What is a better program to replace Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7's iPhoto?
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From: erilar on 19 Dec 2009 11:02 In article <isw-898D35.20571318122009@[216.168.3.50]>, isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > IF you can depend on that app being around *for as long as the > images have value* (even personal value), then you are correct. Do you > seriously think that Macs running "OS X 25.7 Snarling Wombat" will be > available at the end of your kids' lifetimes, and that it will be able > to run iPhoto? I have a high degree of confidence that apps will still > be available then, on whatever passes for computers, the will be able to > handle files containing JPGs. Right on! I've been around long enough already to see how fast things like graphics programs mutate, but they all continue to open .jpeg files no matter how old they are. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
From: erilar on 19 Dec 2009 11:11 In article <siegman-4DA2AC.17511918122009(a)news.stanford.edu>, AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > I happen to want to organize my audio files and graphics files just like > you organize your books: in the fashion _I_ want them organized, also > known as idiosyncratically!! Can be done with iTunes or iPhoto, but > it's not the default mode that iTunes especially wants to operate in -- > you have to fight to do it your way. I am SO encouraged to find I am not alone in wanting to decide for myself how music, fotos, and books are to be organized! I have iTunes working for me pretty much as I want it, but my adoption of iTunes and my initial computerization of my music happened together. I've been organizing books and fotos for over 6 decades, and while my methods have changed over time, even what I have computerized considerably predates iPhoto's appearance on the laptop I bought a very few years ago. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
From: erilar on 19 Dec 2009 11:26 In article <isw-4434A7.21112418122009@[216.168.3.50]>, isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > In article <drache-C7E256.18323318122009(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > > > In article <jollyroger-204C71.22253317122009(a)news.individual.net>, > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > There's no need to find the file on disk. Open iPhoto, search for the > > > image you want (by name, keywords, date, whatever), then drag it out (or > > > share it via email, etc.). Done deal. > > > > Do all the iPhoto fans NAME their fotos? Mine have numbers assigned by > > my camera. > > A lot of my images were from 35mm slides, or old prints. And what is > worse than no names? No metadata. And a dear mother who writes on the > back, the name of every person in the photo, but NO DATE. 8-) I have a sister who periodically sends me ancient fotos to clean up, along with a request for names. These circulate between her and a couple other relatives trying to put together genealogy information. Once in a great while there are one or two where I can say--"oh, that's me when I was a baby with so and so" because I recognize location or relatives from some (labeled) fotos of my own. (At 75 one can be a useful source now and then) But only rarely can anyone supply dates. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
From: erilar on 19 Dec 2009 11:29 In article <181220092118244272%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <drache-C7E256.18323318122009(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > > > Do all the iPhoto fans NAME their fotos? Mine have numbers assigned by > > my camera. > > you can remember what photo number 2332 is? how about 4227? what about > 3334 versus 3335? which one was the better shot? No, but the folders narrow them down, and originals have dates, as do modifications, at least on my computer. Better shots can also be marked in more than one way. > > people who use iphoto, aperture, lightroom and similar apps add > keywords and/or categorize images in collections or events (the name > varies) so that it's very easy to find images of a particular subject > or person. they can also rate images or mark them as rejects (and won't > be displayed unless specifically requested). the actual file on disk > retains its original name. > > there is also a file browser (in lightroom and aperture) for those who > want to browse by the hierarchy on disk, in addition to the other > methods. Those sound like really useful programs. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
From: erilar on 19 Dec 2009 11:30
In article <isw-86ECCB.21170418122009@[216.168.3.50]>, isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > If your photo library is external, that's just not a problem. Find image > in iPhoto, click and select "edit in external editor". Is this something added in later versions? I quit using it in disgust with version 6. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo |