Image Editing on OS 9

[bowens]

I'm getting a free ruby iMac G3 tonight. I'm not sure exactly which model it is but I'm almost positive it will be running OS 9. What I want to use it for is just to print out photos. My wife will use it to crop, remove red eye, and print. That's about it. I was wondering if there are any decent (free) programs that would suite my needs. Gimp was my first thought but it only runs on OS X.

Also, I will be networking the iMac with an intel Mini. I won't be sharing internet I just want to run 1 cable to share files. Can I use a regular ethernet cable or will I need a crossover cable?

Thanks

 

[robbieduncan]

I think Graphic Convertor supports OS9.

Your Mac Mini has an auto-sensing port so you can just use regular ethernet cable.

 

[MisterMe]

I think Graphic Convertor supports OS9.

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This is correct. The MacOS 9 version of GraphicConverter is still in active development.

 

[bowens]

I think Graphic Convertor supports OS9.

Your Mac Mini has an auto-sensing port so you can just use regular ethernet cable.

Thanks, I'll give it a try tonight. I've never used Graphic Converter. Is it an easy program to use? My wife will be using it and I would prefer it be something pretty simple.

 

[bowens]

Anybody know of any cheap photo printers that work with os 9? The one I was looking at http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...CategoryId=pcmcat68300050000&id=1118844247568 says it requires os x.http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7322854&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat68300050000&id=1118844247568

 

[RacerX]

While GraphicConverter is a nice app, it is neither free or inexpensive as an image editing solution for Mac OS 9. I would suggest either of the following...

Corel Graphics 8 LE (free)
Adobe Photoshop Elements 1.0 ($7.99)​

Corel Graphics 8 LE comes with Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 LE and CorelDRAW 8 LE, and you may as well grab Corel WordPerfect 3.5a (also free, update is here) while you are at it.

As for Photoshop Elements 1.0, I was surprised at how close to Photoshop 6.0 it was in features (I bought a copy of this for a client a couple months ago). And while Photoshop Elements is not free, it is less expensive than GraphicConverter ($30.00) and still does far more.

 

[bowens]

While GraphicConverter is a nice app, it is neither free or inexpensive as an image editing solution for Mac OS 9. I would suggest either of the following...

Corel Graphics 8 LE (free)
Adobe​

Do you know if this program uses layers? If it does that would be great. I don't need to do a lot of stuff but some requires layers. I really wish Gimp was available for OS 9, because I have used it quite a bit.​

 

[RacerX]

Do you know if this program uses layers?

Corel PHOTO-PAINT does have layers, but it calls them "objects" rather than "layers". Seems to work pretty much the same as in Photoshop from what I can tell.

I use either Photoshop 5.5 or 6 in Mac OS 8/9, so I don't have a lot of experience with the Corel apps. Attached is a screen shot of an image with two layers... original on top and an inverted version below, where I've erased part of the top layer.

 

[bowens]

I tried installing CorelGraphics last night and got an error code -34. I have redownloaded it and also downloaded a newer version of Stuffit. I will try to reinstall tonight.