Press release

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:56 am

The hotel's webpage says that all of the rooms have high speed access and there is wireless in the conference rooms so we should be all set.

As a side note.....I've been having some photo issues since I switched to a Mac recently but today I found an easy program for resizing pics so they'll easily fit on this forum.....it resizes by pixel count AND file size.....I had "hit or miss" results resizing in the past (even on windoze). I'm not very computer literate but this makes it a snap so I'll get plenty of updates going while we are there......it will be part of the fun.

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 11:03 am

I use this for basic pic resizing:

http://irfanview.com/

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 11:18 am

I used that on windows but there doesn't seem to be a Mac version unfortunately.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:27 pm

Brian, I have a mac and I use Photo Shop to resize pics. Very easy.

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:54 pm

Photoshop would be great but it is also a tad expensive for what I need......I'd rather put my $$$$$ towards Rics or my Motorcycle than software at the moment......

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:16 pm

Brian, look into Photoshop Elements. I have it on my iMac G5 at home and the office. Resizing for web is pretty easy, and the program is around $100 or less. It can do most of the more common functions of the full Photoshop, too.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:31 pm

In fact, I have Elements 3.

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:04 pm

Thanks....I'll check into it when I have some time/$$$$.

For the limited/basic photo functions I need the included iPhoto is fine (I don't need much) and I found a free program called "ImageWell" that has a very direct image resizing function that works great so I'm pretty content for the moment.

I just got my G4 Powerbook about a month ago and love it as comparted to a PC but it has taken a little adjusting getting used to how things work......I'm used to the convoluted Windows mess and find the direct/simple Mac approach a little easier for my skill level but it is still different than what I am used to.