What is a better program to replace Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7's iPhoto?
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From: nospam on 17 Dec 2009 19:24 In article <siegman-430E3C.16112817122009(a)news.stanford.edu>, AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > > you head around the concepts, it is fairly powerful. The key part of this is > > that all the organizing and cataloging is done within iPhoto. Don't create > > file/folder structures outside of iPhoto and expect iPhoto to honor that > > structure. > > That final sentence encapsulates exactly why iPhoto and, worse, iTunes > are insanely great apps for some people -- indeed all too many people -- > and are absolutely and unremittingly hated by other people like me -- > although unfortunately there are just not enough of us. > > The key aspect of my use of a Mac laptop as the core of my personal and > professional life is precisely a file/folder structure which organizes > all the varying topics (professional projects, hobbies, interests) in > which I'm interested -- a structure which I've created myself, so that I > therefore know exactly how its organized. > > If one such topic is Churchill, say, then there's a Churchill folder (or > set of nested folders) into which goes photos of Churchill, audio files > of his speeches, texts of his speeches or writings, essays about him, > audio or video files of seminars or documentaries about Churchill, URLs > linking to web pages about him, bibliographies, maps of his travels, > photos and drawings of Clerkwell, etc., etc., etc. > > I don't happen to have such a file on Churchill, but if I did, opening > the topic level folder in the Finder, especially in column view, would > give me a global overview of everything what I had about him and > immediate access to any of it. Dragging that folder onto iView MediaPro > would give me near instantaneously a superb catalog of every bit of > graphic material I had about him (or update an existing catalog). And > any time I encountered a bit of Churchilliana, anywhere, I could > immediate capture it into the right place by just dragging it into the > top level folder and doing the detailed sorting later. All of this, > right in the Finder. > > Try that using tools like iPhoto or iTunes. it works fine. simply disable itunes and iphoto from managing your media. one click (ok two, since it's two apps).
From: Steve Hix on 17 Dec 2009 19:36 In article <83609bdd-a16c-49e6-85c1-d06803c21ec0(a)r24g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, James Dale Guckert <Dipthot(a)Yahoo.com> wrote: > On Dec 16, 11:29�pm, Ant <a...(a)zimage.comANT> 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. > > > > I use iPhoto pretty much exclusively to organize and manage photos, > but I recently bought a Canon camera, and I like some of the features > (like Photostitch) that the accompanying software included for which I > couldn't find equivalents in iPhoto. I could see some people using > that program instead, based on one's needs and tastes. I just use both. That's just about the only part of Canon's photo software that I have ever used more than once. Not even that now, since Photoshop Elements 6 does a better job of stitching panoramas.
From: Steve Hix on 17 Dec 2009 19:44 In article <jollyroger-302D52.15400617122009(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article <drache-88E6B2.15143717122009(a)nothing.attdns.com>, > erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > > > In article <jollyroger-9E676F.09321417122009(a)news.individual.net>, > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > iPhoto is really is quite good at doing those basic things, IMO. > > > > Just don't try to do any real editing with it! > > It's not an image editor. It's a photo organizer. Use the right tool for > the job. It even allows for defining something else as your default image editor in its preferences.
From: erilar on 17 Dec 2009 19:45 In article <siegman-430E3C.16112817122009(a)news.stanford.edu>, AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > The key aspect of my use of a Mac laptop as the core of my personal and > professional life is precisely a file/folder structure which organizes > all the varying topics (professional projects, hobbies, interests) in > which I'm interested -- a structure which I've created myself, so that I > therefore know exactly how its organized. I'm sure our folders are totally different, but I use nested folders for almost everything I want filed, too--with appropriate aliases where they cross over. 8-) -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
From: dorayme on 17 Dec 2009 19:46
In article <sehix-C93F53.16364217122009(a)nntp.aioe.org>, Steve Hix <sehix(a)NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote: > In article > <83609bdd-a16c-49e6-85c1-d06803c21ec0(a)r24g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, > James Dale Guckert <Dipthot(a)Yahoo.com> wrote: > > > On Dec 16, 11:29 pm, Ant <a...(a)zimage.comANT> 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. > > > > > > > I use iPhoto pretty much exclusively to organize and manage photos, > > but I recently bought a Canon camera, and I like some of the features > > (like Photostitch) that the accompanying software included for which I > > couldn't find equivalents in iPhoto. I could see some people using > > that program instead, based on one's needs and tastes. I just use both. > > That's just about the only part of Canon's photo software that I have > ever used more than once. Not even that now, since Photoshop Elements 6 > does a better job of stitching panoramas. Talking of cameras, I bought a G11 yesterday and notice it does not present a disk on my machine like my cybershot compact. W ith the latter, you just connect by USB and you are good to go to grab the pics you want. With the Canon, nothing happened! I might have to install the software that came with it... what a bother... -- dorayme |