Not if you buy the program. And it opens immediately. -- m-m http://www.mhmyers.com
From: Zar Zifodow on 19 May 2010 11:25 On 5/18/10 8:35 PM, Tom Stiller wrote: > In article<hsvdm7$3pc$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Zar Zifodow<zarzifodow(a)mailinator.com> wrote: > >> On 5/18/2010 5:43 PM, Tempuser wrote: >>> On 5/18/10 5:00 PM, Zar Zifodow wrote: >>>> Ah, no, it doesn't. For you people late to the rodeo what we want iPhoto >>>> to do is automatically refresh a "smart" folder kind of like Finder >>>> does. You add a photo to a folder in Finder--and look--there it is in >>>> thumbnail view if you so choose. iPhoto has no way of doing this without >>>> flying to the moon. Someone out there must have made an app to do this. >>>> I just can't believe otherwise. Please remember, the operative word is >>>> automatically. Please don't tell me, "Oh, all you have to do is XY and Z >>>> then AB and C to it. That's not helpful. >> >>> Picasa 3? >> >> Yes, that's an idea. I'll try it. > > Also try "Lyn" via MacUpdate. > Lyn is just the ticket! Thank you!
From: isw on 19 May 2010 12:39 In article <nospam.m-m-2BF7C6.07223719052010(a)cpe-76-190-186-198.neo.res.rr.com>, M-M <nospam.m-m(a)ny.more> wrote: > In article <hspkbt$r5a$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Zar Zifodow <zarzifodow(a)mailinator.com> 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 > > > GraphicConverter. > > Just drag a folder of pictures to the GC icon in the dock and a browser > with a slideshow button opens. > > I keep one finger on the spacebar to advance and the other on the delete > key. Just like Preview, except not free. Isaac
From: isw on 19 May 2010 13:05 In article <4bf35a30$0$8343$c34e2906(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>, David Rogoff <david(a)therogoffs.com> wrote: > On 2010-05-17 21:23:39 -0700, isw said: > > > In article <dxizd0mOwXzR-pn2-FPPCCu3qllzV(a)localhost>, > > "John Varela" <newlamps(a)verizon.net> wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 17 May 2010 16:32:35 UTC, isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > >> > >>> In article <hspkbt$r5a$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > >>> Zar Zifodow <zarzifodow(a)mailinator.com> 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? > >>> > >>> What's wrong with Preview? > >> > >> Open a folder, click on an image. Decide you want to look at the > >> next image in the folder. Can't be done from within Preview (or if > >> it can be done and I missed it, please tell me how). > > > > Just click-drag to "box" all the images you want (or just "select all"), > > then click. They all open and present thumbnails in the sidebar. You can > > even move selected ones to the trash from within Preview. Plus, it has > > fairly useful image editing capabilities. > > Thanks - I didn't know that (recent Windows switcher). That does a lot > of what I used Irfanview for. One more thing, though: can it delete > images as I look through them? That something I do a lot. I'll > transfer a ton of pictures from my digital camera. Many are variations > of each other. With Irfanview I could very quickly step through them, > deleting bad shots, fixing sideways shots, and croping images. It's > that extreme simplicity and speed that made it so great. That's exactly how I use Preview. Right-click on a thumbnail and you'll get some options, one of which is to trash the image. If you box a number of the thumbs, you can trash them all at once. And you can drag the thumbs around to get the ones you want next to each other; I use that to decide between two similar shots. Also, Preview can do a "lossless rotate" of JPG images, which is good for when you need it. I prefer to do rotates in Preview rather than iPhoto because the latter makes a copy and rotates that, which is wasteful of space. There's also a crop tool, which I prefer over iPhoto's for the same reason. Be sure to check out the "Tools/Adjust Color" Menu, too. It sports a decent set of photo correction capabilities. Something I think is very important, Preview honors an image's embedded color profile; does Irfanview? Preview can also alter or convert the embedded color profile. I'd recommend that you do a lot of reading before you mess around with that, though. Check out Preview's "Help" documentation; it's amazingly capable, but the name makes it seem ho-hum. -- And a final note, since you said you're a recent windows switcher: Do a color calibration of your monitor (you'll find it under System Preferences/Displays/Color/Calibrate) and be sure to choose "Expert Mode -- it's not that difficult, and your image editing efforts will be more accurate. Isaac
From: Jamie Kahn Genet on 19 May 2010 18:08
isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > In article > <nospam.m-m-2BF7C6.07223719052010(a)cpe-76-190-186-198.neo.res.rr.com>, > M-M <nospam.m-m(a)ny.more> wrote: > > > In article <hspkbt$r5a$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > > Zar Zifodow <zarzifodow(a)mailinator.com> 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 > > > > > > GraphicConverter. > > > > Just drag a folder of pictures to the GC icon in the dock and a browser > > with a slideshow button opens. > > > > I keep one finger on the spacebar to advance and the other on the delete > > key. > > Just like Preview, except not free. > > Isaac Only with a lot more editing tools at your fingertips. -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. |