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#717895 - 26/03/07 02:08 AM Re: apple mac owners [Re: Ry]
newgabe Offline
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Registered: 03/03/05
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
OK simple question for you good geeks...
I have a .jpeg that is 3Mb. How do I reduce it to something more manageable for inserting in docs or emails? What application to I use? iPhoto? something else?
I thought I was clever a few weeks ago for realising I could crop photos in Preview... that's how little I know about it, blush.
I don't particularly love iPhoto.. is there another photo handling program that is good?
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#717896 - 26/03/07 10:19 AM Re: apple mac owners [Re: newgabe]
Ry Offline
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Registered: 02/02/05
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
iPhoto would work, so would Photoshop, Aperture, Lightroom, Elements..

I thought you could do it in Preview though? "Save As"?

Else XnView :
http://perso.orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/endownloadmacosx.html

I'm a bit worried personally at there not being an ACDSee Pro for osx.. my workflow's going to have to change a bit

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#717897 - 26/03/07 12:31 PM Re: apple mac owners [Re: Ry]
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Registered: 16/05/05
Loc: on the wrong planet
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#717898 - 26/03/07 02:43 PM Re: apple mac owners [Re: Ry]
Loewan Offline
and behold!

Registered: 11/08/05
Loc: Liverpool
 Written by: Ry


So. An order's been placed. My new laptop's on its way..

2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
3GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 1x2GB, 1x1GB
160GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
SuperDrive 8x (DVD+R DL/DVD&#177;RW/CD-RW)
MacBook Pro 17-inch Widescreen Display

This looked like the place to mention it



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#717899 - 26/03/07 06:40 PM Re: apple mac owners [Re: Loewan]
BansheeCat Offline
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Registered: 29/07/05
Loc: lost
dumb question, sorry, but what is the equivelent of "right click and save" for a mac with just a trace board thingie and no mouse? !
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#717900 - 26/03/07 09:18 PM Re: apple mac owners [Re: BansheeCat]
polarity Offline
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Registered: 16/05/05
Loc: on the wrong planet
Hold down the CTRL button and click.
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#717901 - 27/03/07 12:50 AM Re: apple mac owners [Re: Loewan]
Ry Offline
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Registered: 02/02/05
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
 Written by: Lowan


Oh Gawd!!!! Someone get me some tissue!!!!!



Might have forgotten to mention the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 SDRAM graphics card..


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#717902 - 27/03/07 02:47 AM Re: apple mac owners [Re: Ry]
polarity Offline
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Registered: 16/05/05
Loc: on the wrong planet
Yup, sure is nice playing BF2 at 1680x1050
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#717903 - 27/03/07 11:43 AM Re: apple mac owners [Re: BansheeCat]
BansheeCat Offline
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Registered: 29/07/05
Loc: lost
Polarity, control ad then " click" do you mean tap? There is nothing to click? Sorry, I really am a luddite, yeesh. I shall also experiment a bit and see what happens...

I am also trying to figure out the reducing photo thing. I have preview and Iphoto to work with. I cant see a function in either of them that indicates how to reduce something to a particular DPI. I am told I need the photos to be 300dpi, tiff files. I can figure the save as to get them from jpeg to tiff, but how do I know the dpi and change that?

Help file on the computer is useless on this subject, alas.

much love, thanks for your help

ps am getting adobe photoshop installed soon, but need to do this tonight with what I have available!
xoxo
a
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#717904 - 27/03/07 12:20 PM Re: apple mac owners [Re: BansheeCat]
newgabe Offline
what goes around comes around. unless you're into stalls.

Registered: 03/03/05
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
 Written by: BansheeCat


Polarity, control ad then " click" do you mean tap? There is nothing to click?




There is something to click... it is below what you are calling the 'traceboard', where you run your fingers to move the mouse... a rectangular panel that makes a little noise if you press it. THose two items together do the functions of a mouse.

As Polarity said, hold down the button *ctrl* (bottom left, next to *option*) and click, or press.

I also can't find a way to reduce dpi in either preview or iPhoto. (Crop or resize, yes but that's different)
Thanks Polarity, I downloaded a free demo version of GraphicConverter, I just haven't had time to figure out how to use it! One thing they don't give you with the freebie is a tutorial...

Cheers
G
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#717905 - 27/03/07 01:21 PM Re: apple mac owners [Re: newgabe]
BansheeCat Offline
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Registered: 29/07/05
Loc: lost
Thanks guys!
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#717906 - 27/03/07 07:34 PM Re: apple mac owners [Re: BansheeCat]
pineapple pete Offline
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Registered: 20/09/04
Loc: melbourne
hmm, i figure this would be the most appropriate place to ask this question, so.. would you be able to plug a mac mouse in a pc?

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#717907 - 27/03/07 07:49 PM Re: apple mac owners [Re: pineapple pete]
pineapple pete Offline
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Registered: 20/09/04
Loc: melbourne
hmm, dont worry bout it, just found out it works, but the functions i want dont work

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"you know there are no trophys for doing silly things in real life yeah pete?" said ant "you wont get a 'listened to ride of the valkyries all the way to vietnam' trophy"

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#717908 - 27/03/07 11:55 PM Re: apple mac owners [Re: pineapple pete]
polarity Offline
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Registered: 16/05/05
Loc: on the wrong planet
You can get some software to make it work better. I'm using a Logitech MX-1000 (with 10 buttons), and a piece of software called USB Overdrive to program all the buttons.
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You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence. Green peppers, lime pickle and whole-grain mustard = best sandwich filling.

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#717909 - 28/03/07 12:01 AM Re: apple mac owners [Re: polarity]
polarity Offline
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Registered: 16/05/05
Loc: on the wrong planet
Ooops, wrong way round but I'm pretty sure someone's done the same to use Mac hardware on PCs, maybe as part of the Bootcamp drivers. The one button track pad can emulate a double click in windows by holding down the right apple key and clicking the track pad.
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#717910 - 28/03/07 12:52 AM Re: apple mac owners [Re: polarity]
Pen Draven Offline
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Registered: 01/09/05
Loc: Nuneaton
Pete,, if you mean the MightyMouse then Apple have 'apparently' released windows drivers although i *think* they may only be for XP,, although i couldn't find them when i had a quick look though....
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#717911 - 18/07/07 08:12 PM Re: apple mac owners [Re: Ry]
newgabe Offline
what goes around comes around. unless you're into stalls.

Registered: 03/03/05
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
 Written by: Ry


I thought you could do it in Preview though? "Save As"?




Phew I finally got around to that. How simple! Cheers
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