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    how to crop photos in os x?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by passive101, Jun 3, 2007.

  1. passive101

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    I don't know how to re title a thread. I would like to re-size a photo
     
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    I did a search and i think iphoto might do it, but I didn't install iPhoto in the last install. How can I install it now from the cd's?
     
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    Insert the installation DVD and do a search for iPhoto. Alternatively, you could insert the DVD, click on Install bundled software only, and select iPhoto from the list.
     
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    I installed it but it won't let me crop the whole photo. I don't want to cut parts out. Do they make photoshop for the mac os? I have photoshop cs for the pc. Do I have to buy it again for the mac?
     
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    Yes, Photoshop originated in Mac, so of course they make Photoshop for Mac. However, you do have to buy it again if you want it on Mac. Or you can try it out for 30 days from the Adobe site.

    Or you can try GIMP. Its an open source image editor not as powerful as Photoshop but better than iPhoto.
     
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    where can i get and try out gimp?
     
    passive101, Jun 3, 2007
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    Y'know, its as easy as searching "GIMP Mac" on Google ;).

    Now you just made me push my post count up to 998 :(. I wanna stay away from 1000 posts for as long as I can. :p
     
    Sam, Jun 4, 2007
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    lol i don't want to inconvience anyone.
     
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    what do you mean you don't want to cut parts out of the photo while cropping? that indeed is what cropping does. you might be a little confused as to what cropping exactly is.

    what do you mean you want to crop the entire photo? cropping means removing parts or re framing an image, the words crop an entire photo don't really make sense.

    i am guessing you mean you want to simply re-size the photo. most likely, your images were taken with a fairly hi-res digital camera. the images are too damn big, and you need to size them down, not crop them. I would think there would be a way to resize photo's right in iPhoto, but I could be wrong.
     
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    iPhoto will let you crop, and so will Preview. I am not sure of anything that will let you resize though.
     
    cashmonee, Jun 4, 2007
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    you might want to change the name of the tread to "how to resize photos in OSX"
     
    circa86, Jun 4, 2007
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    Just got home from work. Yes I would like to resize a photo and not crop it.
     
    passive101, Jun 4, 2007
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