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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / Digital Photo / October 2005Picture viewer for iMac
I need some simple free software for browsing and viewing pictures on an iMac. Something like the functionality of the Windows XP explorer thumbnail / filmstrip viewer at a minimum, perhaps with the ability to resize photos and simple effects also. The system is an earlier iMac (I think it's a 333 CPU) with an older version of OS X, possibly Panther. > I need some simple free software for browsing and viewing pictures on > an iMac. Something like the functionality of the Windows XP explorer > thumbnail / filmstrip viewer at a minimum, perhaps with the ability to > resize photos and simple effects also. It's funny that there isn't anything even as good as Konqueror good around. Perhaps I should write one :-) Or, you could install the KDE libs and Konqueror... Here's the best I've found for browsing your disk with thumbnails, as opposed to browsing a photo collection (which iPhoto does pretty well anyway): http://www.stalkingwolf.net/software/cocoviewx/ The thhumbnails on the left hand side are small by default but you can drag the column biggerrand it's quite usable then -- on small directories at least. Be warned that if you go into a large directory both it and WindowServer will grab many hundreds of MB of RAM. I just tried on a directory with 10,000 pics and CocoViewX went out to 1.19 GB and WindowServer to 2.24 GB and it's sluggish as hell. Quit the program and WindowServer goes back to 326 MB...  SignatureBruce | 41.1670S | \ spoken | -+- Hoult | 174.8263E | /\ here. | ----------O---------- "Bruce Hoult" <bruce@hoult.org> wrote in message > It's funny that there isn't anything even as good as Konqueror good > around. Perhaps I should write one :-) Or, you could install the KDE > libs and Konqueror... Is there any way I can make the pictures larger in Konq? I have a few hundred I want to sort through and they're a tad small to see what they are and drag 'em to the right directory. It would be easier if they were 2-4cm in size PAM. > "Bruce Hoult" <bruce@hoult.org> wrote in message >> It's funny that there isn't anything even as good as Konqueror good [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > and drag 'em to the right directory. It would be easier if they were 2-4cm > in size The pictures? ITYM the thumbnails. And, yes, I've often wanted to see larger thumbnails in konqueror. Jonesy SignatureMarvin L Jones | jonz | W3DHJ | linux Pueblo, Colorado | @ config.com | Jonesy | OS/2 *** I killfile X-Trace: posting.google.com followups in this ng >> "Bruce Hoult" <bruce@hoult.org> wrote in message >>> It's funny that there isn't anything even as good as Konqueror good [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Jonesy You could use View | Icon Size | Huge Making sure View | Preview | Images is selected HTH SignatureHardware, n.: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked The best way to get the right answer on usenet is to post the wrong one. "Shane" <shane@weasel.is-a-geek.net> wrote in message > You could use View | Icon Size | Huge > Making sure View | Preview | Images > is selected > HTH Hmmm. I'll check it out. Cheers PAM. >>> "Bruce Hoult" <bruce@hoult.org> wrote in message >>>> It's funny that there isn't anything even as good as Konqueror good [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > is selected > HTH Alas. That is what it is currently. I'd like to see View | Icon Size | _Custom_ ..and specify a max pixel width and height. Jonesy SignatureMarvin L Jones | jonz | W3DHJ | linux Pueblo, Colorado | @ config.com | Jonesy | OS/2 *** I killfile X-Trace: posting.google.com followups in this ng >>>>Is there any way I can make the pictures larger in Konq? I have a few >>>>hundred I want to sort through and they're a tad small to see what they are [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Jonesy click and drag could be kinda cool too ... isn't there a kde develeoper lurking aroud here somewhere ? "Allodoxaphobia" <bit-bucket@config.com> wrote in message > The pictures? ITYM the thumbnails. And, yes, I've often wanted to > see larger thumbnails in konqueror. You are correct. I mean thimbnails PAM. > > I need some simple free software for browsing and viewing pictures on > > an iMac. Something like the functionality of the Windows XP explorer [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > http://www.stalkingwolf.net/software/cocoviewx/ Huh? Why not just go into View->show view options-> and turn check off the icon preview button? > > > I need some simple free software for browsing and viewing pictures on > > > an iMac. Something like the functionality of the Windows XP explorer [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Huh? Why not just go into View->show view options-> and turn check off > the icon preview button? The point is that it shows only one photo at a time. You can't just glance at a page of thumbnails to pick the photo you want. SignatureBruce | 41.1670S | \ spoken | -+- Hoult | 174.8263E | /\ here. | ----------O---------- >> > > I need some simple free software for browsing and viewing >> > > pictures on an iMac. Something like the functionality of the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > The point is that it shows only one photo at a time. You can't just > glance at a page of thumbnails to pick the photo you want. It will only show a single picture if the window is in column view. To get a decent icon view: From the Finder open the folder of pictures. Go to the View menu, select 'as Icons'. Go to the View menu, select 'Show View Options'. Make sure 'This window only' is selected, and change the icon size to 128x128 pixels. SignatureRoger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand http://roger.geek.nz/ ________________________________________________________________________ No Silicon Heaven? Preposterous! Where would all the calculators go? Kryten, from the Red Dwarf episode "The Last Day" > I need some simple free software for browsing and viewing pictures on > an iMac. Something like the functionality of the Windows XP explorer > thumbnail / filmstrip viewer at a minimum, perhaps with the ability to > resize photos and simple effects also. Actually ... gbrowser isn't too bad: http://homepage.mac.com/schwarz/gbrowser.html SignatureBruce | 41.1670S | \ spoken | -+- Hoult | 174.8263E | /\ here. | ----------O---------- >I need some simple free software for browsing and viewing pictures on >an iMac. Something like the functionality of the Windows XP explorer >thumbnail / filmstrip viewer at a minimum, perhaps with the ability to >resize photos and simple effects also. Something like iPhoto? SignatureRay Fischer rfischer@sonic.net >>I need some simple free software for browsing and viewing pictures on >>an iMac. Something like the functionality of the Windows XP explorer >>thumbnail / filmstrip viewer at a minimum, perhaps with the ability to >>resize photos and simple effects also. > >Something like iPhoto? Which version of iPhoto lets you browse a CD? > I need some simple free software for browsing and viewing pictures on > an iMac. Something like the functionality of the Windows XP explorer [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > The system is an earlier iMac (I think it's a 333 CPU) with an older > version of OS X, possibly Panther. With Mac OS X, you already have the software you want. Just select all the photos you want to view and double-click on them to view them in the Preview software. If you have Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, you can view the photos in a slide show by selecting all the photos you want, then hold the control and mouse button over any selected image file and select slide show from the menu. If you want something more elaborate, consider using iPhoto 5. > If you have Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, you can view the photos in a slide show > by selecting all the photos you want, then hold the control and mouse > button over any selected image file and select slide show from the menu. The "index sheet" view in the slide show only shows one screenful of files selected with no way I can find to move to the next screenful. > If you want something more elaborate, consider using iPhoto 5. You have to add photos to the library to use iPhoto. The whole point of the original poster's query was to not have to do that. SignatureBruce | 41.1670S | \ spoken | -+- Hoult | 174.8263E | /\ here. | ----------O---------- > I need some simple free software for browsing and viewing pictures on > an iMac. Something like the functionality of the Windows XP explorer > thumbnail / filmstrip viewer at a minimum, perhaps with the ability > to resize photos and simple effects also. You have two applications that came with the the OS: Preview and iPhoto. If you select all the pictures in the folder and drop them onto the Preview icon, thumbnails of all of them will show in the drawer that slides out to the side of the window. When you click on a thumbnail, its picture will be displayed in the window. Preview has some editing functions, too: You can adjust exposure, white and black points, gamma, saturation, contrast, sharpness, and sepia tone; plus you can crop, flip, and rotate. And, of course, you can do more than just that with iPhoto. SignatureStop Mad Cowboy Disease: Impeach the son of a Bush. |
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