i collect rifles and i'm building a light box to take photos in. essentially what i'm looking for is a low budget/free photo editing software for the mac that will allow some color adjustment and will allow me to white out the entire background or cut the object out of the pic and place on a white background. forgive my ignorance as i'm pretty new to macs and playing with my DSLR (a whole 5 months).
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looking for a low cost photo editing app
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Preview can do basic image adjustments and has an Alpha "quick mask" feature.
iPhoto has a few more tools, and more advanced adjustments.
If you're putting the image on the web, iWeb can actually do some adjustments and has masking tools.
Give those a try - if you need more, there are some other free options, such as GIMP (though, it's probably not as "friendly" as the Apple apps, nor as integrated).
iPhoto has a few more tools, and more advanced adjustments.
If you're putting the image on the web, iWeb can actually do some adjustments and has masking tools.
Give those a try - if you need more, there are some other free options, such as GIMP (though, it's probably not as "friendly" as the Apple apps, nor as integrated).
Looks good. It does look like a better choice than GIMP.
(I think I still have the original MacPaint disks around here - from 1984... I've had Photoshop for so many years, now, I lose track of some of the "lighter weight" tools
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What you mentioned can all be done out of the box with preview.app
Here are some tutorials to help you out.
http://www.usingmac.com/2008/2/18/preview-tutorial-extract-shape
http://www.usingmac.com/2008/8/5/10-handy-mac-preview-application-tricks
Here are some tutorials to help you out.
http://www.usingmac.com/2008/2/18/preview-tutorial-extract-shape
http://www.usingmac.com/2008/8/5/10-handy-mac-preview-application-tricks
Those are all fine tips, but you can't extract a shape from an image and then paste it into a non-existing image using only Preview.
Pixelmator is probably the best choice in this case,
but you can also use Graphic Converter
For me, it is a "must have" app
Woof, Woof - Dawg
but you can also use Graphic Converter
For me, it is a "must have" app
Woof, Woof - Dawg
Pixelmator Rocks!!!
Has taken about 60% of my workload from Photoshop because it is so much faster and prettier. I love it!
In fact it's so 'Apple' that I reckon Apple might even buy this one day to bundle with iLife. They Should.
Has taken about 60% of my workload from Photoshop because it is so much faster and prettier. I love it!
In fact it's so 'Apple' that I reckon Apple might even buy this one day to bundle with iLife. They Should.