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I got a new macbook and a new digital camera (7 mgpixel). I am having trouble resizing the picture to be presentable on this forum. Any software recommendation or tricks you use? I will install gimp probably this week.

 

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Hello,

 

I got a new macbook and a new digital camera (7 mgpixel). I am having trouble resizing the picture to be presentable on this forum. Any software recommendation or tricks you use? I will install gimp probably this week.

 

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Hmm. I was going to say "GIMP"!

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Hello,

 

I got a new macbook and a new digital camera (7 mgpixel). I am having trouble resizing the picture to be presentable on this forum. Any software recommendation or tricks you use? I will install gimp probably this week.

 

Thanks

 

What sort of imaging software are you trying to use? Almost any such program (even those that come with the camera) allow one to resize an image. It's just a matter of figuring out how to do it... :roflmho:

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Hi, Are you aware that iPhoto is able to resize photos? I use it when I'm being lazy otherwise I use Photoshop. If photoshop is not in your budget try Photoshop Elements.

 

 

 

 

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Hello,

 

I got a new macbook and a new digital camera (7 mgpixel). I am having trouble resizing the picture to be presentable on this forum. Any software recommendation or tricks you use? I will install gimp probably this week.

 

Thanks

 

I have GIMP and GraphicConverter, but hardly ever use them for most things. I set my camera, a Leica Digilux I, to 640 X 480 than download to the Mac and in Preview do a Command/Shift/4 select only what I want to keep and than go to the Menubar and do a New from Clipboard, save as JPG. It seems to be working for me so far.

 

I am using MacOSX (10.4.10).

 

BTW-Doing it as above lets me resize the picture in Preview to the size I want, after taking into consideration clipping out what I actually want to post. If you don’t do the screen shot you end up with no resizing, in other words if you do everything within Preview. Using the screenshot (Control/Shift/4) lets me do a fast resize without having to do a lot of other stuff in other programs.

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Oh Boy...

 

I have a lot to learn on my mac... I am one of the recent switcher (hasta la vista baby!). I was not aware that iphoto lets you resize. I haven't figured out where or how. Ok, I'll take a deeper look into this tonight. ( I have been uploading from home... and resizing from work for the latest pictures...)

 

Thanks for the input.

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Resizing with iPhoto.

 

select the image/images you want to resize then go to the menu bar / File menu / and select Export from the list. The next window which opens up has all the goodies your looking for.

 

Enjoy your mac.

 

 

EDIT - this is all done with the iPhoto application of course and with the images loaded into iPhoto.

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Thanks! wow, that is pretty easy. Uploaded a bunch of photos on the marketplace! I never use import and export function of software normally.

 

Woohoo! At last....

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Get Imagewell and register it. This allows batch conversion. Just drag a load of pics from iPhoto onto ImageWell and choose the size that you want and the destination and you will end up with nicely resized pics.

 

Also download FileList. This allows batch renaming of pics. Very useful.

 

Glad to see that you have left the dark side! I made the move 2 years ago and wish that I had done it sooner.

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Hi Cloud

 

Hey I have a powerbook and a lumix 8MPix, I use graphic converter, its included on the mac, you can have “free” upgrades, and you have short-cuts for re-size picts. I find it quite convenient, I think it also can read RAW files from a lot of manufacturers.

 

Also if you want just to low the size of the file without re-size you can just use the Preview software in your mac, save-as and just drop the quality (and size) of the pict.

 

Cheers

 

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Hi Cloud,

I'm a new Mac user too, and I received a Macbook Pro for my bachelor from my dad. I suggest you to use iPhoto 7 (included in iLife 08 already installed on your mac). In windows I used ACDSee and now I think iPhoto is a for digital pics also because it modify the pics manteining the originals, like aperture.

In iPhoto I use export feature. Do some tests to see the results for quality and dimensions combinations.

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