Matt's Macs

Working with Images

- 2001.05.04 - Tip Jar

This column was first published in the MUGOO Newsletter in March 2001.

Images. What a graphic word. I once read that is what Macs were made for. Images are everywhere Performa 635 on my Performa, acquired from one of my digital cameras or my scanner, downloaded from the Internet, copied from a CD or floppy disk, or created from scratch. My Performa is versatile at handling images for school reports, slideshows, and web graphics. In this series of articles I will go over the imaging software that is installed, how it was acquired, and its features.

The imaging software was acquired over the years and came from several different sources. Some software was included as part of a purchase of a peripheral device or book, from a demo CD, or downloaded from the Internet. This does not mean that the software is limited in what it can do.

The software installed and the specific sources of software is listed below:

Software	How Acquired
PhotoDeluxe	Purchase of Refurbished Scanner
AppleWorks 5.0	Purchase of CD from MacResQ One-Time Special
PhotoFlash	Purchase of Refurbished QuickTake Camera
ColorIt!	Purchase of Mac and Power Mac Secrets Book
Gif Builder	MacAdvocate CD
JPEG View	Mac Advocate CD

Let take a look at the software installed on my Mac and features of each.

	Adobe PhotoDeluxe	Apple Works 5.0	Photo Flash	Color It! 2	Gif Builder	JPEG View	Picture Viewer
Viewer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create New	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Create Open	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Create Paste	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Save Choices	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Alter Image	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Alter No. Color	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Filters	More	Few	Some	Some	Few	None	None
Plug-Ins	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Acquire	Yes, S	No	Yes, S, C	Yes, S	No	No	No
Slideshow	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No

The bottom-line is that my Performa has a selection of different applications that are used for different projects. In others words, a lot of versatility to handle images, all for a very low price.

Next time: Images from A through Z

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