Image Software

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I maintain the digital image library for BirdLife Western Australia. I need some software to do the following :

1. Convert TIFF and PNG files to JPG.

2. Save a file at a smaller size. e.g. 12MB down to say 4MB.

3. Crop a file.

What is the best shareware available on the web?

Thanks

_________________________________________________________________ Frank O’Connor Birding WA http://birdingwa.iinet.net.au Phone : (08) 9386 5694 Email : foconnor@iinet.net.au

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7 thoughts on “Image Software”

  1. Sadly, as it’s a Microsoft-funded project, there’s no Mac or Linux version – GIMP is a good replacement (once you get used to its quirks). Cheers,

    Tony

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  3. Tony, does this program work with Mac? I generally use a combination of Preview and ColorIt for my artwork, but the latter keeps dropping out. Kind regards Denise

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  4. I recommend Irfanview for that kind of thing too. It’s also very good at batch operations, e.g. resizing lots of images.

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  5. IrfanView and Paint.net are good, free PC applications that can do the above (and more). ===============================

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  6. Hi Frank,

    The software I use is Paint.NET – it’s a free program for Windows and has most of th functionality of Photoshop, but without the exorbitant pricetag. It’ll handle the uses you list easily and do a lot more besides. There’s a PDN forum with a load of free plug-ins for photo processing and tutorials, too. http://www.getpaint.net/ http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/forum/7-plugins-publishing-only/ Cheers,

    Tony

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  7. G’day Frank

    Do you have a mac? If so the built-in Preview app will do what you want. Otherwise Photoshop Elements on Mac or Windows for <$100. A free option is GIMP. What about Picasa? I think that would do the job as well. Free also. Cheers Steve =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================

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