> Dale Goodvin wrote: > Am I missing something in how the finder handles photos.
I haven't seen this mentioned elsewhere in the thread. You can get image previews in the icons by changing the 'view options' in your finder window (check the box called something like icon shows preview). Also making the icon 128x128 helps to get an idea about what's in the file. Be aware that it can take a while to generate the preview if you have an older machine (my G3 iMac takes an age to display a large folder of files). As for a slideshow, I don't remember whether this is a Tiger feature or a Panther feature, but I have (on Tiger on a powerbook) a slideshow option in Finder. If I select a series of images, and then click the action button (or contextual menu) a slideshow is displayed. This is not a piece of software that I've added - it came with the OS. iPhoto has a reputation for being slow, but I guess that it depends on the version that you have (the newer ones are apparently better), the speed of your Mac, and the number of photos that you have. My main machine is an 867MHz powerbook, iPhoto4 and 10,000 photos and it's certainly not slow for me (although it does take 5-10 seconds to open from cold). And in response to some other comments: > > The location of the specific image file within that library is kept > as part of an internal index/database, within iPhoto. I believe that you can change this in the iPhoto preferences (at least the location of the Library folder). > There is no way to tell iPhoto where a photo resides, if it's outside of its > ~/Pictures library. I belive that iPhoto 6 will now allow this feature. i.e. you can leave your photos in place. > To simply view and perhaps do some really basic manipulations of > photos, I have seen some folks who use the Preview application which > comes as part of Mac OS X. [snip...] > When Preview opens, it presents the files as a series of "large > thumbnails" down the right side of the window, with whatever image > has been selected appearing in a much larger window on the left side. > This photo can be manipulated in some very basic ways like cropping > and rotating. To me, this seems like everything that you can do in iPhoto, without the convenience of it filing the images for you. In fact, you also pay a similar price in terms of startup time when opening more than a few photos in Preview. For my money, the convenience of having all of my photos in one window, categorised (I use keywords extensively), sorted and organised is a killer feature. I also don't see the problem with importing the photos. I let iPhoto handle that for me too. So it's shoot ->Connect to Mac -> import and I'm all set. Anyway, it's not up to me to try and influence your workflow - whatever suits you I guess; :o) Cheers, Tim -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
