photos fading on G4

zoomduck · zoomduck #1 (**permalink**)

04-13-2007, 02:52 AM

Hi all . First post here . My photos in iphoto and Canon Image Browser are disintegrating . I have a powerbook G4 . I only know enough about this computer to get in and out of buying and selling on eBay . Do I need more memory ? Are the photos still fixable ????? Thanks . Zoom .

xstep · xstep #2 (**permalink**)

04-13-2007, 03:05 AM

You haven't given enough information. Post a small sample. I'll leave to you to learn how.

mac57 · mac57 #3 (**permalink**)

04-13-2007, 12:35 PM

Perhaps the photos aren't disintegrating, your monitor is fading? If this is the case, a simple recalibration may be enough to put things right. xstep is right, post a sample and we can say more. However, it is fair to say that digital images don't "disintegrate" - likely your monitor simply isn't doing a very good job of displaying them anymore.

OH, and BTW, Welcome to Mac-Forums!!!!

zoomduck · zoomduck #4 (**permalink**)

04-14-2007, 04:11 PM

Well I was wrong about Canon Image Browser . Those photos are ok . All the photos in iphoto look like crap . If I knew how to get a picture out of iphoto I would post it , all I can tell you is they really look like they are falling apart .

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #5 (**permalink**)

04-14-2007, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zoomduck

Well I was wrong about Canon Image Browser . Those photos are ok . All the photos in iphoto look like crap . If I knew how to get a picture out of iphoto I would post it , all I can tell you is they really look like they are falling apart .

Click on a pic and hold down the button and drag it to the desktop then post a link to it here on the forums. There is something seriously wrong with iPhoto if the pics look bad in it and not anywhere else.

Alexis · Alexis #6 (**permalink**)

04-14-2007, 06:11 PM

Files, which is all that your photos are, don't 'disintegrate' as such.

If you save them over and over as JPEGs, or save at a low quality, they will start to pixellate. Important photos should be saved in a lossless, not lossy format, such as TIF.

inertkinesis · inertkinesis #7 (**permalink**)

04-14-2007, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Files, which is all that your photos are, don't 'disintegrate' as such.

If you save them over and over as JPEGs, or save at a low quality, they will start to pixellate. Important photos should be saved in a lossless, not lossy format, such as TIF.

Or RAW, if you dare...

Sorry guys, the semi-pro photographer in me couldn't help it.

(zoomduck, don't worry about it. Let's fix your iPhoto first.)

zoomduck · zoomduck #8 (**permalink**)

04-15-2007, 03:21 PM

Ok . What happened to my iphoto ?

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zoomduck #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 13, 2007 Posts: 3	04-13-2007, 02:52 AM Hi all . First post here . My photos in iphoto and Canon Image Browser are disintegrating . I have a powerbook G4 . I only know enough about this computer to get in and out of buying and selling on eBay . Do I need more memory ? Are the photos still fixable ????? Thanks . Zoom .
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xstep #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 25, 2005 Location: On the road Posts: 3,231 Mac Specs: 2011 MBP, i7, 16GB RAM, MBP 2.16Ghz Core Duo, 2GB ram, Dual 867Mhz MDD, 1.75GB ram, ATI 9800 Pro vid	04-13-2007, 03:05 AM You haven't given enough information. Post a small sample. I'll leave to you to learn how.
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zoomduck #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 13, 2007 Posts: 3	04-14-2007, 04:11 PM Well I was wrong about Canon Image Browser . Those photos are ok . All the photos in iphoto look like crap . If I knew how to get a picture out of iphoto I would post it , all I can tell you is they really look like they are falling apart .
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Alexis #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 20, 2006 Posts: 2,255 Mac Specs: Al iMac 20" 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo	04-14-2007, 06:11 PM Files, which is all that your photos are, don't 'disintegrate' as such. If you save them over and over as JPEGs, or save at a low quality, they will start to pixellate. Important photos should be saved in a lossless, not lossy format, such as TIF.
	QUOTE Thanks

zoomduck #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 13, 2007 Posts: 3	04-15-2007, 03:21 PM Ok . What happened to my iphoto ?
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