Bruno Schull
Registered
Hello,
I have an iBook G4 running Mac OS X 10.5.1. Overall, I am delighted with the Mac environment, the interface, the flexibility and so on. However, I find the Mac system for vieing and managing photos akward. After experimenting with Preview and iPhoto, I am searching for information about alternative photo programs or techniques that will allow me to manage photos more easily.
My photo needs are simple. I need to 1) Open a folder of photos from the desktop 2) View all the photos together 3) Organize the photos in a specific order 2) Name and number the photos 3) View the photos easily as a slideshow.
For example, imagine that I went on a hiking trip and downloaded the photos to my desktop. I would like to open the folder, and view all the photos together. Then I would like to delete some photos, change the position of others, possibly crop a few photos, and then name and number the photos to tell a story: 1-trail, 2-climb, 3-ovean view, 4-sunset. Finally, I would like to view the photos as a slideshow.
When I open a folder of photos on the Mac, I can view all the photos together as small icons, but I can not organize or change the position of the photos in the folder. That makes renaming the photos difficult, becasue I can not tell where the photos belong in the story. If I select all the photos and open them with Preview, I can view them together as an Index sheet, but I can not change the position or rename the photos. If I open the photos in iPhoto, I can make a new album, and change the positions of the photos, but I can not rename them. Also, I will have photos stored twice, once in iPhoto, and once on the desktop. This seems redundant and possibly confusing (lots of old photos, deleted photos, and photos with different names in different places in the computer). Finally, both Preview and iPhoto seem difficult to navigate, with too many procedures, options, views, possibilities, none of which meet my needs.
So, basically, I am searching for a Mac program or technique that will let me manage photos like Windows Picture Viewer. Despite all the problems with PC's, I have to say that Picture Viewer is simple and easy to use. You click on a folder of photes, you can manage the photos immediately, the changes are reflected in the original folder, you can immediately switch to a slideshow....
Any ideas about how to simplify this process on a Mac?
Any experience with other photo viewing programs?
Thanks for your help,
Bruno
I have an iBook G4 running Mac OS X 10.5.1. Overall, I am delighted with the Mac environment, the interface, the flexibility and so on. However, I find the Mac system for vieing and managing photos akward. After experimenting with Preview and iPhoto, I am searching for information about alternative photo programs or techniques that will allow me to manage photos more easily.
My photo needs are simple. I need to 1) Open a folder of photos from the desktop 2) View all the photos together 3) Organize the photos in a specific order 2) Name and number the photos 3) View the photos easily as a slideshow.
For example, imagine that I went on a hiking trip and downloaded the photos to my desktop. I would like to open the folder, and view all the photos together. Then I would like to delete some photos, change the position of others, possibly crop a few photos, and then name and number the photos to tell a story: 1-trail, 2-climb, 3-ovean view, 4-sunset. Finally, I would like to view the photos as a slideshow.
When I open a folder of photos on the Mac, I can view all the photos together as small icons, but I can not organize or change the position of the photos in the folder. That makes renaming the photos difficult, becasue I can not tell where the photos belong in the story. If I select all the photos and open them with Preview, I can view them together as an Index sheet, but I can not change the position or rename the photos. If I open the photos in iPhoto, I can make a new album, and change the positions of the photos, but I can not rename them. Also, I will have photos stored twice, once in iPhoto, and once on the desktop. This seems redundant and possibly confusing (lots of old photos, deleted photos, and photos with different names in different places in the computer). Finally, both Preview and iPhoto seem difficult to navigate, with too many procedures, options, views, possibilities, none of which meet my needs.
So, basically, I am searching for a Mac program or technique that will let me manage photos like Windows Picture Viewer. Despite all the problems with PC's, I have to say that Picture Viewer is simple and easy to use. You click on a folder of photes, you can manage the photos immediately, the changes are reflected in the original folder, you can immediately switch to a slideshow....
Any ideas about how to simplify this process on a Mac?
Any experience with other photo viewing programs?
Thanks for your help,
Bruno