What is a better program to replace Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7's iPhoto?
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From: Jochem Huhmann on 17 Dec 2009 10:21 Ant <ant(a)zimage.comANT> writes: >> (It's also worth noting that iPhoto is deliberatly somewhat 'limited' >> because it has a big brother in the Apple stable, Aperture, that's aimed >> more at the professional market.) > > He does basic stuff like importing/copying photographs/photos. from his > digital cameras, keep them in his HDDs, view them, share/upload via > e-mails and in person, organize, crop/resize, etc. Just basic stuff. Sounds as if he should just read up on what iPhoto does and how to use it, because he seems to be right in the middle of the target group for it... 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: Jolly Roger on 17 Dec 2009 10:32 In article <4B2A47BF.8080000(a)zimage.comANT>, Ant <ant(a)zimage.comANT> wrote: > On 12/17/2009 1:35 AM PT, Calum typed: > > > On 17/12/09 07:29, Ant wrote: > >> Hello! > >> > >> One of my clients does not like Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7's iPhoto which is > >> limited and confusing to him. He doesn't like how albums, layouts, etc. > >> work. We would like to know if there are better softwares (freeware if > >> possible) to handle digital pictures/photographs on a MacBook Pro. > > > > For free, Google Picasa is probably your only realistic option. > > <http://picasa.google.com/mac/> > > > > However, without knowing how many photos your client has, what he wants > > to do with them, what he doesn't like about iPhoto, and how he'd prefer > > things to work, it's hard to recommend any alternatives, free or otherwise. > > > > (It's also worth noting that iPhoto is deliberatly somewhat 'limited' > > because it has a big brother in the Apple stable, Aperture, that's aimed > > more at the professional market.) > > He does basic stuff like importing/copying photographs/photos. from his > digital cameras, keep them in his HDDs, view them, share/upload via > e-mails and in person, organize, crop/resize, etc. Just basic stuff. iPhoto is really is quite good at doing those basic things, IMO. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Doug Anderson on 17 Dec 2009 10:42 Ant <ant(a)zimage.comANT> writes: > On 12/17/2009 1:35 AM PT, Calum typed: > > > On 17/12/09 07:29, Ant wrote: > >> Hello! > >> > >> One of my clients does not like Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7's iPhoto which is > >> limited and confusing to him. He doesn't like how albums, layouts, etc. > >> work. We would like to know if there are better softwares (freeware if > >> possible) to handle digital pictures/photographs on a MacBook Pro. > > > > For free, Google Picasa is probably your only realistic option. > > <http://picasa.google.com/mac/> > > > > However, without knowing how many photos your client has, what he wants > > to do with them, what he doesn't like about iPhoto, and how he'd prefer > > things to work, it's hard to recommend any alternatives, free or otherwise. > > > > (It's also worth noting that iPhoto is deliberatly somewhat 'limited' > > because it has a big brother in the Apple stable, Aperture, that's aimed > > more at the professional market.) > > He does basic stuff like importing/copying photographs/photos. from > his digital cameras, keep them in his HDDs, view them, share/upload > via e-mails and in person, organize, crop/resize, etc. Just basic > stuff. So what does he dislike about iPhoto? To me it seems well-designed for exactly this sort of thing. You mention before that he didn't like the way albums worked, which I didn't really understand. I don't like "Events" very much, but I just ignore them. Albums on the other hand are created by the user, so you set them up however you like. What does he want to happen instead? You also mention layouts - I wasn't sure what you meant by that. Maybe it is really some sort of desktop publishing software that he wants that allows him to layout photos into booklets? (iPhoto does this in a very limited way, but last time I looked at it I found it frustrating - so that is something I'd agree on. But it isn't really the main purpose of iPhoto.)
From: Ant on 17 Dec 2009 11:12 On 12/17/2009 7:32 AM PT, Jolly Roger typed: >> He does basic stuff like importing/copying photographs/photos. from his >> digital cameras, keep them in his HDDs, view them, share/upload via >> e-mails and in person, organize, crop/resize, etc. Just basic stuff. > > iPhoto is really is quite good at doing those basic things, IMO. Yeah, I agree. He was all confused on how to organize, import, manual copy, etc. with iPhoto. Oh well. I was hoping there was something easier and better. I guess not. -- "If they are offered winged ants, people will eat them." --African /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: philpi(a)earthlink.netANT ( ) or ANTant(a)zimage.com Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
From: Ant on 17 Dec 2009 11:14
On 12/17/2009 7:42 AM PT, Doug Anderson typed: > Ant<ant(a)zimage.comANT> writes: > >> On 12/17/2009 1:35 AM PT, Calum typed: >> >>> On 17/12/09 07:29, Ant wrote: >>>> Hello! >>>> >>>> One of my clients does not like Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7's iPhoto which is >>>> limited and confusing to him. He doesn't like how albums, layouts, etc. >>>> work. We would like to know if there are better softwares (freeware if >>>> possible) to handle digital pictures/photographs on a MacBook Pro. >>> >>> For free, Google Picasa is probably your only realistic option. >>> <http://picasa.google.com/mac/> >>> >>> However, without knowing how many photos your client has, what he wants >>> to do with them, what he doesn't like about iPhoto, and how he'd prefer >>> things to work, it's hard to recommend any alternatives, free or otherwise. >>> >>> (It's also worth noting that iPhoto is deliberatly somewhat 'limited' >>> because it has a big brother in the Apple stable, Aperture, that's aimed >>> more at the professional market.) >> >> He does basic stuff like importing/copying photographs/photos. from >> his digital cameras, keep them in his HDDs, view them, share/upload >> via e-mails and in person, organize, crop/resize, etc. Just basic >> stuff. > > So what does he dislike about iPhoto? To me it seems well-designed > for exactly this sort of thing. > > You mention before that he didn't like the way albums worked, which I > didn't really understand. I don't like "Events" very much, but I just > ignore them. Albums on the other hand are created by the user, so you > set them up however you like. What does he want to happen instead? > > You also mention layouts - I wasn't sure what you meant by that. > Maybe it is really some sort of desktop publishing software that he wants > that allows him to layout photos into booklets? (iPhoto does this in > a very limited way, but last time I looked at it I found it > frustrating - so that is something I'd agree on. But it isn't really > the main purpose of iPhoto.) Layouts as in GUI usabilities. Sorry. He got confused on how to copy selected photographs/photos. files to his MacBook Pro. But he needed to do an import, not copy like in Windows! And then he got confused on how to copy/move imported ones to other places (organizing). -- "An ant's nest could bring down a hill." --Japanese /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: philpi(a)earthlink.netANT ( ) or ANTant(a)zimage.com Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer. |