Photo Imaging Software

I am a new mac user and have lots of photo software on my pc but it all says made especially for windows. I've gone to Office Max and Best Buy and all their photo software is windows too. I wanted to use the new Hallmark software to make cards but it's for windows. Is any of this stuff compatible with macs? Help!

Besides iPhoto you can use Preview for some editing. It has some nice features. Here are two programs you can look at also.
SeaShore
PaintBrush

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Photo Imaging software overview - Mac

I am starting out. I have good pictures and I am ready to move to a pro application. Can anyone offer a brief overview or link to a favorite review, debate or discussion about photo development and cataloging software?
Obviously we are here on Adobe LR forums so that is a keen point to compare too. Right now, I like LR, bugginess aside.
I cant use Aperture yet because this Mac has the wrong type of video card to use it, wont even install.
Extensis and Photo Mechanic are two apps I have seen reviewed well but I am not sure if hey are "just" metadata editors and cataloging systems (I think Extensis does image manipulations too), or do any of then actually stand up as alternatives to LR and Aperture? iView is just cataloging I am fairly certain.
THanks if anyone has some ideas, even a general one about features, pitfalls ... Like I said, I am new to the business of photography.
The good news is that which ever system I choose now, wont have lots of old bad habits to shake off first.
Levelbest

Or an amateur on Vacation. But I was just tweeking my Buddy the Kiwi!
Don
Don Ricklin, MacBook 1.83Ghz Duo 2 Core, Pentax *ist D
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Photo image : size reduction software

HI !
I want to reduce sizes of photo images i.e. jpeg, gif files of few GB's into less than 100KB. Need free / paid software compatible to MAC OS X 10.6.8.

Do you really mean image files of a few Gigabites? I doubt there are many apps that can handle that size of an image file and the machine would have to have many GBs of memory to even consider using it? Was that a type and you mean a few MBs?
Going from 2 GB down to 100 KB or less is nearly impossible and still get a decent image. This is an 4.3 MB file compressed to 100 KB with no reduction in the image (pixels) size.
This is the original file:
Click on them to see what they look like full sized. The edited version is showing pixelation in the sky and other areas.
This was done with iResize at 15% quality (jpeg compression) level. It was the only file resize I had that would get it down below 300 KB. Even Photoshop CS3 couldn't get it down below 230 KB.

I am encountering crashes with Photoshop Elements 12. If I uninstall and then reinstall the software, will I jeopardize the 100s of photo images I have already moved into the Organizer? Any cautions for me

I am encountering crashes with Photoshop Elements 12. If I uninstall and then reinstall the software, will I jeopardize the 100s of photo images I have already moved into the Organizer? Any cautions for me?

If the app is designed correctly, the no, you won't. However, you'd have to ask the people who wrote the software, Adobe.

I am using Aperture 3 now and I love it. But I would like to purchase or download perhaps some freeware, easy to use photo imaging/editing software with more filters, perhaps layering etc. My Apple mentor suggests Pixelmator or Gimp ?

I am using Aperture 3 now and I love it. But I would like to purchase or download perhaps some freeware, easy to use photo imaging/editing software with more filters, perhaps layering etc. I don't want something with a very steep learning curve, getting to old for that. My Apple mentor suggests Pixelmator or Gimp ? Are there some others out there? When I was still in the Windows world, I used Photoshop Elements but that is now in my past. Any ideas?

Pixelmator or Gimp are both nice tools for advanced image processing and compositing. I.e. Gimp can do pretty much the same as Phtoshop. You might also have a look at digikam http://www.digikam.org/drupal/download/binary
Digikam is not just an advanced image processing and compositing program, it is also content management system like Aperture or iPhoto.
I also find GraphicConverter a nice tool, but it is not free.
If you want your image editing tools to integrate well with Aperture, I would look first at the available plug-ins, start with the plug-ins offered in the Aperture pull-down menu
Aperture -> Aperture Plug-ins...

HP Image Zone Photo Editing Software.

Is there a windows 7 (64 bit) upgrade to the HP Image Zone photo editing software that originally came with my Photosmart Printer 8250?

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Photo editing software that specifically has tools that stack images?

I want to invest in photo editing software that specifically has tools that stack images so that a can merge them into one photo (Image J just isn't good enough anymore)
Please can you advise which products have these functions.
Auto-blending might be nice too.
Thanks.

Download the trial of either Photoshop or Photoshop Elements and put your images into layers. Try different blend modes.

I am looking for a good photo editing software, only editing, not sharing etc

any recommendation for a good photo editing software for starters, only to enhance picture, play arounf with colours in black and white background etc.

In order of price here are some suggestions:
Seashore (free)
The Gimp (free)
Graphic Coverter ($45 approx)
Acorn ($50 approx)
Pixelmator ($50 approx)
Photoshop Elements ($75 approx)
There are many, many other options. Search on MacUpdate. You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.

Need help placing photo image in laptop screen of a video...

I have footage that is both zooming and panning, and need a photo image to fit within the laptop screen space during the duration of the pan/zoom. Should I use "Track Motion" accompanied with key-framing in 2D? Does this make sense? Is there an easier way to achieve this, or is that the way to go?
Here is a rough take of the clip of which I speak. In reality, we will be placing the same image on both the HDTV and the laptop in the shot. Hopefully, this will make what I have said above a little more clear. Hope you can help. Thanks much.

If you have CS4 then I would recommend using Mocha for AE (a planar tracking software from imagineers system that comes bundled with AE CS4). It's basically designed for the kinds of stuff you described. There are some helpfull tutorials on the imagineer systems's website:
http://www.imagineersystems.com/support/mocha-AE/tutorials/

Help With Editing The Background Color On PHP-Based Photo Gallery Software!

I recently installed and began using some PHP-based photo
gallery software for my website. I've been able to customize other
areas of the software's appearance (text color, etc), but am unsure
of what need to be done to change the background on the 'Default'
skin from white to black. Any suggestions? Below are copies of the
code from the 'index.php' and the css from the 'default skin'
portions of the software:
<title>BigMusicGeek.com -- Your Online Concert
Photography Authority!</title><?
include "config.php";
include GAZ_DIR_FS_ROOT . "includes/init.php";
include GAZ_DIR_FS_ROOT . "includes/classes/gallery.php";
$gaz_gallery = new gallery();
//$gaz_gallery->gazimage = 78;
echo $gaz_gallery->show();
?>
a.gaz_nav {
color: #FF0000;
a:hover.gaz_nav {
color: #FF0000;
.gaz_path {
font-size : 11px;
font-family : Tahoma, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
.gaz_cat_descr {
font-size : 12px;
font-family : Tahoma, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: red;
.gaz_cat_title {
font-size : 12px;
font-family : Tahoma, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: red;
font-weight : bold;
.gaz_comment {
font-size : 11px;
font-family : Tahoma, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #FF0000;
.gaz_nav_thumb {
border-color:#f0f0f0;
.gaz_nav_thumb_sel {
border-color:orange;
.gaz_image_info {
font-size : 11px;
font-family : Tahoma, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #000000;

BigMusicGeek posted in macromedia.dreamweaver:
>
quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
> BigMusicGeek posted in macromedia.dreamweaver:
>
> > Okay, so I've been able to change the background to
black (thanks
> > again, BTW), but I'm still unsure of how to add a
menu bar to the top
> > of the gallery's main page. I keep copying and
pasting in the code,
> > but can seem to make it work.
> >
> > My main gallery page:
http://www.bigmusicgeek.com/gallery/index.php
>
> I see no evidence on that page that you've pasted the
table containing
> your menu bar. When you do paste it, just be aware that
the path to the
> images and links will be slightly different (the images
are not in the
> gallery folder but at the root of your site: "/Home
Navigation
> Photos01.png" *)
>
> <IMPORTANT>
> You have your <title> tag before your DOCTYPE.
Make sure your DOCTYPE
> is the first line. Then make sure the <title> tag
is inside the <head>
> section, not before it.
> </IMPORTANT>
>
> > An example of my menu bar:
http://www.bigmusicgeek.com/Home.html
> > (it's at the top of the screen).
>
> When I paste the table code from there into the gallery
page - and
> changed the paths to match where they are, it appears
just fine. Note
> that you'll need to include the JavaScript from the
gallery page in
> order for all those JS rollovers to work. Probably need
that big onLoad
> section in the <body> tag as well - again,
adjusting paths to match
> where the images are.
>
> * You will very often see recommendations to avoid
spaces or unusual
> characters in your file names. ie: "Home Navigation
Photos01.png"
> should probably be "Home_Navigation_Photos01.png" or
maybe a "-"
> instead of spaces.
> Mark
>
> Thanks for the input...again! Pardon me for being a
novice, but what
> piece(s)
> of the paths for the menu bar need to be changed?
If you've set up your site definition properly in
Dreamweaver, you should
be able to copy the table in design view from home.html and
paste into
gallery/index.php and DW will correct the paths
automatically. It /might/
even copy the relavent JavaScript over (I don't have DW on
this computer to
test that).
But to answer your question, any path to the images must
point to the site
root (where your images are stored). The links will likely
need to point
there as well. For example, the Home button in your table
gets its image
from:
src="Home Navigation Home01.png"
In order for that to work from pages in the gallery folder,
it will need to
be linked with either a site root relative, or a simple
relative path:
src="/Home Navigation Home01.png"
The above example tells the server to look for the image in
the site's root
folder.
src="../Home Navigation Home01.png"
This example tells the server to get the image from one
folder up from the
current folder.
Likewise for the links. ie: href="Home.html" would become
either
href="/Home.html" or href="../Home.html"
href="phpBB3/index.php" could become href="/phpBB3/index.php"
or even
href="/phpBB3/"
HTH
Mark A. Boyd
Keep-On-Learnin' :)

Photo images are too dark

Photo images loaded into Safari or Facebook, by me or by others, are too dark and I can't find a way to improve them.

Thanks Peter & Sid. I appreciate the advice, but it doesn't match our experience over 12 years of designing web applications so I'm having trouble understanding what's different, can I ask for any more advice you might have?
If we calibrate the monitor using the recommended tools, will Photoshop images look 2-3 f-stops brighter (i.e. as they should look) and will images in all other apps (which look fine now, have always looked fine) look 2-3 f-stops too bright? Or would we be changing JUST the way Photoshop sees the images?
Through probably a dozen different previous CRT and LCD monitors, we've never calibrated anything. Even on our immediately-previous Samsung 213T monitor, images appear pretty much the same in Photoshop as they do in all other places. That includes published web sites viewed with several popular browsers and viewed on literally hundreds of different systems inside and outside of our office.
The previous monitor was being used with exactly the same software and hardware as the new one. The only thing that's changed is the monitor.
Peter asks about brightness or white point luminance. I haven't used any tool to determine that. The monitor is set to 50% brightness, for whatever that's worth, but I can tell you that it is substantially BRIGHTER on white than the previous monitor. The previous Samsung monitor is being run side-by-side with the new one, and it looks quite dull and yellow beside the new one (and we thought it was a great monitor!) The new 30" Samsung has MUCH whiter whites. Does that help even a little?
Thanks for any further advice.

Not able to add photo/image to an contact

Not able to add photo/image to an contact. while croping an image during addtion the contacts app reports "unable to save photo edits.
Tried clearing data/cache/reboot.. tried even with file manager, google photos app etc...
Any solutions....??
Solved!
Go to Solution.

You could go for a software repair,see if that helps:
http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/update-service/
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Recommend good photo printer software (don't like iPhoto's)?

I don't like the way that the iPhoto 'print Photo/s' software works.
I used to use Canon Image browser, with that I could select, for example, three photos. place them all on one A4 sheet of paper, and scale each one individually to the size I wanted. ie have one large, the other two smaller. It cut down on a lot of waste paper. IPhoto will only let me put all the images at the same size, as far as I can work out.
Canon Image Browser is not Leopard compatible, boo-hoo. Does anyone have any recommendations for other (free) software I could use to achieve the same as my old? Or is it possible with iPhoto?
CJHEERS!

Canon has: Canon PowerShot ImageBrowser 6.1.1a which is Leopard compatible. I downloaded it just this morning.
Do you have a 3rd party editor that you like? I use Photoshop to do most of my printing. Photoshop Elements for Mac is an amazing editor, can do advanced editing, and does color management to give you optimal prints.
Others are Portraits and Prints, Acorn, Pixelmator. You can use them as the 3rd party editor in iPhoto safely but not ImageBrower as it's a browser and not strictly an editor. Go to iPhoto's General preferences and set the Edit Photo: to your editor of choice.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) 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 created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), 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. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

When I start facebook, sometimes it loads ok. But, since v29, it often loads with no photo images or only some photo images shown..just empty boxes.

Facebook loads ok as far as text is concerned. But, it often loads without any of the photo images visible. Sometimes it loads with a few of the images visible. When the images are missing there are just empty boxes where the photos should be. I never had this problem until updating to the latest firefox v29. If you guys can't fix this problem, is there any way to revert back to an earlier version of firefox? tht version worked just fine.

If images are missing then check that you do not block images from some domains.
*Press the F10 key or tap the Alt key to bring up the hidden Menu bar.
Check the permissions for the domain in the currently selected tab in "Tools > Page Info > Permissions"
Check "Tools > Page Info > Media" for blocked images
*Select the first image link and use the cursor Down key to scroll through the list.
*If an image in the list is grayed and "Block Images from..." has a checkmark then remove this checkmark to unblock images from this domain.
Make sure that you do not block (third-party) images, the permissions.default.image pref on the about:config page should be 1.
Make sure that you haven't enabled a High Contrast theme in the Windows/Mac Accessibility settings.
Make sure that you allow pages to choose their own colors.
*Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Colors : [X] "Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above"
Note that these settings affect background images.
See also:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Website_colors_are_wrong
There are extensions like Adblock Plus (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and security software (firewall, anti-virus) that can block images and other content.
See also:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Images_or_animations_do_not_load
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Websites_look_wrong

Photo editing software

Hi
I have a Mac which I purchased in July 2010 I’m sure it’s running snow leopard. Will I be better off upgrading to the latest OS or staying as I am? The reason I ask is, I am looking into getting some photo editing software either Aperture or Photoshop Lightroom (is Aperture better for Mac?) to move up from the next level of iPhoto. Now I have never had a problem with my Mac in the three and a half years since I have had it and don’t want to do anything that will slow it down or mess it up. Any suggestions would be most welcome. My Mac is: iMac, Intel Core i3, 3.06 GHz, 1 Processor, 1 Core, L2 Cache (per core) 256KB, L3 Cache 4MB, Memory 4GB, Mac OS X version 10.6.8

Aperture and Lightroom are made by Apple and Adobe, respectively. Both are higher end photo management apps for cataloging your photo library. As you note, both are quite a step up from iPhoto.
You can do some editing in both, but nothing like an actual image editor. Photoshop, as Klaus1 mentioned, is expensive. For around $70 online (like at Amazon.com), you can get Photoshop Elements. About 80% of what the full PS app can do for far less. PS Elements does remove CMYK color support.
Pixelmator does a lot for not a whole lot of bucks. GIMP is an open source editor that does much of what Photoshop does, and it's free. Like PS, GIMP has a large learning curve.

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