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From: John Varela on 18 May 2010 20:33 On Tue, 18 May 2010 04:23:39 UTC, isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > 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$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > > > Zar Zifodow <zarzifodow(a)mailinator.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Anyone know of a picture viewer like Irfanview for the Mac? Failing > > > > that, is there anyway to create smart folders that automatically refresh > > > > the contents in iPhoto? > > > > > > What's wrong with Preview? > > > > Open a folder, click on an image. Decide you want to look at the > > next image in the folder. Can't be done from within Preview (or if > > it can be done and I missed it, please tell me how). > > Just click-drag to "box" all the images you want (or just "select all"), > then click. They all open and present thumbnails in the sidebar. You can > even move selected ones to the trash from within Preview. Plus, it has > fairly useful image editing capabilities. Why should it be necessary to select all before opening? There's no good reason for that limitation. -- John Varela
From: John Varela on 18 May 2010 20:35 On Tue, 18 May 2010 05:07:31 UTC, Guenther Fischer <never(a)spam.invalid> wrote: > In article <isw-B84EC1.21233917052010@[216.168.3.50]>, isw > <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > > > In article <dxizd0mOwXzR-pn2-FPPCCu3qllzV(a)localhost>, > > "John Varela" <newlamps(a)verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 17 May 2010 16:32:35 UTC, isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > > > > > > > In article <hspkbt$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. > > GraphicConverter does about the same job as Irfanview and quite a bit > more... I've never tried GraphicConverter. Does it open immediately, like Preview, or does it impose a delay, like PhotoShop? -- John Varela
From: Tempuser on 18 May 2010 20:43 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?
From: Zar Zifodow on 18 May 2010 20:50 On 5/18/2010 4:13 PM, nospam wrote: > In article<hsv66i$88b$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Zar Zifodow > <zarzifodow(a)mailinator.com> 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. > > you want a watch folder. > > iphoto doesn't do it, however, it will automatically import photos from > a camera which is almost as good. > > lightroom supports a watch folder. maybe aperture does too. i heard > picasa does. > >> 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 > > why? people generally plug in their camera and import photos. there's > little need for a specific folder to be watched. > >> 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. > > in other words you don't actually care about a solution. "Why" you ask? People "generally?" Listen. This is funny. Not to be rude, but if you can't help, step back. That way you won't be frustrated about the way YOU do things. If I didn't care about a solution, I wouldn't ask, now would I?
From: Zar Zifodow on 18 May 2010 20:54
On 5/18/2010 3:58 PM, Jochem Huhmann wrote: > Zar Zifodow<zarzifodow(a)mailinator.com> writes: > >> Oh, look. I don't want to have to perform some procedure every time I >> add pictures to a folder. What's the sense in that? I just want iPhoto >> to clue-up and add it like almost any Windows viewer can do. Thanks for >> your trouble, though. I do appreciate it. > > But then iPhoto is not a "picture viewer". It is a photo library > management system for people using a digital camera, that's all. > > Look here for image viewers: > http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Apps/apps?f=image%20viewer&w=1 > > > Jochem Of course it's a picture viewer. What you mean to say is that it doesn't refresh folders and that it handles searching in an unconventional way. |