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    Alternative to iPhoto (with gestures)

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by r_balest, Feb 15, 2012.

  1. r_balest

    r_balest Newbie

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    Hi all,

    I am new with mac os, thus been trying to find alternative to iPhoto.

    I have looked and browsed through forums but could not find anything concrete yet.
    Tried Lyn, Picasa, etc. But those are quite slow compared with iPhoto (IMHO), not to mention they do not work with gestures

    My workflow usually involves 1st phase selection, so I import the photos to iPhoto library, view it in Full Screen, and using gestures (two fingers swipe) to browse through my photos. My problems are:

    1. I could've used the arrow keys, but I would've gone back and forth between the trackpad and the arrow keys which make it abit inconvenient.

    2. The way iPhoto needs the photos to be imported is a time wasting, though I unchecked the option "copy to iPhoto library when importing" (or something similar), I still do not feel that importing is necessary.

    iPhoto does not allow me to just choose the folders I'd like to work in.

    So, any opinions on alternative?

    Thank you
    R

    Forgot to mention that I do not need the editing feature. Just as a 1st phase selection and organizing photos

    Just tested MediaPro. Very slow indeed compared with iPhoto. sigh.
     
    r_balest, Feb 15, 2012
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  2. TherosFear

    TherosFear Notebook Consultant

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    Try with Adobe Lightroom or Aperture (like the professional version of iPhoto).

    I use the first because i usually edit all my photos in Photoshop, i dont have any problems with it.
     
    TherosFear, Feb 15, 2012
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  3. KCETech1

    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    I second lightroom
     
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  4. snork

    snork Notebook Evangelist

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    ACDSee Pro Mac. I've used ACDSee on the PC, haven't tried the Mac version. There is free trial download and it's cheaper than Lightroom or Aperature...currently onsale for $49.99. ACDSee also has the best "batch" processing IMHO (ie: batch resize, rename).
     
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  5. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I personally would love something as simple as Windows 7's preview function for OS X with the ability to use gestures to cycle through the photos. Having to import into iPhoto is unnecessary and time wasting when all I want to do is preview pictures on an SD card and only copy the ones I want for my library, e-mailing, etc.
     
    saturnotaku, Feb 15, 2012
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  6. bogatyr

    bogatyr Notebook Evangelist

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    Do you mean the preview in Windows Explorer or the Windows Photo Viewer application?

    Finder in Lion allows you to preview images and cycled through with the touchpad already. Similar to Windows Explorer.
     
    bogatyr, Feb 15, 2012
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  7. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Sorry. Meant the photo viewer application. Got my wires crossed.
     
    saturnotaku, Feb 15, 2012
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  8. RogueMonk

    RogueMonk Notebook Deity

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    Preview is actually quite powerful. Check this out for some tips - Mac OS X Tips
     
    RogueMonk, Feb 15, 2012
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