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I want to love it, really, I do...but:
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<blockquote data-quote="mac57" data-source="post: 231349" data-attributes="member: 17052"><p>I too have tried to force myself to accept iPhoto's paradigm, but after a while, I've just had to give up. I just don't like it. </p><p></p><p>Try QPict. It is shareware (and not cheap, around $35) but it seems like a better iPhoto for the areas of photo organizing and viewing. A key feature for me is that it will open your photos at 100% zoom (or any setting that you preset). iPhoto simply refuses to do this, instead zooming to fit the available window. On a photo by photo basis you can make iPhoto use 100%, but it automatically reverts back to "zoom to fit window" on the very next picture. So, QPict is a better viewer, and a very nice organizer as well. It is NOT a photo editor at all.</p><p></p><p>I understand that Adobe Lightroom is a similar product - a viewer, organizer, but not an editor. </p><p></p><p>For editors, there are plenty out there, but I am not aware of any native Intel ones yet. That doesn't mean there aren't any, just that I am not aware of them. </p><p></p><p>For free, you can get GIMP.app, the excellent open source Photoshop equivalent. It requires you to install Apple's X11, but after that runs very well. I use it frequently.</p><p></p><p>For about $90, you can get Adobe Photoshop Elements 4, an excellent (but PPC only at this time) photo editing package.</p><p></p><p>I am SURE that there must be some simpler photo editors out there, with a similar set of capabilities to iPhoto. Anyone?</p><p></p><p>Do keep in mind that Apple's very own Preview has some limited editing capabilities now. Have you tried this out yet?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mac57, post: 231349, member: 17052"] I too have tried to force myself to accept iPhoto's paradigm, but after a while, I've just had to give up. I just don't like it. Try QPict. It is shareware (and not cheap, around $35) but it seems like a better iPhoto for the areas of photo organizing and viewing. A key feature for me is that it will open your photos at 100% zoom (or any setting that you preset). iPhoto simply refuses to do this, instead zooming to fit the available window. On a photo by photo basis you can make iPhoto use 100%, but it automatically reverts back to "zoom to fit window" on the very next picture. So, QPict is a better viewer, and a very nice organizer as well. It is NOT a photo editor at all. I understand that Adobe Lightroom is a similar product - a viewer, organizer, but not an editor. For editors, there are plenty out there, but I am not aware of any native Intel ones yet. That doesn't mean there aren't any, just that I am not aware of them. For free, you can get GIMP.app, the excellent open source Photoshop equivalent. It requires you to install Apple's X11, but after that runs very well. I use it frequently. For about $90, you can get Adobe Photoshop Elements 4, an excellent (but PPC only at this time) photo editing package. I am SURE that there must be some simpler photo editors out there, with a similar set of capabilities to iPhoto. Anyone? Do keep in mind that Apple's very own Preview has some limited editing capabilities now. Have you tried this out yet? [/QUOTE]
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