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10.4: Finder slideshows are a designer's best friend
Authored by: Black on May 13, '05 01:37:15PM

I to have wanted this feature for a _long_ time. I was very excited when I tripped over it. I only have two additions that I'd like to see.

First, it would be nice if it wasn't just hidden in a contextual menu (or in the results of a search, which gives you a nice little button). I browse photographs enough that I'd like to be able to add a nice little button right to my finder windows rather than having to select the images first.

Second, I'd like to be able to do some simple file management from within the slideshow. Mostly I just want the ability to delete files (move them to the trash). I frequently will shoot a whole bunch of photos and then weed out the dross, and this would be a very convenient way to do that.



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10.4: Finder slideshows are a designer's best friend
Authored by: asher on May 13, '05 01:45:51PM

Try GraphicConverter. There is a nice little droplet. Drag your folder over the droplet script, opens as a slide show. Lots of controls and settings available. Trash pictures as you see them with a click. Create aliases in different folders with a click.



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10.4: Finder slideshows are a designer's best friend
Authored by: pub3abn on May 13, '05 01:52:53PM

...or you can try CocoViewX, or Slides!, or Footagehead ... all of which are nice freeware apps that feature slideshows that let you delete photos while you view them, and more.

GraphicConverter is also nice. I've purchased it. But it's a tad slow and clunky at times, and I prefer the above programs for doing what you've described.



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10.4: Finder slideshows are a designer's best friend
Authored by: hoosker on May 13, '05 02:32:55PM

My favorite is Quickimage Contextual Menu Item. Does all this in the Finder and it is very fast -- no waiting for an app to load. Not sure if it works with Tiger.

Photo Tool is nice for lossless rotating, flipping etc.



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10.4: Finder slideshows are a designer's best friend
Authored by: mhorn on May 13, '05 05:56:33PM
You can also use Picture Namer. It's made for quickly naming and deleting pictures downloaded from a digital camera.

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10.4: Finder slideshows are a designer's best friend
Authored by: robarmo on May 14, '05 08:22:12PM

In Preview (Panther version at least), you can drag a thumbnail from the side drawer to the Trash icon in the Dock, and it will move the corresponding file. That's how I initially sort through imported images from my digital camera - just set Image Capture to open Preview once the import is complete.



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10.4: Finder slideshows are a designer's best friend
Authored by: Black on May 16, '05 01:43:35PM

Thanks for the suggestions. I have used Graphic Converter and I find it is too slow when rendering RAW images (and I don't much of the results, either). I currently use QPict, which is a great little image management program for the budget challenged. It does give me all of the features I need.

However, I'd still love the Finder to support at the very least deletion so I could do rapid culling before involving another app...



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