--- Kari Rasmason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Why would anyone want to use iPhoto? > Digital Camera images
I have three digital cameras. It doesn't work with any of them. > > You must import it into a Library > > first, which is unnecessary in Photoshop or most > other > > photo editiing software. > I believe this to be a lingo technicality. Importing > it into a Library > is the term that describes getting the photo onto > your hard drive with > "smart feature" turned on vs. the method you get a > photo available for > Photoshop or any other photo editing program to > simply open or view it. Don't know what you mean by "lingo technicality". The photos I work with are already on my hard drive by that point. > The smart feature is organization. > iPhoto is NOT an editing program although it does > have some basic > editing abilities: That's why I don't use it. > iPhoto is a library to keep your photos, think of it > as keeping your > negatives from your 35mm days. From the library you > can create > slideshows, buy photo albums, much like having > prints made or using a > carousel projector. It features a quick and easy way > to email photos to > anyone. You select small, med or large and whether > it's going to > Windows or not and it eliminates the user needing to > know how to > compress or convert, and keeps those 1280x960 pics > out of my inbox. Well, I do the organizing myself, as I have done for the last 14 years. It's all the importing and exporting that bothers me with iPhoto. I happen to already know how to manipulate photos to suit my purpose, be it email, web, etc. > > I use Photoshop 4.0 and 5.5 and I'm not sure what > you are implying by > this following comment > > Photoshop does include a > > separate browser that shows thumbnails of entire > > folders full of photos, regardless of where they are > > stored on the drive. Even has a navigation pane on > > the side so you can easily work your way to the folder > > you want. > iPhoto does this, except for the "regardless of > where they are stored > on the drive". Are you saying that PS locates and > groups all your > photos into folders, if you have been careless > when/where saving them? No. Photoshop CS (8.0) comes with a photo browser. You select a folder from a tree-style list window on the left side and it shows you large thumbnails of the photos inside the folder you selected. You can just double-click on them and they open right up in Photoshop. And you can easily move photos to another folder and otherwise organize them without having to go back to the finder. It has a ton of other features that I haven't even tried out yet, like automated batch renaming, contact sheets, creating a web Photo Gallery.... > In MacOS X, if you put photos you've downloaded or > received as > attachments in the appropriate user's Photo folder, > iPhoto will show > them. It's the same learning curve as trying to get > Windows users to > store their documents in "My Documents" folder > instead of at the root > of C. > Photoshop is a complex photo editing program, is > absolutely no > comparison to iPhoto. True, but I find Photoshop easier to use - for my purposes. iPhoto just doesn't work for what I need, but Photoshop does. And newer versions come with a photo browser, which is what the original poster was seeking: to be able to view entire folders of photos without having the hassle of importing and exporting. There are several similar viewer programs available through versiontracker.com, however I have not had the opportunity to check them out. Gerry __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
