Re: OSX Photo handling and general question
Regarding photo handling, here's a new question. I am wondering the best way to do a task: I have over 1100 photos from about eight different sources that were given to me so I could make one grand collection of our 2004-05 basketball program. They are already in my PB filed in iPhoto. I've already made a year-in-review iMovie (about 29 minutes long), burned it to DVD using iDVD, and made 20 copies so far. So I have been able to handle the photos from all these sources just fine (some from email, some from CDs.) The original project was for one person to compile all the photos onto one CD, and make copies for all of the families. I have done this using iPhoto. The resulting CD has all of the photos spread out in folders based on year, then month, then day taken. If you have iPhoto, then it opens just fine, with the CD causing iPhoto to open and then all the photos appearing in the window. If you are on a PC, however, you have to open LOTS AND LOTS of folders. For example, you open 2005, then within that folder you open 01 (January) and within that folder you open 12 and now you can view the photos that were taken January 12, 2005. You do that 364 more times to see all the photos taken from, say, July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005. As you can guess, most of the families are on PCs. The only other person with a Mac complained to me of the same problem when he tries to compile family photos from holiday get-togethers. When they view them on their televisions, they have the same bunches of folders. I have tried to drag and drop the photos from iPhoto to a new folder or to the icon of the blank CD. I've also tried to do the same from the Finder, dragging photos in the same ways. When I try those techniques, there's always some kind of a conflict with more than one photo having the same name. This happens because most of the families have their photos put on CD from Wal-Mart, Walgreens, etc., and the numbering systems are the same. To rectify this, I looked for a feature that would let me sequentially renumber all of the photos. Maybe I just dreamed this up one night, but I thought I had read it somewhere. I don't want to manually renumber 1100+ photos. Does anyone have success with this type of a project? Help! Claire -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: OSX Photo handling and general question
On Jul 6, 2005, at 3:54 AM, Claire Hart wrote: To rectify this, I looked for a feature that would let me sequentially renumber all of the photos. Maybe I just dreamed this up one night, but I thought I had read it somewhere. I don't want to manually renumber 1100+ photos. Claire, there's a number of different ways to skin this cat, ranging from AppleScripts/shell scripts to GUI-based utilities that will do it for you. If you have Tiger, it has an Automator action built right in that will do the trick. If not, I would recommend looking at a utility such as A Better Finder Renamer ($19) or Renamer4Mac (free), both of which are available via VersionTracker and are designed to do exactly what you want. -patch -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: OSX Photo handling and general question.
Graphic Converter is good, as is iPhoto. Both will come with the G5. iPhoto is more of a cataloging app, though the latest version includes considerably more editing chops. GraphicConverter ROCKS. Besides a boatload of editing and retouching tools, it has a wonderful batch mode. It's browser is very nice too - not fancy like iPhoto's, but quite functional and fast. You keep your pictures in self-managed standard folders, then just drop them onto GC... Thorsten Lemke, GC's developer, is very active with GC. On the GraphicConverter Yahoo! Group, Thorsten helps out with difficulties, releases betas, immediate bug fixes, etc. Okay, come on folks, I'm upset nobody has performed the required, Love some free software and try ImageMagick line. It's not particularly idiot friendly, which was requested, I believe, but is free and pretty easy to set up with batches. http://www.imagemagick.org I realize GraphicConverter is likely a much better fit, but as someone who has Linux installed on one of his iBooks (ImageMagick works on OS X as well), I felt it my duty to fill in the gap. GUIs iz overrated, y'all. ;^) Hrm, wonder if The Gimp is easy to batch with; that I haven't ever tried. Ruffin Bailey -- This message sent by an unregistered version of The Digest Handler. If you read email digests, you NEED The Digest Handler. But, um, wait for version 1.2, to be released in late July, 2005! http://DigestHandler.WebHop.org -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
OSX Photo handling and general question.
The old iBook died and we're making the switch to OSX for the first time on a G5 machine. What is good photo-handling software? We need to batch-name-change and size-change, and basic editing. Been using Camedia 2 and PhotoDeluxe which lack some things but have been all we really had to have. Also, what is a good manual for the idiot class (me) to get OSX feet wet. Thanks as always, Jim -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: OSX Photo handling and general question.
On Jun 28, 2005, at 2:09 PM, Jim Katz wrote: The old iBook died and we're making the switch to OSX for the first time on a G5 machine. What is good photo-handling software? We need to batch-name-change and size-change, and basic editing. Been using Camedia 2 and PhotoDeluxe which lack some things but have been all we really had to have. Graphic Converter is good, as is iPhoto. Both will come with the G5. iPhoto is more of a cataloging app, though the latest version includes considerably more editing chops. Also, what is a good manual for the idiot class (me) to get OSX feet wet. OS X:the Missing Manual is a good and hefty tome for this purpose, but if you're getting a new mac, you'll want to wait for the 10.4 edition. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: OSX Photo handling and general question.
At 02:39 PM -0700 06/28/2005, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jun 28, 2005, at 2:09 PM, Jim Katz wrote: The old iBook died and we're making the switch to OSX for the first time on a G5 machine. What is good photo-handling software? We need to batch-name-change and size-change, and basic editing. Been using Camedia 2 and PhotoDeluxe which lack some things but have been all we really had to have. Graphic Converter is good, as is iPhoto. Both will come with the G5. iPhoto is more of a cataloging app, though the latest version includes considerably more editing chops. GraphicConverter ROCKS. Besides a boatload of editing and retouching tools, it has a wonderful batch mode. It's browser is very nice too - not fancy like iPhoto's, but quite functional and fast. You keep your pictures in self-managed standard folders, then just drop them onto GC... Thorsten Lemke, GC's developer, is very active with GC. On the GraphicConverter Yahoo! Group, Thorsten helps out with difficulties, releases betas, immediate bug fixes, etc. http://www.lemkesoft.de/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gcmac/ iPhoto is ok if you have a fairly small photo library and don't do much image tweaking. Nice image browser. If your library is large, tho - be careful: iPhoto has serious crash and data corruption problems with importing large (thousands) numbers of photos at once. My housemate is so impressed with iPhoto that she told me she wants it OFF her powerbook! Did I mention that GraphicConverter ROCKS! - Dan. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: OSX Photo handling and general question.
on 28/06/05 21:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 02:39 PM -0700 06/28/2005, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jun 28, 2005, at 2:09 PM, Jim Katz wrote: The old iBook died and we're making the switch to OSX for the first time on a G5 machine. What is good photo-handling software? We need to batch-name-change and size-change, and basic editing. Been using Camedia 2 and PhotoDeluxe which lack some things but have been all we really had to have. Graphic Converter is good, as is iPhoto. Both will come with the G5. iPhoto is more of a cataloging app, though the latest version includes considerably more editing chops. GraphicConverter ROCKS. Besides a boatload of editing and retouching tools, it has a wonderful batch mode. It's browser is very nice too - not fancy like iPhoto's, but quite functional and fast. You keep your pictures in self-managed standard folders, then just drop them onto GC... Thorsten Lemke, GC's developer, is very active with GC. On the GraphicConverter Yahoo! Group, Thorsten helps out with difficulties, releases betas, immediate bug fixes, etc. http://www.lemkesoft.de/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gcmac/ iPhoto is ok if you have a fairly small photo library and don't do much image tweaking. Nice image browser. If your library is large, tho - be careful: iPhoto has serious crash and data corruption problems with importing large (thousands) numbers of photos at once. My housemate is so impressed with iPhoto that she told me she wants it OFF her powerbook! Did I mention that GraphicConverter ROCKS! - Dan. GraphicConverter is very good indeed. However, I find it has a somewhat clunky interface that shows its origin from the old Mac OS. It has a lot of keyboard shortcuts but whenever you bring some dialog onscreen, you can only edit text fields, and only in one order, you can't shift-tab to go to the previous field which makes navigating those dialogs a bit painful, IMHO... -Laurent. -- = Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cretinous /kret'n-*s/ or /kreet'n-*s/ adj.: Wrong; stupid; non-functional; very poorly designed. Also used pejoratively of people. See dread high-bit disease for an example. Approximate synonyms: bletcherous, bagbiting, losing, brain-damaged. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: OSX Photo handling and general question.
Laurent, Why not suggest these navigation improvements to the developer directly? In my experience. I've found him very responsive to bug and feature requests. Cheers, Rick GraphicConverter is very good indeed. However, I find it has a somewhat clunky interface that shows its origin from the old Mac OS. It has a lot of keyboard shortcuts but whenever you bring some dialog onscreen, you can only edit text fields, and only in one order, you can't shift-tab to go to the previous field which makes navigating those dialogs a bit painful, IMHO... -Laurent. -- Rick Smykla [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
