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DXMachina - Aug 18, 2005 11:54:23 am PDT #4088 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

And the award for least intuitive operation name of all time goes to...


Ginger - Aug 18, 2005 11:56:10 am PDT #4089 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Yeah, no one one ever pick that one on purpose. I learned it from another graphics person.


meara - Aug 18, 2005 12:02:19 pm PDT #4090 of 10003

Hmm. So I'd need to get Photoshop, eh? Sigh.

I've been wanting to make a "book" of my trip pictures (at least, the highlights), but definitely want them to look nice!!


DXMachina - Aug 18, 2005 12:08:29 pm PDT #4091 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Nah, most image editing software has some form of sharpen function. It may take some digging to find it.


Rob - Aug 18, 2005 12:30:36 pm PDT #4092 of 10003

The iPhoto that comes with iLife 05 has very nice image manipulation functions in it. I rarely use Photoshop to adjust pictures anymore.


tommyrot - Aug 18, 2005 12:30:39 pm PDT #4093 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

If you don't wanna pay for Photoshop, there's always The Gimp. Very powerfull. On the downside, it's not the easiest thing to learn, and if you wanna run it on a Mac, you have to have some form of the X Windowing System installed. Apple's X11.app is probably best.

Gimp for OS X: [link]


§ ita § - Aug 18, 2005 12:32:20 pm PDT #4094 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The Gimp is not for the faint of heart.


P.M. Marc - Aug 18, 2005 12:47:40 pm PDT #4095 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Also, I have NEVER been able to get the Gimp to run on my PowerBook, despite having everything set as it should be.

Damn it.


tommyrot - Aug 18, 2005 12:49:14 pm PDT #4096 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

What version of OS X does it have?

I spent many hours trying to get it to run on my iBook (back when it was on 10.2). Then I discovered that The Gimp requires at least 10.3.


meara - Aug 18, 2005 12:49:16 pm PDT #4097 of 10003

Hmm. So what I'm hearing, Rob, is...buy iLife05? :)

We'll see...