(OT) Image Editing App for Mac?


Dave
 

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a light weight Image Creation and Editing App for the Mac?

I’d like to be able to create images with fixed dimensions and background colour and be able to resize images.

Basically I need some text (separate letters/numerals mostly, (“A” to “Z”, “0” to “9”)) of a fixed size. Although I can take screen dumps and resize if necessary.

I usually use Photoshop, but I don’t have installed on this machine and I’m travelling, I will install it when I get back, but I need something in the mean time…….

All the Best
Dave


Jim Adams
 

How about Gimp?

On Aug 11, 2017, at 9:34 AM, Dave <dave@...> wrote:

EXTERNAL

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a light weight Image Creation and Editing App for the Mac?

I’d like to be able to create images with fixed dimensions and background colour and be able to resize images.

Basically I need some text (separate letters/numerals mostly, (“A” to “Z”, “0” to “9”)) of a fixed size. Although I can take screen dumps and resize if necessary.

I usually use Photoshop, but I don’t have installed on this machine and I’m travelling, I will install it when I get back, but I need something in the mean time…….

All the Best
Dave




Andreas Mayer
 

Am 11.08.2017 um 15:34 schrieb Dave <dave@...>:

Basically I need some text (separate letters/numerals mostly, (“A” to “Z”, “0” to “9”)) of a fixed size.
Um... I might just write code to do that. The 'hardest' thing is probably to get text positioning right.

For general image manipulation I use Pixelmator. I like it but I wouldn't exactly call it light weight.

Or, for vector graphics, there's Affinity Designer. Not light weight either but will work well for what you plan to do.


Andreas


Sandor Szatmari
 

Try canva.com. They have a reasonable free account for graphics editing online, apparently they have an iOS app too, although I've never tried that.

Sandor

On Aug 11, 2017, at 10:14, Andreas Mayer <andreas@...> wrote:


Am 11.08.2017 um 15:34 schrieb Dave <dave@...>:

Basically I need some text (separate letters/numerals mostly, (“A” to “Z”, “0” to “9”)) of a fixed size.
Um... I might just write code to do that. The 'hardest' thing is probably to get text positioning right.

For general image manipulation I use Pixelmator. I like it but I wouldn't exactly call it light weight.

Or, for vector graphics, there's Affinity Designer. Not light weight either but will work well for what you plan to do.


Andreas


Jim
 

On Aug 11, 2017, at 9:34 AM, Dave <dave@...> wrote:

Can anyone recommend a light weight Image Creation and Editing App for the Mac?

I’d like to be able to create images with fixed dimensions and background colour and be able to resize images.

Basically I need some text (separate letters/numerals mostly, (“A” to “Z”, “0” to “9”)) of a fixed size. Although I can take screen dumps and resize if necessary.
I’ve been happy with Acorn for those purposes for years. The documentation is great too.

https://flyingmeat.com

Jim Crate