Hi Brian,
I wanted to reply to this when I first read it and couldn't at the time.
You have *no* idea...I would gladly pay good money to have FastStone for
my new iMac. That program played a very crucial role for me in my
workflow, and now I do not have it. I knew that program pretty
thoroughly, and could do many necessary functions with it.
When I was contemplating switching from PC to MAC, one of the first
things I did was Google "Faststone Image Viewer for MAC". It came up
immediately, in several places, so I thought (silly me) that I would be
good to go. After getting the iMac, I went to download FastStone,
and....nothing. I don't know why it comes up in searches, but there is
not a MAC version of FastStone. I am seriously disappointed. And my
workflow is a bit crippled. I know there are other ways to go about what
I need to do, it's just a matter of sorting that out. I was hoping not
to have to do that, since I knew FasStone well.
Funny thing, I can find complaints all over the internet, people
lamenting the same fact as I...they switched from PC to MAC, and have
lost their beloved FastStone, and can find nothing comparable.
So...enjoy it for me, OK? I really truly miss that program. :-(
Candace
On 1/18/12 7:10 PM, Brian Swale wrote:
> My first impressions of Sagelight Image Editor v4 are that most of the
> "normal" image editing functions can be done with FastStone Image Viewer
> more quickly and easily.
>
> Might be better for RAW files than other programs I have on this machine.
> I will try it soon when I find the directories where my few RAW files reside.
>
> Guess what program I'll use for that? The low-overhead FastStone Image
> Viewer.
>
> FastStone Image Viewer does a MUCH better job of keeping the menus
> right out of the way. They are in fact invisible until the mouse pointer hits
> the
> LHS, or until you right-click the mouse anywhere on the image away from
> the margins. Consequently, the user of FastStone Image Viewer has a
> better view of the image.
>
> I have only 500MB RAM on this machine and need 1 GB for some advanced
> functions that could be of interest.
>
> BTW, having got (I think) a slightly better understanding of the registration
> process, I have sent off my receipt/transaction number. That should do the
> trick. According to what they write, registration could take 2 - 3 days.
>
> Brian Swale.
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