05-10-2006, 07:50 AM
If you need to do retouching, why not consider BUYING A RETOUCHING PROGRAM??
Just a thought. Tossed out there. Chew on the concept.
In short: as you've discovered, iPhoto's retouching tool is adequate but primitive and clearly not good enough for what you seem to want to do. I really shouldn't have to recite the obvious candidates: Elements, full-blown Photoshop, Corel Photo-Paint, Aperture, etc.
You may not be aware that iPhoto has the ability to edit photos in external programs. Check the preferences and help file if you need more information, but it works like this: you double-click on a photo in iPhoto, and a third-party program (like Elements) opens the picture. You make your changes and save the photo. iPhoto is updated to reflect the changes.
Works very well.
Just a thought. Tossed out there. Chew on the concept.
In short: as you've discovered, iPhoto's retouching tool is adequate but primitive and clearly not good enough for what you seem to want to do. I really shouldn't have to recite the obvious candidates: Elements, full-blown Photoshop, Corel Photo-Paint, Aperture, etc.
You may not be aware that iPhoto has the ability to edit photos in external programs. Check the preferences and help file if you need more information, but it works like this: you double-click on a photo in iPhoto, and a third-party program (like Elements) opens the picture. You make your changes and save the photo. iPhoto is updated to reflect the changes.
Works very well.