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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 985628"><p>If it's not too late for a fresh set of answers to this:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>iPhoto isn't really a "photo editor" in the sense of Adobe Photoshop. If you used Adobe Photoshop on Windows, I presume you have a license, since otherwise it would be illegal.</p><p></p><p>A number of my clients have switched to Mac and called Adobe to switch their license to the Mac version. Generally speaking, Adobe will do this for just the cost of a "normal" upgrade.</p><p></p><p>In addition, many find that Adobe Photoshop Elements is everything they need and then some. The current version for the Mac is Version 8, and it seems to sell for $99 retail (and often less from merchants like Amazon). From your description of what you want to do, it sounds perfect for you.</p><p></p><p>Less-expensive alternatives tend to be harder to use, but of course with a little self-teaching can be perfectly fine. I have used GraphicConverter ($40 shareware), primarily for their batch conversions but its a "poor man's Photoshop" in some sense. People used to Linux conventions often cite The Gimp (free), but I've never warmed up to it myself. Several others of equal inelegance have already been mentioned.</p><p></p><p>There's also the well-regarded Pixelmator ($50 IIRC) and a little 6-trick pony called Picturesque ($20) I'm really warming up to for prepping web images (which I do a lot).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually you can. All you need to do is plug the iPhone into the dock connected to your Mac, and that's it. By default, iTunes will open and sync with your phone, copying your pictures to iPhoto automatically. You can also set which (if any) of your iPhoto pictures you want to store on the iPhone.</p><p></p><p>If you have automatic sync turned off, of course, then you have to invoke it manually. Still, it's at most a single click -- really couldn't be any simpler.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As has already been mentioned, you simply need to install Windows Media Components for QuickTime (usually referred to by its original name, Flip4Mac WMV Player), free from Microsoft, and Perian (free from <a href="http://perian.org" target="_blank">Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime components</a>) to allow QuickTime to play nearly any video on the web.</p><p></p><p>It's also an excellent idea to have VLC on hand (again, free) for those videos QuickTime can't handle properly (like, for example, subtitled MKVs).</p><p></p><p>DRM-protected Windows Media files are unplayable on Macs. This is why DRM sucks, and why I'm so happy iTunes doesn't use it for music anymore.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Unless you believe they did this specifically to spite you, I'm not sure why you would feel "ripped off and disgruntled." Apple releases new products periodically. In the Mac community, it is generally well-known in the short period beforehand that an update is coming. You weren't a part of the Mac community at the time, so you bought what you needed when you needed it.</p><p></p><p>Depending on where you bought it, you could have returned it within a week, but again -- what's wrong with the one you got? Nothing. If you were to somehow trade it for a newer one, would Apple then shortly release yet another one? Yes.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your computer while you have it, sell it when you think you need a new one, and buy the best one available when you need it. Forget about the endless cycle of upgrades -- at best you'll have the "best" one for a few months, tops. What's important is whether the one YOU have does what you want it to do, and when the time comes for you to get a new one it will be better regardless.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p><p>chas_m</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><em><span style="font-size: 10px">Evangelist, ACDSee Pro for Mac</span></em></span><em><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: DimGray">Get the <a href="http://www.acdsee.com/offers/proformac/" target="_blank">beta</a>!</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: DimGray">Join the <a href="http://community.acdsee.com/" target="_blank">community</a>!</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: DimGray">Help us build the next great Mac photo manager!</span></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 985628"] If it's not too late for a fresh set of answers to this: iPhoto isn't really a "photo editor" in the sense of Adobe Photoshop. If you used Adobe Photoshop on Windows, I presume you have a license, since otherwise it would be illegal. A number of my clients have switched to Mac and called Adobe to switch their license to the Mac version. Generally speaking, Adobe will do this for just the cost of a "normal" upgrade. In addition, many find that Adobe Photoshop Elements is everything they need and then some. The current version for the Mac is Version 8, and it seems to sell for $99 retail (and often less from merchants like Amazon). From your description of what you want to do, it sounds perfect for you. Less-expensive alternatives tend to be harder to use, but of course with a little self-teaching can be perfectly fine. I have used GraphicConverter ($40 shareware), primarily for their batch conversions but its a "poor man's Photoshop" in some sense. People used to Linux conventions often cite The Gimp (free), but I've never warmed up to it myself. Several others of equal inelegance have already been mentioned. There's also the well-regarded Pixelmator ($50 IIRC) and a little 6-trick pony called Picturesque ($20) I'm really warming up to for prepping web images (which I do a lot). Actually you can. All you need to do is plug the iPhone into the dock connected to your Mac, and that's it. By default, iTunes will open and sync with your phone, copying your pictures to iPhoto automatically. You can also set which (if any) of your iPhoto pictures you want to store on the iPhone. If you have automatic sync turned off, of course, then you have to invoke it manually. Still, it's at most a single click -- really couldn't be any simpler. As has already been mentioned, you simply need to install Windows Media Components for QuickTime (usually referred to by its original name, Flip4Mac WMV Player), free from Microsoft, and Perian (free from [url=http://perian.org]Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime components[/url]) to allow QuickTime to play nearly any video on the web. It's also an excellent idea to have VLC on hand (again, free) for those videos QuickTime can't handle properly (like, for example, subtitled MKVs). DRM-protected Windows Media files are unplayable on Macs. This is why DRM sucks, and why I'm so happy iTunes doesn't use it for music anymore. Unless you believe they did this specifically to spite you, I'm not sure why you would feel "ripped off and disgruntled." Apple releases new products periodically. In the Mac community, it is generally well-known in the short period beforehand that an update is coming. You weren't a part of the Mac community at the time, so you bought what you needed when you needed it. Depending on where you bought it, you could have returned it within a week, but again -- what's wrong with the one you got? Nothing. If you were to somehow trade it for a newer one, would Apple then shortly release yet another one? Yes. Enjoy your computer while you have it, sell it when you think you need a new one, and buy the best one available when you need it. Forget about the endless cycle of upgrades -- at best you'll have the "best" one for a few months, tops. What's important is whether the one YOU have does what you want it to do, and when the time comes for you to get a new one it will be better regardless. Cheers chas_m [COLOR="DarkOrange"][I][SIZE="2"]Evangelist, ACDSee Pro for Mac[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR][I][SIZE="2"] [COLOR="DimGray"]Get the [URL="http://www.acdsee.com/offers/proformac/"]beta[/URL]! Join the [URL="http://community.acdsee.com/"]community[/URL]! Help us build the next great Mac photo manager![/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR="DimGray"][/color][/I][COLOR="DimGray"][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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