How Can I Improve This Picture?
Not sure if this link from Snapfish will work but here goes...
http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=163291534/PictureID=3376495331/a=9827 786498277864/t=98277864
I've got this picture of the Lone Pine in Monterey that's a nice wide shot of the tree and the cliff it's on... what's killing the picture I think is the brightness of the sun in the upper right and the relative darkness in the lower left... I'd like to even it all out but am not quite sure how to do that... basically, I'd like to brighten the reinforcements to bring out the stones without losing the detail on the water...
Can I do that?
There's GIMP for MacOSX an open source application which is similar to Photoshop. You need to install Apple's X11 software to run it. It's free at Apple's site. If you have adequate space on your HD it might be something to give a try.
You can go to VersionTracker.com and do a search for "image editor" to see what's available as freeware, shareware and commercial. IMO, the most bang for the buck is with Photoshop Elements for Mac. It has about 80% of Photoshop's capabilities at 1/7 the cost. It can do some advanced editing.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
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giubatMaybe I didn't understand you, but why are you putting a file with 50000 rows as one single BLOB into a DB? Don't you think it's time for a new table?
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I want to run the 8x8 2D array from right to left interchanging:
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the 4th col with the 3rd,
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the 6th col with the 5th,
the 7th col with the 6th
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