--- You wrote: If you resize and tweak a .JPG you will get generation loss every time you edit. --- end of quote --- This is true but not of great consequence for noncritical images, especially if you save medium quality or better. Try resaving a jpeg after a small modification. Try it ten times and see if you can see much degredation on the last version. Few of us edit and resave an image enough times to have a problem.
For a 2mp image, you'll do fine to save and resize in jpeg. Not to worry. If you can get used to Photoshop you'll come to love it. The practical operations you'll need are very simple once you figure out where and what they are. The power is there if you realize you need it. It is one of the most wonderful programs ever designed. Meanwhile, there a dozens of programs that come with the various brand name cameras. Olympus has Camedia Master, Minolta has one I'm familiar with. The new one that comes with the HP cameras gets very good reviews. All are designed to do the simple operations in an intuative way. Epson supplies a program with the newer printers that can do some of the things you need too. Some of these may be downloadable from the manufacturers sites. If you are using osX, iPhoto may be all you need. I don't use it so I can't say. Or you could try Graphic Converter, a shareware program with considerable power for simple image manipulation. It's strength is that it can convert anything to anything else (formats, that is.) It's easy to find on the web. By the way, I bought the cheapest 2 mp camera I could find a year and a half ago. It was an HP 315 and, despite having NO features, it takes wonderful pictures, great color, fine fill flash etc. I have taken over 6 thousand images with it(the camera keeps count... most are of my young daughter.) I have upgraded for better resolution and flexibility, but I still enjoy using that basic, slide it in your pocket and bang it around 2mp camera. Enjoy. Rich -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
