Juliadlf
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Q: Photo editing software like Faststone Image Viewer?

Hello.

I'm a new Macbook Pro owner and help.

I'm searching for a photo editing software that is similar to Faststone Image Viewer. Since I need to find something that works on a Mac,  simple to use and can resize photos in the software along with other photo editing tool and then I can save without having to use another program to resize and then save.  The Photo app that came on my Mac is not sufficient and I'd like to find something comparable to Faststone Image Viewer (works on Windows only )  which has a lot of tools and its free.


I looked at the App store but there are so many so would appreciate suggestions to narrow down my search.  Thank you for your assistance.

 

Julia

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Jun 17, 2016 2:40 PM

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Q: Photo editing software like Faststone Image Viewer?

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jun 17, 2016 4:18 PM in response to Juliadlf
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    Jun 17, 2016 4:18 PM in response to Juliadlf

    What exactly is it that you what to do that Photos will not do?

     

    It is free, simple, does good editing and can resize images during export for other use

     

    LN

  • by Juliadlf,

    Juliadlf Juliadlf Jun 18, 2016 5:36 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Jun 18, 2016 5:36 PM in response to LarryHN

    The software Faststone allowed me to resize a photo and resave in my library. What I see with Photos is you are exporting with only the options small, medium,large which has no correlation that I can find within the Help feature. Many times sending photos through email has a limit in sizing.. I'd like to be able to resize and save the resized image in the photo library. This also saves file space. Also, Faststone has tools which allow you to heal, obscure and add text to the image along with many other tools. It is most import for me to have resizing within the program and not as an export. And its free.

     

    An image browser, converter and editor that supports all major graphic formats including BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO, TGA and camera raw files. It has a nice array of features such as image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping, color adjustments, musical slideshow and much more.


    Is there any other Mac compatible software like Faststone Image Viewer? I was hoping not to have to load Windows on this Mac but it looks like that is the only alternative at this point.


  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jun 18, 2016 6:49 PM in response to Juliadlf
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    Jun 18, 2016 6:49 PM in response to Juliadlf

    With Photos you have multiple options

     

    the first is JPEG quality with 4 settings for low to highest  - low quality has very high JPEG compression while highest has very low JPEG compression

     

    then there is size with 5 setting from small to full sized and then custom - small, Medium, high and full sized  are various pixel sizes from small to actual and custom lest you set the exact pixel dimension of the larges side

     

    Once you export an image you can reimport the resized images if you choose to

     

    This is a forum for Photos users not a consulting forum for all Photo software - you may want to looks at GIMP - it is popular - and Graphic Convertor is another popular package

     

    and of course Photos dow everything you list for JPEG, TIFF, PNG and supported RAW (Digital camera RAW formats supported by OS X El Capitan - Apple Support ) except comparison

     

    LN