Photo Edition - Any app. like MS Photo Editor?

[gabrielleitao]

Since I got my Mac, I realized I couldn't edi my pictures (maybe because Im a fresh swicher... lol). I wanted to do this, most of thee time: change the resolution of my pictures to send some of them on an e-mail message, etc...

On my Pc, this can easily be done. I use Microsoft Photo Editor. What software can I use, a simple one, that don't need too much memory or speed to do those kind of things with photos and pictures? Also, do you know any Professional software to do that? So my question is if you know a simple software like MS Photo Editor for Mac, and the other question is if you know any Professional software to do those things.

Again, any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

[powermac]

A popular application is Graphic Converter:
http://www.lemkesoft.com/

A popular Unix, Photoshop alternative is GIMP, a free program:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macos...e/gimpapp.html

[nixgeek]

I recommend Gimp.app (powermac provided the link). I've used it before and it comes closeto being the open source version of Photoshop (although Photoshop does a LOT more than Gimp can do, but it's still quite good). I've used it on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux for my photo editing.

Now, you can use iPhoto but that doesn't change the original image. It just makes meta-changes to the original image so that the original stays the same but you can save edited versions from it. (I hope that makes some sense... )

[eric2006]

I use GIMP too, however I use the Seashore version, which is based on Cocoa, instead of X11.

[nixgeek]

Seashore is nice, but it doesn't have a lot of the features that Gimp.app has. Think of it as a stripped down version of Gimp. But it is a good recommendation.

[eric2006]

It's like (MS) Paint II for Mac. Don't expect photoshop, but it handles basic editing very well.

[RacerX]

I tend to use ToyViewer for most basic image editing stuff that doesn't require Photoshop's horse power.

Unlike GraphicConverter, ToyViewer is free. Unlike Gimp, ToyViewer is Mac OS X native (predates just about all other image apps in Mac OS X except TIFFany).

If you have to spend money, Photoshop Elements would be my first recommendation.

Oddly, this isn't the first thread on this type of subject...

How to save an image enlarged?
Free graphic apps

So nixgeek, have you ever even tried ToyViewer? I find it odd when I see you recommend using an X11 app before a completely free Mac OS X native app.

Gimp is a great app on the platforms it runs natively on (I use it on my SGI)... but they ignore Macs. Why recommend an app on a platform that the developers don't even give the same consideration to as they do to Windows or Linux?

Recommending an app that treats Macs as a second class platform seems a little odd to me.

[nixgeek]

I haven't ever heard of it, but I'll give it a try. I'm sure if I had heard of it I would recommend it. This is the first time I've heard of it.

I only recommended what I had experience with, and in using Gimp.app I've been pretty happy with it. While it requires X11, that doesn't really bother me. Kind of like poopooing my choice of using Firefox because it's not as Maclike as Camino or Safari. It's just what I prefer and use, and it's been good to me.

Of course, if we were talking OO.o, I would definitely recommend NeoOffice over OO.o for the Mac. Now THAT'S an app that REALLY needs reworking on the Mac!