Looking for equivilent of Microsoft Digital Image Pro 10

Sorry if this is in the wrong topic, didn't know where to post....
I am a new Mac user and am loving my MacBook, but iPhoto isn't quite doing enough for me when it comes to working with and editing pictures. I've used Microsoft Digital Image Pro on my PC for the last few years, and REALLY like it, although of course they don't make it for macs. Any ideas on a program that would be the equivilent for macs? I don't want something as comlicated as Photoshop, but a little more than iPhoto. Thanks!

Here's a tip for controlling iPhoto's red-eye tool. It also works with the Retouch tool:
* Type Caps lock + Control + 9
* Undo caps lock
* Click on Retouch or the Red-Eye Removal tool.
* The tab key will toggle between cursor types, a cross or a circle for Red-Eye removal tool and between darken and lighten in the Retouch tool.
* The "[" and "]" keys decrease or increase the size accordingly.
* To get a lighter pupil with the red-eye tool, Shift-Click inside the circular curser.
NOTE: Using the "{" "}" keys will will change the value next to the circle and that represents the degree of change or intensity that the Retouch tool imparts on each pass.
Thanks to Old Toad for the above information.
I have found that in some situations where Elements absolutely refuses to correct the red-eye properly, I can get a better adjustment using iPhoto. But without the use of this secret mode, it is pretty much useless.
As far as iPhoto's capabilities, it is a really powerful image organizer with a few editing features for added convenience. What makes it better than other organizers is that it is not a file browser, it is a database application. Once you give the database some information, you can use that info to search and group your photos in almost infinite ways very quickly and easily. You can print your own cards, too. If you've had trouble with the 7 X 10 size you may benefit from Old Toad's tutorial. See his posts in this thread for an explanation and link: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4605228
I agree with you that Elements can be complicated and overwhelming. It has so many features that it can be challenging trying to figure out which ones you need to correct your photo. When editing a group of photos I try to keep it simple: adjust the levels, lighten shadows (a must for many indoor shots), fix red-eye, crop. Plus, I do love the healing brush (band-aid tool) for removing the odd spec of anything that doesn't belong. My Elements experience was greatly improved after I bought and read a good book. You can get one that will tell you which features really work, which ones are more of a gimmick, and how to do the things you need to do most. If you can get through the learning curve, then the tools I listed really are quick and simple to use.
Good luck.

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Is there a way to tell Photoshop Elements 4 to import the pictures with the tags?
Thanks!
--Dean

Jeffrey,
A quick Google search shows that Microsoft Digital Image and Windows XP used (incredibly) a proprietary set of metadata fields in photos:
http://www.shahine.com/omar/WarningToYouIfYouUsedMicrosoftDigitalImageSuiteAndUpgradeToVis ta.aspx
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6074850
There are a couple of suggested solutions to get the proprietary tags into industry-standard fields that other programs understand:
1. Use Windows Live Photo Gallery (the one you download, not Windows Photo Gallery which is builtin to Vista). WLPG understands the old proprietary format. Import your photos into WLPG, and then add a new dummy tag to your photos this will write out the tags using industry-standard fields. Not clear if this will preserve captions, ratings, and date/time.
2. Use exiftool, a free tool that is widely recognized as the most robust tool for modifying metadata. Unfortunately, the learning curve is steep.
I havent tried these solutions, but they seem quite plausible.

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TD

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.oO(robbie)
>I have a commerce site and we have 3 sizes of images
thumb nail, standard
>and fullsize. Ideally I'd like to maintain just one image
folder so I don't
>have to keep synching and batch resizing.
>
>I'm looking for a script that would resample/resize
images on the fly so I
>only have to maintain one directory. Does anyone know of
such a script? It
>doesn't have to be free.
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La_Salamandra wrote:
I have a website where users can insert theirs hotel informations.
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interdiscipline wrote:
Here's the configuration we're considering:
Processor: Two 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon (8-core)
*Don't do it!* Stick with the dual-2.8GHz config. A jump from that to the dual-3.2GHz gains you only an approximate 9% increase in power at a 52% increase in cost! Not worth it all. That money is much wiser spent on RAM, RAID array, or a broadcast monitor.
Memory: 16GB (4 x 4GB)
Hard Drives: 300GB 15,000-rpm SAS (for OS X, Final Cut, & other programs) plus 2 x 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s (for video storage)
Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
We're thinking about spending the extra $1600 to get the best processor available, since we want this machine to be the hub of the business for about five years.
The processor is only one part of the whole, and as I just mentioned, the power:cost benefits are not good.
The graphics card is where we're most torn - specifically between the Quadro 5600, the GeForce 8800, or perhaps even getting the computer with the standard card (or no card) and getting a different third-party card. We do mostly DV now, but we foresee doing HD projects in the future.
Quadro 5600 is pricey, but I'm not sure about its benefits for people in our field. Even if I had the money for it, I would be hard pressed to consider it considering, again, money is liekly wiser spent elsewhere.
Also, it looks like we're gonna buy Final Cut Studio 2 and are considering also getting Final Cut Server. It seems the combination would allows us to use the Final Cut suite on other computers (both Mac and Wintel) that don't have their own version of Final Cut installed. Is that the correct interpretation?
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