iPhoto has levels control just like Photoshop, though it doesn't allow quite as fine control I think. It also does color temp. There's not much else you need.
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 9:45 PM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 27, 2010, at 10:34 PM, Nick David Wright wrote: > >> An image editor for me doesn't have to be fancy. I'm really, honestly, >> mostly happy with iPhoto. > > It' not a matter of being fancy. It's about being able to control factors > like midrange contrast, color temperature and those white and black points. > While iPhoto is much better than it used to be, it can only limit you in > comparison to even an inexpensive rendering tool like PhotoShop Elements. > Paul > >> >> But I've really come to like the curves control. And I miss unsharp >> mask. iPhoto and Aperture only have "sharpen." >> >> I like the sound of that program called Pixelmator. >> http://www.pixelmator.com/ Has anyone ever used it? >> >> Has everything I'd need. I would just have to upgrade my version of OSX. >> >> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 8:56 PM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Some day soon I'll have to plunk down for a real photo editor. >>>> Actually, I've been playing with a trial version of Aperture the last >>>> couple days and I find I really like it. >>> >>> as an old prepress/Photoshop jockey, i've found Aperture 3 very much good >>> enough for cataloging and rendering photos; i think Lightroom has the edge >>> in some areas, but there's not enough difference for me to switch; but PSE >>> is in some respects more of a "photo editor" than Aperture or Lightroom (the >>> difference being rendering versus editing), depending on what you meant when >>> you wrote that >> >> -- >> ~Nick David Wright >> http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
